Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-21

q ton of tomatoes is an average crop
from this ground, and they usually sell
for So to $40 a ton, when sold direct
from the field to the canning factory.
This same one-tenth Of an acre, II
canned, will make about forty dozen
quarts. which ordinarily will sell at is
cents. which will bring a total of $72.
1t will be seen that il this work, or a
part Of it, at least, is done on the
farm, there Is q great saving.
1t Is estimated that half the fruits
n vegetables grown in the United
States are wasted, and 1t might also be
said that half the people are hungry
for just these things.
Why Should We Can?
Gives Great Variety-If we can the
fruits and vegetables which would
! otherwise go, to waste, WI shall have
a supply for use on u own table
foods which we need to keep us heal
thy and make us grow strong-and
we a have a more varied and SO
more pleasing diet. Why should we
cat only meat, bread inc potatoes,
three times a day, three hundred six
ty-flve days in a year?
Is WhoaesOme-Saves Doctor Bills
1t is estimated that sixty-two per
cent OF the patent medicines sold are
patent laxatives. II people regulate
their diet properly and include more
green stuff they will not need laxa-
tives: s~eventy-ive per cent of the
people do not cat enough vegetables
to keep them well. Some doctors
estimate that silky per cen of the
deaths are due to indigestion, consti-
patton n effects which follow these
troubles.
We hear a great deal Of talk. about
the value OF silage> for stock. The
same arguments hold for canned foods
for people. Canned corn, beans, peas,
peaches. and apples bear h same re-
lation to dried ones, that corn silage
does to corn fodder.
Back Of practically all disorders is
the question of nutrition. .Pellagra.
that scourge Of the south. has only
recently been traced to a lack of pro-
tein. Corn bread, molasses, and fat
meat make a very im~perfectly balanc-
ed ration, Beans, peas, milk. cheese
and lean meat, each containing a large
percentage Of protein. should be add
ed to make a healtful ration.
On the other hand. many people,
especially office workers, students and
those who are not exercising sufficient
ly, eat too much meat.
Vegetables are conditioners. The
coarser ones furnish roughage. Beets,
lettuce, dandelions, and kindred vege-
tables supply small but necessary
quantities Of minerals and volatile oils
which give tone and strength to bone
and muscle.
Crouch. the old age in middle life.
are often due to lack Of proper diet
(this does not necessarily mean un-
derfed; 1t may mean overfed; it may
mean fed on a poorly selected died; it
does mean anyone whose diet varies
from h proper selection; combina-
ton. and quantity. becomes inefl-
cient. headachy. ill-tempered. slow,
stupid.
In the country especially, IL the
fruits and vegetables are not Or the
shelves, we go without them during
the winter months.
canned fruits and vegetables to dried
ones. The canned fruits retain the
natural juices and havors and In addi-
ton to being more nutritious and more
healthful, they are %tastier; We like
them better.
Is Ready to Serve When Wanted
In an emergency-a request at II
early; unexpected company arriving
after dinner has. been put cooking;
the housewife coming home late after
a day spent shopping or calling or at
church-think Of the comfort Of
knowing that there are on the shelves
canned soups. vegetables. greens,
fruits and fruit Juices. Any house,
wife can prepare a good dinner from
these in a few minutes required to
open the a n and heat the products.
Home Canning Cuts Down Cost Of
Living.
By home canning we do not mean
canning in the home alone, but any
canning not done in commercial AN
neries. The canning done by tho
boys and girls clubs is home canning
as we use the term.
Canned fruits and vegetables wheth-
er canned at home or at the CONNER
cial cannery r good food. When
canned at home It:
Saves Products Now Wasted-Moet
families have more string beans, sweet
corn, tomatoes. and other vegetables
than they use. They are not near
a truck market, or the surplus is SO
small It is not practical to market It.
Then there are the seconds which do
not sell readily, and the difficult prod