The Republican journal., 1917-06-28
Statewide Instruction in Food
Conservation.

instruction in food conservation, chiefly
by means of canning and evaporating
fruits and vegetables, will be given in
every county in Maine during the months
of July and August. Leon S. Merrill,
Director of Extension service of the Col
lege of Agriculture, Orono, will be in
charge of this work.
Arrangements are now being made to
organize the campaign in each county
Committees on public safety, town Off
Gals, and others interested, should tax
the matter of holding a demonstration in
their town up with the chairman of the
county committee on food production
and conservation, the county agent, or
Leon S. Merrill, Orono, at once
The plans for conducting the campaign
include having each town in the State
visited within the next few weeks by
woman who has been trained in the
newest methods of food preservation, by
canning, drying or evaporating, and other
means. These women will give practical
demonstrations and explanatory lectures.
Leaflets regarding the methods will be
distributed to help in applying the lessons
learned.
The State appropriated the money. The
Extension Division of the College Of Ag-
riculture, under the direction of Dean
Leon S. Merrill, is helping by gathering
together and instructing women expert
enced in Home Economics in the newest
and most efficient methods of food pres
ervaton. The various towns in the State
will be grouped and woman worker will
be assigned to each group. She will 60
to each town i'll her district to give the
people the benefit of her experience and
training 1t is expected that the County
Committees will help in arranging a
schedule of meetings in the towns within
their districts. This schedule should be
arranged so as to make the best use of
time and to minimize travel from place
to place and to cooperate fully the town
committees must see to it that the, dates
arranged for, are accepted and prepared
for in the town. 1t will be necessary for
the town committee to arrange for the
place of meeting within the town, to ad-
vertise and to provide the necessary ma
terials for the demonstration in short, on
the town committee rests the RESPONSE
bility of making the meeting in it's town
well planned and successful one. While
the demonstration will carry with her a
compact equipment there are few things
which the towns will be asked to furnish.
These include:
1. A place of meeting, large enough
for all who may wish to attend and so
arranged that all may hear and see clear
ly what is going on,
2. A large table of convenient height
on which the demonstration may display
her equipment and which she may use for
a working table.
3. A stove, either range with suit
able fuel or three burner kerosene stove
trimmed and filled ready for use
4. A supply of clean water.
5. Two water pals.
6. Four towels.
7. Wash cloth.
8. Six pint jars with new rubber
9. Products for canning.
10. Salt and sugar.
Before the meeting the town commit
tees or other persons having the meeting
in charge will be supplied with detailed
instructions in preparing for the meetings
in their towns.
material advantage to have means of
transportation furnished to carry the
demonstration and her equipment on to
the next town in such places as are not
readily reached by railroad.
1t is hoped that every woman will
avail herself of the opportunity to attend
the meetings and learn what she may,
for by adopting the up-to-date methods
which are the result of careful research
and practical experiment the old element
of risk in preserved food can be eliminat-
ed We realize now that this year we
cannot afford to lose even one or two
jars from our store of canned goods
Every particle of food which we can pro-
duce this year must serve us and we can
not risk the danger of losing it by using
preserving methods which are unsafe.
The demonstration will carry with her a
box of equipment for carrying on the
demonstration. This will consist of a
compactly arranged set of utensils SINH
lar to those any woman has in her home
and is likely to use in home canning.
Further information can be secured by
writing Leon S. Merrill, Orono.
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