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Show DATING BEETS IN OHIO. Tho Kenton, O., Republican says: "Ono of tho newest and most interesting in-teresting of Fremont industries is orfc which might bo called an experimental experi-mental branch of tho beet sugnr man. ufacttirc. "This Is the drying of the beets In such a way that they may bo kept for practically, any length of time, nnd ho will enable tho factory to run through the year. This proccsx is tho invontlon of G. W. McMullen. Tho company has erected a concrete kiln, 15x60 foot, and within that is a stocl structure of tho drying machine ma-chine and 'the propelling machinery thorofor. Upon this atructuro aro a aorlea of wlro getting belts which carry the beet sllcca in process of being dried. Thcso nro nlno In number, num-ber, elpht feet wide, .nnd eighty foct long. Thcso slices nre fed from a hopper on tho top of tho drying cham. her to tho uppermost belt. They pass from belt to belt in a few hours, .trnvollng nearly 400 feet nnd nro discharged dis-charged dry off tho bottom belt. This process takes from the beet slices only on-ly distilled wator and leaves In natural nat-ural relation to ench other tho sugar and non-sugar solids. Tho drying heat is from steam pipes arrangod In I singes, a coll being placed under each I conveying belt. Tho heat la moderate, moder-ate, 155 degrees to 165 degrees F. Thus thcro is no cooking effect what, evor. "Tho kiln in vault-llko in construe- tlon, as tho system Is ono In which no vapor escapes as vapor, but Is all condensed In tho cold surfaces In the bottom of the chamber. Below tho lowest belt are located the condensing condens-ing .troughs, which have In the aggro-gato aggro-gato a cold surface of 10,000 square foot, capablo of condensing 12 tons of water In 24 hours. Thcso dry sllcca aro carried from tho bolt into a grinder, from whore, as meal, they aro taken to a room ovor tho kiln whoro they may be kopt until needed. Tho saturated atraosphoro keeps the pores of tho boot open Just as a Turkish bath does thoso of tho skin, and In this way the moisture la ox-pellod ox-pellod from tho center first. |