Putnam patriot., 1915-09-10
PUTNAM. CONN., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1915
CANNED GOODS
Timely Hints by the County Agent
How 10 Fill the StOre.Room Shelves

How 10 Fill the StOre.Room Shelves
 On every farm in Windham county there should now be eoodly supply of canned fruits and vegetables on the store. room shelves or in the cellar. Every one looks forward to the early summer beeause of the fresh fruits and vegetables which it brings. There should be no such thing as season of the year when fruit or vegetables do not form part, and mighty import ant part they are, too, of the Windham county ration. Those who have this supply of canned goods already start ed will have opportunity to add to it considerably before the summer is over. Those who have not yet started have plenty of time to put up supply that will not only make them enjoy their meals through the coming win ter, but will help keep down the doe tors bills. Starting at this time there will not, of course, be the variety that an early start would have provided, but the quantity and quality need not be lacking. Briefly, few reasons why every persons diet should include fruit and vegetables (makes no difference whether they are fresh or canned) 1 They are valuable for the food elements they contain;2 The large percentage of water in them supplies q need in the system; 3 Tine salts and acids which they contain are good tonic, cool the blood, and cleanse the system; 1 Fruit or vegetable acids re place acids in Sthe blood which cause such diseases AS gout, etc; 3 Both fruits and vegetables are laxative, and keep the digestive organs in condition; 6 They add welcome variety to the diet.
 Information regarding canning ac cording to the most simple and eco. nomicsl methods may be obtained from the office of the Windham Coun- ty Farmers Association at Putnam. Copies of the recipes which have prov en good by government experts will be sent free on application Let us pre- pare for the coming hard winter by having at least part of our provisions put away so that they will not only keep we'll, but will come out in the most palatable and attractive form.
 A most successful method of dispos ing of fruit by selling 1t at auction has been developed in New York state. As practiced in New York city, this method consists of selling in carload lots, or smaller, by sample. That is, box or two representing the shipment is opened so that the buyers can see what it is. Bids are made for the whole iot according to the quality of the sample. One auctioneer has dis posed of 90 carloads of fruit in one day by auction, while the old method would have required young sarmy of salesmen 10 dispose of a like quantity. The idea of auctioning fruit is now be. ing taken up by growers. Buyers come out to the orchards and bid on the fruit as they see it. By this method the grower gets nearer the con- sumer than by the old way of sending his fruit to a commission man. Such an auction will be held on the farm of w. $. Treator of Red Hook, N Y, Soop Tan orabardS uvfII ha rapraSant ed at the safe, and large number of buyers and successful sale are looked for.
 On most farms it is now too late to do more than say "I told you so" re. garding the potato crop. Late blight and rot have caused many dollars worth of damage. While this was an exceptionally bad year, (early in the season the flea beetles filled the leaves with holes so that the fungus could en- ter easily, later the warm moist weath- CT was especially favorable for the de- veopment Of the disease) frequent spraying with Bordeaux Mixture would have saved much of the potato crop. Let us learn from this years ex perience and spray, spray, spray.
 It is time for the last cutting of al- falfa to be finished Cutting later than September irst will not usually leave enough growth to protect the roots of the plants through the winter, or to enable them to recover from the strain of producing two or three crops of hay. Give the alfalfa chance to do it's best next year by refraining from too late cutting.