The sun., 1916-09-10
OF can? Uncle Sam says go
ahead and ran and you will

ahead and can and you will
- be able to reduce the cost Of
living and have all kinds OF fresh
fruits and vegetables transmitted into
a product which will vary your diet
and add zest to the table. Such coun-
sci should also cut down the wastes Of
field and farm. The sending out Of lec-
turers throughout the rural districts
under authority Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture. the exten-
sion in canning education. which is
finding an expression in the orgaOiza-
ton Of boys and girls clubs and the
good advice open to anybody who
writes for II. show how in earnest the
Government Is on this phase Of homo
economics
1t is the policy Of the Department of
Agriculture to give enthusiastic sane
ton to the preserving Of fruits and
vegetables because OF the scandalous
waste of the choicest products of field
and farm. II it happens that peaches
and pears do not command what they
consider an adequate price American
farmers let the useful increase rot on
the ground or he eaten by pigs. II
canning processes were followed more
, closely. the Secretary of Agriculture
| believes. the farmer would. at small
expense. be able to put his fruits and
even vegetables in cans and Jars and
market them to advantage at more
convenient and favorable times.
Both home and college are concerned
in this departure. The boys and girls
work includes clubs which have a
membership Of ell 900 in the Northern
States alone. while tho propaganda OF
American canning which has been
started in the Southern States Is bring
ing good results also. The young cam
ners are gathered into groups and in
structed by travelling experts OF the
Department. and when they have be.
come proficient and their samples Of
canned products are considered worthy
| Of official notice they are entitled to
put on the cans and Jars the -Four II
label. which legend stands for Head,
Heart, Hand, Health" II means that
the young Gamers have put into their
work brains. enthusiasm. the toll OF
their hands. with the idea Of producing
cheap and tcalthful food for their
fellow beings.
And now for some OF the latest
things in canning developed - ;ht
authority OF Uncle Sam especially for
home industry. The Department Of
Agriculture calls attention briefly To
these Ave methods for canning food
stuffs which now Obtain:
I) The open kettle or hot pack
method.
: (o) The intermittent or fractional
sterilization method.
(3) The cold water method.
a. The cold pack or single period
method.
80 The vacuum seal methcd
Everybody who ever had a grand
mother or a domcs,icated aunt knows
the old established hot pack or open
kettle way of putting up fruits and
vegetables. TIE product is cooked
and seasoned in hg open kettles and
then poured out into the jars or cans
and sealed, either with wax or solder
| This method requires the complete
cooking Of the products before pack
ing.
The fractional sterilization method is
adapted only for the laboratory or the
very well equipped Cannery for the
products have 10 be cooked partly two
or three times before they are finally
sealed.
The Government sugge sts that under
certain conditions the cold water
method can he employed for puttinI
up rhubarb. green gooseherries and a
few of the so-called sour berry fruits
This is the official recipe;
Thoroughly wash the product then
place in strainer and pour sCald!nE
water over II. Tho product in prac-
t!cally a fresh stat. can then be
packed at once by putting In Jars
and covering with clean cold water
which should fill the Jars.
The Government experts strongly
advise the Use Of the cold pack
method which is not 10 hc in any way
confused with tho cold water way. as
the host adapted Tor most purposes.
II is the method now generally fol
canning clubs.
This simply means" to quote from
tho official circular, that the products
are packed cold IN thcir fresh and