Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-19
HEADS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS BY
COLLEGE EXPERT.
ALLISON TELLS HOW TO
CAN OR PRESERVE
Speaker Urges Conservation Of All Pos
sble Foodstuffs For Home Corsump.
ton in Order to Permit Commercial
Output to Be Sent to Fighting Men
-Four Methods Available

Des Moines, June 19.-Methods OF
conserving fruits and vegetables were
discussed by Prof. ]. H. Allison of the
extension department OF the state agri-
cultural college in an address before
the quarterly conference of the su-
perintendents OF state institutions hello
at the state house today. he sug-
gested four different ways as follows:
Storage. canning, evaporation or dry
ing and preserving with sugars ana
brines.
During these days Of thrift it is
patriotic and the duty OF every Amer
lean citizen to do his part or her part
in the conservation of our fruits, veg
etabIes and other food products ne
declared
NO doubt there will be plenty OF
commercially prepared products on the
markets this fall as usual, but these
where possible should be left for the
armies on the firing line and in our
large cities The more of the fruits
and vegetables ordinarily wasted which
can be saved by some one OF the FOL
lowing methods, that much more OF the
commercially prepared products VIII
be left for the other fellow-storase'
canning, evaporation or drying anu
preserving with sugars and hrines.
storage 10 a greater or less extent
is practiced by almost every home or
institution where people live. Too OF
ten. however, careful thought is not
given to the conditions under which
an
are very unsatisfactory. \ good. natur-
ally cool storage should be found IN
every home. These are comparatively
inexpensive and in them may be kept
in good condition all winter apples
potatoes, cabbage. turnips, beets, par
ships. carrots. pumpkins squash ana
many other home grown products. Pro-
per ventilation is the secret to the sue
cessful naturally cooled storage.
Canning is a means Of caring tor
the more perishable products when Is
coming into prominence more and more
each year. The new process OF sealing
the cans, which has been adopted the
past year or so by the most OF our
commercial plants is also adaptable to
the home or state institutions.
Evaporation Old Process.
"Evaporating or drying fruits and
| vegetables is an old process Of con-
serving food products which is today
being modified TO meet present conoi-
tons. There are few fruits and veget-
ables which can not be preserved Dy
this economical method The French,
English and German countries nave
been making use OF this practice more
and more each year as the war con-
tinues.
preserving with sugars is not new
and often produces the most delicious
Of our canned stores. Salt brines, due
10 their econ omical value. are being
used quite extensively in the preserVa-
ton Of cucumbers, cabbage, string
| beans, corn and other vegetables.
The saving of garden seeds for next
years crop as well as the seeds for
field crops should not be overlooked,
Seeds ordinarily supplied from across
the water are no longer available. In
fact this country has been asked 70
supply these foreign countries with the
same varieties Of seed which we have
been buying in years past"
Prof Allison added in conclusion,
The agricultural extension department
| at Ames stands ready to lend any as
sistance possible to every home and
state institution in the state"
Rights of the Deaf.
Another interesting paper read before
the conference Of state institution heads
today was by E. l. Michaelson, Of the
school for the deaf at Council Bluffs
nf }re
Child" He said in part.
The deaf child has a right to public
respect and honor on an equality with
| its hearing brother and sister. The
deaf justly and rightfully resent mis-
nomers applied to them by people who
| thru lack Of any human interest in the
deaf are ignorant Of their true status.
BY its right the deaf child demands
an educational classification as part
Of our public school system and re-
sents any comparison with inmates OF
state charitable institutions or pena
| institutions. The state of Iowa has
recognized this by placing the Iowa
school for the deaf under the board oil
education. This is bringing an influ-
ence for the good of the deaf that il
|
not been associated with thern
1T is the God-given right Of every
deaf child to receive an education, te
enter schools at the earliest school age
and to be allowed or compelled to COM
plete the school course that the state
has so bountifuliy prepared for it
| However there are many deaf children
| who are not brought to school unit
they are so old that they cannot regair
what they have lost. Likewise many
! pupils leave school before they grad.
nate or are dismissed and go out int
| the world unprepared TO meet it.
problems successfully. Our present
compulsory education law does no
provide for a thoroughly systematic
and satisfactory method of finding the
deaf child when it reaches school age
nor does il seem effective enough Il
keep those pupils in school who thru
iiIeir own ignorance or thru the selfish
ness of the parents leave school befor.
their education is completed Thes
conditions should be changed"
He declared that physical education
should be made part of the cirricu
tium of schools for the deaf and tina
funds should be provided for procuring
competent instructors who should hav
charge of the child's physical welfare
Joins Dow City Bank.
Special to Times Republican.
i Denison, June 19.-Gail Carey. son @
the postmaster here, who has been con
nected with the bank at West Side 70