Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
Information from State Council Of De.
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Any hendy boy can make sufficient
equipment to dry fruits and vegeta-
bles at home, according to bulletin
on "Practica Methods Of Drying
Fruits and Vegetables now being put
out by the Committee Of Food supply
of the Connecticut State Council of
Defence.
The drier described in this bulletin
is simply frame work of light sticks
about three fleet long, two feet wide
and three feet high. Several shelves
are made of close mesh screening and
are built into the frame work, one
above the other.
The whole arrangement is then sus-
pended over the kitchen Stove.
There is probably no succulent vege-
table which may be served in so many
different ways as tomatoes and II the
housewife has good supply put up
for winter she may congratulate her
self for she has means of making
palatable the "cheaper cuts and left
overs of meat and fish. She has also
foundation for soups and salads and
she may use them as vegetable or In
com bination with other vegetables in
scalloped dishes. There are almost
endless ways of using tomatoes.
Every doctor, and your own eXper-
fence, will tell you that there is abso'
lutte need In the daily diet for fresh
fruits. This is especially true ut this
season of the year. Nature intended
that human beings and many other of
her animal children should be large
consumers of fresh fruits by providing
generous supply all through the
warm months,
Though the season has not been en-.
tirely favorable for the crop, the sup
ply of native or New England grown
peaches Is his year large one Plenty
of rain In the early months of their
growth gave them q fine start and they
Rre loeking uneommonly good on the
trees where they are now ripening.
If any one has few more ears of
corn which viii not be needed for the
day, If they viii boil, il tor about five
OF ten minutes, then cut ii from the
cob, spread IN blktng tins and put IN
to the oven with very low heat, leave
the oven oor open, turn the corn DC
casionally, and 1t will dry while the
dinner is being served, eaten and
cleared away, and taking very little
fuel or extra strength.
Other vegetables may be dried in the
same way and it is surprising how
much food may be dried from day 10
day by this simple process.
Wild blackberrieS picked by child
rem will help the Army and Navy 10
get the eleven million pounds of black
berry jam they must have. In view of
the shortage of cultivated blackberries,
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture urges the women and girls
and boys to gather all the wild black :
berries they can ind, TO supply COM
mercial canning ests blishments.
Black berry jam is particularly de-
sitable because IL has medicinal quail
tiles which counteract certain intesti-
nal TROUBLES in addition TO its well
come place in the diet as a sweet.
Those who direct the affairs of High
schools in Connecticut are being urged
by the Connecticut State Council OF
Defense TO make application for their
share of the ,money available TO the
state under the smith Hughes Bill
passed by Congress Hast year, tn,
money to be used for'the introduction
OF courses IN vocational agriculture
/ Applications TO share in the appropria
liam may be made TO the state board oil
| agriculture.