Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-08-25
Wartime Food Duty
Of Each Individual

commissioner Hoover has nicely
summarized the whole present food
duty of every individual He says,
have clean plate; do no unnecessary
eating; use local and perishable foods
In place of staples fitted for export,
and gain food knowledge. The last is
very necessary, SO that the clean plate,
the limited portion and controlled Sc
lection will not be paid for at the
price of health and bodily vigor. I'm
less each individual lives up to this
creed every day, and three times
day, the shoulders of the farmer and
housek eeper will break under their
extra and unusual burdens.
When you, eat-whether at home,
at large hotel or at lunch counter
choose fruits or vegetables, eggs,
milk, or fresh fish rather than meat
and cereals, If you must have bread
ask for rye or corn bread, any kind
rather than wheat bread. Don't order
bread or rolls and forget to eat it,
and do not ask for cake at all.
The king of our great home canning
industry, Mr.. Bensen does not believe
that any American home is properly
qualified for the winter unless ii has
at least 366 jars or cans or packages
of preserved fruits 365 jars of vege-
tables and 365 Jars of meat, fish or
soups in the store rooms. Have you
that number of Jars put aside for
winter user How many more are you
planning to do? There is yet time for
every housekeeper to can, dry or pre-
| serve hundred, yes, thousands OF jars.
VIII you try to do your share is the
question every American woman
should seriously consider.
| The great autumn harvests OF fall
fruits and vegetables are just coming
into market. Those who have not
| done much canning still have an OPP
portunity to replenish their stock for
the coming winter. But If you have
done some canning during the spring
and summer-do not stop now while
the great surplus of the fields and
orchards are with discontinue the
good work already SO well begun. If
you do not need these canned foods
can for youh friends, neighbors for the
sick or poor who will surely need all
| that will be canned or preserved in
any way.
1t may be possible that many wo-
| men who are willing to save, do not
know how to put food in cans so that
| they will keep for winter use. 1t
| may be possible that many have not
the time to try And 1t may also be
| possible that many have not the
| money to spend for jars or cans or do
| not think 1t worth the trouble to can
Ine DltS or surplus fOOu8 Lnat are
wasting in house or garden. Just at
the present time, however, food Is act
ually worth more than time, cash or
strength or any other measurable
commodity.
There are many available bits,
surely, of fresh fruits or Vegetables
now in almost every garden or on
nearby market stands that cannot be
eaten today or tomorrow. 1t is very
| little trouble to take this food, wash
| 1t off and cut into thin slices, spread
out on open trays in the sunshine or
near the fire, Jr in front of revolv-
| until it is ''leathey." Later when you
| need it or your country needs it, then
| you will realize that your work and
| trouble has been quite worth while.
Cabbages, apples, onions, potatoes,
| spinach, carrots, green beans and
peaches measured by bushel or pound
can easily be reduced to ounces and
a very small bulk, in short time
| bv tn Bpctf.ie fan an ?
lily in waterproof
.ss ss-'SYlle5,feeSfl use.
ID, 1,s.e5 5s.s = nothing nor allow any foods
/ to be wasted. Guard the sink and
garbage pail with the creates vigil
lance so that If all available food re-
sources are watched and used prop
| erly, all waste eliminated and the
proceeds in land. labor, food and eff
| fort gathered together and thrown In
! to our defense might alone be enough
to swing the balance in the way 1t
7 l. A H..