Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-11
COMMUNITY CANNING
 AT BROADWAY SCHOOL.
Lack of Fruit and Vegetables the Only
 Drawback.

The efficiency of the community can nery at the Broadway school is still continuing The only thing which acts as drawback is the lack of fruit and vegetables to can.
 The Community Canning club have reached total of l,019 jars of Vege- ta bles and fruits put up in the IS working days sincethey opened. Be ginning with peas, they have added string beans, canned and pickled beets, carrots, squash, Swiss chard, beet greens, huckleberries, currant jelly, conserve and chicken. An ideal com munity spirit has developed which has made this achievement possible. Not only are people helping each other through the club work. but its inf1u- ence is spreading to giving assistance in home canning.
 The officers of the club are always on the lookout for any surplus food which would waste if not conserved They awaited the arrival of the farm CTS downtown at 6.30 a. m. this week, but no surplus was to be found. Hence thanks due to the general public for their cheerful cooperation and encoura ging orders for work. which ave enabled the club to Oake this high record and to feel that it is ac complaining the purpose for which it was organized.
 These thousand jars are that much good food saved for next winter and that much help toward keeping the wolf from the door of the world. All those who have helped in this work in spite of the high prices are CO., operating with those who are willingly giving their services to the same end and both are showing the true spirit of bsnt therhood
 The assistance of such competent supervisors as Miss Rogers and Miss Harland has been of great value. Only one jar. of fiat sour has been reported among all the work done. This was jar of peas, which developed a week after canning and was due to a bad can rubber. Their advice is also sought by many who have done can ming at home and lost the products and who want to know why they have lost them
 One housekeeper who lost many jars of peas that she canned at home is now having work done at the club rooms.
 For those who are planning to can corn it may be of interest to know that the average is F large ears of corn to one quart jar and 19 small ears to one pint jar. Tomatoes ought to be of suitable price for cannira. in another week, and native peaches will soon be in the market.
 The club has on sale an attractive line of goods which were bought from the farmers mad put up in the club S own jars. These include canned and picl<led beets in pints and quarts wax and green string beans and sliced and whole carrots. These may be inspect ed any morning that the rooms are open frorc = to 12.
 Miss A Y. V. Brown Of Wellesley college. formerly of Norwich was an interested visitor a the rooms. on Fri day. Massa chusetts is fully a abreast of the times in this ma tier of food con- serVa tion and has a state organization which is pushing the work in every town. Wellesley college girls are en- listed in the farr1 garden work. Miss Brown therefore spoke with intimate knowledge of the subject. She gave he club her hearty anprosal and add ed that she was delighted to find that Norwich was in line with this great movement