New Britain herald., 1917-08-11
NATION HEARS GALL
 TO PRESERVE FOOD
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SS aoNS OcSA IHODlllZeQ ana are already in active service Eight hund red thousand of them are Regulars serving in food and agricultural clubs and organizations in 28 States. Two hundred thousand of them are enlisted in the emergency food production and conservation work of the U. S. Depart mont of Agriculture.
 Or special interest during the pres ent campaign for the preservation of perishable fruits and vegetables are the activities of Division of over 40,0 organized into 2,O00 canning clubs scattered throughout these 2S States. The majority of them are boys and girls under 1s years of axe, who in uniforms. consisting of & ser vice cap and apron bearing the na iuonal "4-H" club emblem, are canning. pickling. preserving and drying surp- Jus home garden products and cheap garden market supplies. The "4-H' emblem signifies the. "Consecration of head, heart. hand and health to win the world war for world peace'
 These special canning clubs are of 8 different types: Canning, Garden and Canning. and Mother Daughter (CAnning).
 The Canning" clubs are often org anized among those who have no home gardens and who buy all of their pro- duce. This service indicates the man. ner In which interest in home making and home economics is spreading among the city boys and girls.
 In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for in stance. several such clubs were orga- nized under the inspiration of State leader, who made demonstration of canning before mothers, boys and girls The clubs were organized. as q result of this demonstration, under such titles as ''The Preparedness Club", The Economy Club. "rhe Ever Ready Club, 'sThe Happy Hell pers Club. and Uncle Sam's Club''. In the State as a whole there is total membership of 800.
 The "Garden and Canning club has been typica1ly carried out in the State of Wyoming. A little high school girl of Powell. Wyoming. won the State championship last season on plot of ground 132 feet long by B feet wide. In her individual report she tells of having superintended the fertilizing. blowing. levelfng, narrowing and corrugating for planting, and of having produced an abundance of
  ming. In the State as a whole there are 3S clubs with a membership of 404.
 The 'Mother-Daughter" type of clubs is an organization where the mother and daughter are teamed" and as a team become member of the canning club. The first club Of this sort was organized at G1enwood, Leavenworth county. Kansas. In the clubs 1916 report the total product was 9,838 quarts of fruits and veg etables Some of the teams in the club canned over 200 varieties. There are throughout the state 154 clubs, with a total membership of 6,245. , In Arizona there are 37 clubs with a mem bership of 493. The state champion club at Thachter last year canned soa quarts of vegetables and fruits. Every girl exhibited either at the country or at the state fair. and several at both. The club won the large silver trophy donated by the Arizona Bankers Association. A msmbe of the club in her individual report states: T had friend whose mother died, leaving her to take care of and be a mother to large fam fly. She was very inexperienced girl I helped her and taught her to can fruits and vegetables" Another member reports: II had no garden. And the orchard is too young to bear fruit, so all of the fruits and veg etables had to be bought. It was great fun to go after them. The more fruit I can. the more I want to cAn.'
 In New York state there is a total of 53 clubs with membership of 1,4ss. A little 13-year-old girl in Hyde park. New York. whose father is superintendent of the Frederick Vanderbilt Estate, canned 237 pint jars of different variety fruits, veg etaoles and meats, 27 varieties of jel- lies and jams, and. 34 varieties of dry herbs She reports: This summers canning has made us realize how much has gone to waste in former years that could have been canned ?, the winter
 In Minnesota there Is total of 465 clubs, with a mem bership of 5,295. The Maple Lake community in 1918 canned 4,500 quarts of prod uct It was the state champion can- ming club, and members of this club took nearly every first prize given at the county fair.
 In California there are 72 clubs, with a membership of 602.
 In Colorado there are 4S clubs, with q membership. of 749.
 In Connecticut there Is total of 10S clubs, with a membership of 6,07S.
 Tn Indiana there are 75 clubs. with a mem bership of 1.050.
 Tn Kansas there is a total of 154 clubs, with a membership of 6,245.
 In Massachusetts there Is a mem bership of 1913.
 h Michigan there Is 8 total of 57 clubs, with a m mbership of 746.