Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1918 — Water Damage to Flour. [ARTICLE]

Water Damage to Flour.

It is a well-known fact among sailors that flour will not only float after immersion in sea water, but suffers very little damage. To ascertain the actual damage, says the Northwestern Miller, a baker in New Souty Wales submerged a bag of flour in the ocean and left it in the water 67 hours. A 98-ponnd weight was necessary to sink a 150-pound bag, which would have supported 75 pounds on top of the water, it is estimated, or half its own weight. When lifted and weighed the bag scaled 155 pounds. It was dried for four days and yielded 120 pounds of perfectly dry flour, the bag and waste weighing 28 pounds. Baked into bread, it gave perfect results.