Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-20
women TO DOUBLE
CANNING Of FOODS
/, IOWA HOUSEWIVES TO DEPOSIT
$4,000, 900 IN BANK OF FOOD
PRESERVATION.
TO ENTER THE WINTER
WITH 10000, 900 QUARTS
Home Canning Output to Be Nearly
Doubled Thru Activities Of Conser-
walton campaisn-can Problem Par
TALLY Solved by Iowa State College
Demonstrations Largely Attended.
Special to Times-Republican.

SpeClal 70 RepupIlCdN
Aems, June 20-Credit Iowa house
wives with 100000 deposit in the
national bank of food preservation. For
thru their effort Iowa Will enter the
winter with capital of 100000 900
quarts of canned foodstuffs. or enough
to feed an army of 100, 900 for more than
a year Sixteen million quarts, practi-
cally half of this, represents an in
crease over what Iowa normally cans,
due to the statewide canning, drying
and preserving campaign of the agrl-
cultural extension department at Iowa
State College.
On the best Judgment of the depart
ment, which is in close touch with the
situation and the county school super
intendents who recently met at Ames,
it is estimated that Iowa normally
cans %. 900. 900 quarts OF foodstufts
each year This year, as a result of the
canning campaign in addition to the
enrolment of canning club members
which in few days will have reached
10000, at least 10000 persons will be
reached thru the canning demonStra-
tons being held in every Iowa COM
munity Records show that club mem
bers will can $50 quarts apiece or l.
5UU.U16 quarts: those attending dem
onstrations will can at the lowest esti-
mate 100 quarts apiece or 100000
quarts, this estimated low enough TO
take account Of those attending dem
constructions who would have normally
canned a few quarts anyway. Thus a
total of $500 900 quarts will be canned
in Iowa this year IN excess of normal.
Added TO the normal 25000,0O0 quarts,
Iowa will can total of 41.500,000
quarts. This conservatively valued at
% cents a quart will be worth 10000
600
Demonstrations Attract
Iowa is alive to the importance of
preserving her food supply during sum
mer days of plenty, as is shown by the
public interest taken in the canning
demonstra tons being held over the
state. Twenty-Five trained women are
conducting the demonstrations. To date
500 demonstrations have been held in
forty Iowa counties with an average
attendance Of sixty people at each dem
r-stration. By the middle of August, a
total Of more than 1000 demonstrations
will have been held every community
in the state reached and more than
10000 persons taught the principle OF
Cold pack canning and various meth
DDS of drying and preserving. A com
munity canning club has been formed
with practically every demonstration
Probably the largest demonstration Civ
en- so far was that held IN Des Moines
during the week Of May %. attended
by more than 400 people. One Of the
canning clubs formed there is COM
posed of $50 members.
The gospel of food preservation is
reaching Iowa housewives from many
different angles. The department has
trained a number Of men and women
who will give canning demonstrations
in Chautauqua work this summer: II is
also training demonstrations at eigh,
leading colleges of the state and is
sending a demonstrator TO the state
institutions to teach the cold pack cam
ming method that they may conserve
their own canned stuff for the winter
Can Problem Taken Care OF.
Thru arrangements with the govern
ment. which has agreed to furnish cans
in carloads lots if the order is approved
thru Iowa State College the can sup
ply problem is being taken care Of. II
the demand is sufficient for these cans
in carload lots, the extension depart
,ment will act as a clearing house for
having them shipped Already il has
approved orders for eight carloads OF
cans TO be used by various committees
over the state.
Demonstrations will be held durine
the two weeks Of June q to July : ir
the; following counties and towns:
Dickinson, Worth, Bremen, Grundy
Woodbury., Sioux City. Monona Craw
ford, Iowa, Johnson, Polk. Adair. Madi-
son, keokuk, Louisa, Taylor. jefferson
Appsnoose Cass, Audubon Warren
Decatur Clinton. Cerro Gordo, Davis
and Lee