The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-31
Rotting of Food
Housewife Problem
NJ Others and Daughters Urged 10 Or
ganize by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston.
GnternationaI News Servicel

international News Service)
WASHINGTON, July 30.-In order
to avoid waste Of surplus fruits and
vegetables and conserve the food sup
ply, Secretary of Agriculture Houston
today asked mothers" and "daugh-
ters' of every state to organize and
expend all available energy in can
ming, preserving, picking. drying and
storing these products for local con
sumption.
Secretary Houston is of the firm be-
lief that his problem may best be
solved locally. No federal or state
government, he believes, can do any
thing unless women in every city and
town do what they a to help.
The woman who has no garden is
asked to purchase full supplies for
her own immediate and future use.
Telegraphic reports from twenty-fOur
states which are in distress were made
public today by Secretary Houston.
showing that large SURPRISES of food
will go to waste unless women act i'm
mediately.
The states particularly affected are
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,
Indiana. Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Jersey. New York. North Caro-
lima, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Yer
mont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir-
ginia and Wisconsin.
This is the direct appeal to each
individual woman, mothers and
daughters by President Wilson aim
self, and here are the localities af-
tested:
New England-Unusually large sur
pluses of vegetables are reported. Ex-
ceptional yields of fruits and vege-
tables are promised in Rhode Island,
and the state demonstration leader
there reports hundreds of requests for
demonstrations in canning and drying
which it ann meet with it's present
corps of workers. Vermont, Massa-
cliusetts and Connecticut all declare
that help is needed to carry out their
programs of instruction.
New York has a large surplus of
vegetables, and, according to the state
leader, extraordinary efforts to pro-
mote home and community food pres
eryatiOn in the mex few weeks will be
necessary to handle the situation. The
situation in New Jersey is reported as
serious by reason of an unusually high
acreage and consequent large sur
plus. Community outfits for canning
and drying are needed to handle the
situation properly. Pennsylvania
hopes to be able to handle the situa-
ton if emergency funds are soon
available. West Virginia asks for help
to take care of the surplus of fruits
in the eastern part of the state and a
small surplus of vegetables on the
farms.
Canning and drying in the homes
show a large increase in Ohio, where
a vigorous campaign has been carried
on. Illinois reports extraordinary ac-
~t1vities in canning and preserving, but
there the fruit is well taken care of.
Indiana has a large surplus in both
vegetables and fruit, and more demon
s~tration help is needed. The garden
surpluses in Michigan are large and
much greater effort must be made to
take care of them, a report saws. Wis
ccnsln and Minnesota declare that
help is needed in demonstration work.
One or more food observation meet
ings in every township in Iowa will
be held to urge housewives to care
Tor a large surplus of vegetables and
fruit.
A 100 per cent increase in garden
crops is reported from Nebraska and
a large surplus is expected. Large
crops OF vegetables also are reported
from South Dakota, while in Kansas
the mount of fruits and vegetables
has been reduced somewhat by dry
weather. 80
In most of the southern states the
heIght OF the vegetable season has
passed but North Carolina. Tennes-
see and Kentucky vegetables and
fruits are plentiful and unusual eff
forts are being made by workers in
each state to save the SURPRISES.
North Carolina m Kentucky reported
the need of instruction work.
Large crops of fruits and vegeta-
Dies are coming on in the western
states, but with the exception of Cal
i1ornia, inadequate facilities and
equipment are hindering canning and
drying operations. In Utah a bip
EXPERIMENTATION campaign is on
backed by many organizations. Tc
meet the shortage of equipment. 2Ot
steam tanners are being distributed
as IS also much drying apparatus
twelve field workers are demonstrat.
ing, but fifteen more are needed.
If canning and drying facilitie,
were available. Washington could save
10000 additional cars of fruit Tht
prospective large surplus of fruits
and vegetables in Oregon is being re.
duced by dry weather, making il in.
c~reasingly important to save all tina
IS produced. Much of the surplus o.
~perlshables in Arizona is in danger
OF being wasted on account of the in.
adequate canning and drying facilities
demonstrators and equipment ar,
needed, the report from that stat,
says. Many others of the western
states declare they lack sufficien-
funds and help, and ask for fedora
aid.
OPTIMISM is WELCOME