The farmer and mechanic., 1915-08-31
WOMEN URGED TO CAN
FOOD, CUT LIVING COST
Lecturer at Pennsylvania State Col
Ic%e Asserts That Half of Produce,
Now Is Wasted

Philadelphia North American
housewives, regardless Of their
their age or experience if they are
to wage a successful campaign against
the food barOns, mustl earn the fun
damental principles of their profess
sion.
They must learn thai 90 per cent
of our vast crops of vegetab bles and
fruits is wasted. This is a tremen-
dOus economic loss to the nation, and
would bes aved if housewives learned
| to can them
More than $50 women received that
! bit Of advice yesterday when Miss
Pearl Macdonald, professor of home
economics at the State College, de
| llVered lecture under the auspices
| of the Philadelphia Vegeta BILE Grow
| ers Association at Bayberry farms
| Miss MCDOnald's talk was one Of
| forty scheduled for the two days con-
| ference, held according to the asso-
citation, to repair the weak links in
the chain that binds the producer and
consumer together.
About the weakest link" said
Miss Macdonald. lis the method
women employ when purchasing fruits
and vegetables. Our crops this year
are enormous, but as usual the wOm-
en- will permit SO per cent to be
waste. Learn how to can fresh fruits
} and vegetables and reduce your store
bill. Naturally it will serve to sa afe-
guard the health Of your husband and
. children and incidentally earn you a
revenue.
While a majority of the lectures
and demonstrations yesterday dealt
with the breeding of cattle, Cultivat-
! ing crops and the problems of dis.
: tribution, women displayed a keenel
2 interest in the sessions than did THEN
escorts.
l They learned that farmers should
cooperate and raise higher grades o
| vegeta bleS, fruits and meats, and tina
the consumer, in turn, should coop
Z | crate with the farmers and eliminat
| the profits of food spectators by en-
> cOuraging a system which would max
: ! it possible for the farmer to sell direc
: to the consumer.
y They learned that the housewife
e who spends IS per cent of the famil
q income, should devote more time
l. the first essentials of her work. I'm
e portant in that respect was the ad
e VantageS that accrue from a Sma
y home garden. But as the averag
s. city woman cannot have a gardel
II Miss Macdonald said she must lear
e to can fruits and vegeta bles for wiz
e ter use.
This is the first step that house
wives must take" she said, "if the
are to become a factor in solving tn
problems of a Well-regulated hOm
~ Buy vegetables and fruits when the
are cheap and good. You can kee
them by learning the cold -paC
method. To accomplish results seal
ly or blanch the fruits. Then chill {
&c dip them in cold water BY doin
that you set the color of the produC
a. and make them more firm for tf
ic packing.
sh Nov pack the products in ia
OF or tins. Add one teaspoonful Of sa
as to each quart of products and Fl
eS receptacles with water as hot as yC
b. can use
er Put on the tops of your jars b
to | be careful and not screw them tt
n. tightly. SteriliZe each bottle If yC
ly have such facilities. Seal the Jars al
Oh put away for future use. Rememb
mt that your time is worth sOmethin
nd and in your daily account book allO
"a yourself a nominal wage for yo
as work, and as you do it yourself y
on should be paid"