Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-21
fruit, NOT DRUG,
SPELLS HEALTH.
Uncle Sans Expert Tells How
to Avoid Indigestion and
rheumatism.
BY VICTOR ELLIoTT

NAOAOIN
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-Fruit.
vegetables and green's in place of
patent medicines should do much to
lessen indigestion and rheumatism,
according to a specialist employed by
the United States department of
agriculture.
This specialist is connected with the
bureau Of plant industry and is in
charge of Canning Club work.
He reports that bread, butter, eggs,
meat, fish, potatoes and patent medi-
cines appear to be the balanced ration
of many Americans today. The diet
just given, he believes. is responsible
for the common, as we'll as trouble
some ailments previously mentioned.
AS a daily menu, more in keeping
with natures plan, he recommends the
following: Bread, butter, fruits, veg
etables, greens. meat. fish and eggs.
Fruit and Vegetables, the Panacea.
He urges that fruit and vegetables
be eaten every day in the year. This
would go far toward eliminating the
need for patent medicines. If every
home kept on hand enough canned
products, SO that there might be a
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can of vegetables for every day dur
ing the winter, there would be little
need for the medicines now SO regu-
larly purchased from the corner drug
store. Also, there would be great
economy in the substitution of an in
expensive food for more expensive
ones.
More home canning, done at the
proper season, would enable the aver
age family always to have the neces-
sary quantity of canned products, and
would save surprising amount of
food that goes to waste every year.
1t is estimated that over 30 per cent.
of all the vegetables greens, fruit and
berries that grow in this country are
lost to those who need them. This be-
cause housewives have not learned to
care for surplus products efficiently
and to make them available for the
winter months by canning.
1t is not generally appreciated that
home canning may materially reduce
the cost of living. Even those who
are accustomed to use a supply of
canned goods in the winter do not
realize that they sometimes pay
transportation on goods from distant
parts of the country. The item of
extra cost just indicated could be
avoided, as surplus supplies of the
same products are nearly always
available in the immediate vicinity
of the home, and could be saved by
home canning.
Home Canning Solves Problem.
For example O. can or tomatoes is
bought during the winter In certain
districts in Colorado for fifteen cents.
Tomatoes are used as an illustration
hn0attcn this dc Of tho od
products sold in large quantities
throughout the State of Colorado. The
particular can In mind was put up in
Maryland. The people of the section
in Colorado where 1t was purchased
live in an irrigated district, where
there Is always a surplus of tomatoes
in summer. Nevertheless, they pay
transportation charges on vegetables
from Maryland, when they might
have put up In their own district
similar can during the season at
cost of about five cents.
When one considers the number of
cans used throughout the country,
which have been shipped great dis
tances, one realizes the enormous saw
ing little intelligent home canning
might bring about.
wouldn't Hurt Commercial Canning.
Home canning, 1t is predicted, is
not likely to decrease the business of
commercial canning factories There
always will be a large number of
people without either the time or the
inclination to can their own products.
Again, more home canning will ac-
custom people to using canned goods
in general, so that in the long run
there will probably be an increased
demand for the factory output.
Every home where canning is pos
sible might profit by some practical
experiments recently made under the
supervision of the Office of Farm
Management in the laboratory of
the Bureau of Plant Industry. This
Laboratory is merely a fancy name
for an ordinary kitchen. Recipes of
value in every home are thoroughly
tested there, and are furnished to
any housewife who applies for them.