In those homes are the women working such short hours that they can, without dropping important obligations, take over preserving, canning, dehydrating, the making of bread, soap, and butter substitute?

She secured permission to have the sound and unsound fruits and vegetables separated and with a large committee of women saved the food for consumption by the community by dehydrating and other preserving processes.

desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate^; parch.

water proof, water tight. dehydrated, dessicated.

Everyone was thirsty but no one was in danger of becoming dehydrated.