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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 195, 13 May 1920, Page 5

The question of starting dried fruit and vegetable facfarios under a process known as de-hydration whs referred to at a meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce this week. In reply to a letter from the chamber, a rtmdent of . the United States i'or.wnrded informa- ? tion and samples of de'-hydrated fruit, moat, fish, and vegetables, and gave inr '' formation as to the cost, of the plant. ?° Mr. G. Parr, who presided, said that the chamber intended showing the samples at tho winter show. De-hydration r of vegetables and fruit allowed growers u to provide for the winter, and tho prooese had proved a great success. He >. mentioned that .a de-hydrnted cabbage weighed oiily a few ounces, but when put into water it assumed nearly its I natural 6ize and was found to have lost Jj" none of its natural flavour. ao One of a pair of white- herons tliat a t made their home at. Lake Ellesmero has Qg . been shot (states an excbangei). Tho a _ species is raro in New Zealand, but no members have been .reported in differne «nt parts of the Dominion during the B past few years. Tho skin has been presented to thq Cantertwrj Mogoum.