New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-10-26

Encouraging reports on conserv
ing of food products have been re,
ceived by Mrs. w. f. Lindsey, chair
man of the Woman's Auxiliary o.
the New Mexico Council of Defense
She directs the publication of The
three following reports, which des.
cribe the work in de Baca, Dona Ana
and San Juan counties;
De Baca' County
Every home has taken up this
work of conservation. Nothing is
being wasted. Even summer turnips
were dried by some. Many greer
fruits and vegetables both dried and
canned. Most fruits were five cents
per pound, but were bought and can
ned, even at that price. Meat kill
cd during the big Round Up" that
formerly wasted has been dried. Gan
ned and picked before it began to
spoil. Fat chickens also have been
canned with success. This work has
been done by private individuals as
we have no extensive orchards and
gardens, and surplus has all been
sold readily to the DRY Farmers"
and families in town. Some families
are feeding mesquite beans to hogs
and chickens. The Red Cross has
an auxiliary here that works every
Wednesday and Friday. They have
made several dozens of shoulder
wraps, bed socks, leggins, pillow fill
ing and knitted articles. During the
campaign collected about $500. Our
demonstration, Mrs. Stalker, has
given two demonstrations that were
of great benefit to the housewives,
and | consider her work quite an
inspiration to all who attended her
demonstrations. Our merchants have
been handling the fruit, | do not
know if a carload could be disposed
of or not. The Hoover pledge cards
were distributed but many were sent
direct to Washington. About 100
were returned to me. The Spanish
Americans were suspicious Of them
and many would not sign.
Dona Ana County
Conservation of products Through
the efforts of the farm bureau, to
whom you remember we turned over
this department of our work a great
amount of canning and drying has
been done, with limited amount of
at our disposal. Late frosts
ruined II peach crop and pears
one-tenth the usual amount,
grapes were plentiful, also cabbage,
but tomatoes were scarce and many
Of the beans, both string and fri
ioles, were hurt by the yellow apis.
The women commenced canning as
oaragus and drying peas and all sum-
ner have kept at it. We have urged
planting of winter gardens, as
oeets, turnips and carrots may be
lsed from the garden all winter here.
Fruits and vegetables raised here
There are a number of ranches here
hat make a business of raising vege-
:ables for the shipping market. All
he usual vegetables are raised. as
asparagus, peas, beans, corn, beets,
,%arrots, cabbage and spinach. Melons
lave been shipped in carload lots.
We do not need vegetables shipped
n, nor apples. We are shipping
lpples out. Mr.. Brooks is shipping
n good seed wheat, by the carload
or fall planting, The Council of
Defense has had teams of men speak
ng in the different communities. urg-
ng the planting of wheat. What
We are trying to prevent is the ship
ling of SO much away that we will
iced later. The great hardship this
will fall on the poor people
# the town, who can have no gard
ms and who will have no money
or tho horo nocacct;oc |
San Juan County
More fruits and vegetables dried
his year than in all years previous.
here has always been considerable
aiming done, the average for a
amily of two being $50 quarts. There
vas not, however, much drying done
through organization because of lack
f labor, each individual having all
he could do in own householLbut
rying a great deal more than will
e necessary for her own household.
he Red Cross of Aztec are drying
everal hundred pounds of peaches
the Defense.
3. Exceedingly large fruit crop of
ierries, apricots, APPLES. peaches,
pears. Also of alfalfa, corn,
otatoes. wheat, beans; and plenty
f all other vegetables for home
larkets. Cannot estimate amounts.
hink these estimates should be
REQUIRED through the Mems De-
Safe in saying that a family
f two will average 100 lbs. of dried ,,
-uits and vegetables. San Juan /
could be fenced in and we
in no ways suffer as to living
ell. !