Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-16
Secretary Houston Makes Strong
Appeal to the Housewives
Of the Country.
LARGE SUPPLIES IN DANGER
Women Urged TO expend Energy In
Canning, Preserving, Picking, Dry
ing and Storing Products for
Local Consumption

""0'V VA sui lluN FRUITS anu NtEttuNitS
and conserve the food supply, Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Houston asks
mothers and daughters" of every
state to organize and cXpend all avail.
able energy in canning, preserving,
picking, drying and storing these prod
ucts for local consumption.
Secretary Houston is of the firm be-
lief that this problem may best be
solved locally No federal or state
government, he believes, can do any
thing unless women in every city and
town do what they can TO help.
The woman who has no garden is
asked to purchase full supplies for
her own immediate and future use.
TeleGraphic reports from - states
which are in distress We're made public
by Secretary Houston, showing that
large SURPRISES Of food will 20 to
waste unless women act Immediately.
The states particularly affected are
Arizona, Colorado Connecticut Idaho
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan. Nebraska, New Hampshire
New Jersey, New York. North caro-
lima. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, south
Dakota. Tennessee, Utah. Vermont
Virginia Washington, West Virginia
and Wisconsin.
Direct Appeal to Women.
This Is the direct gppp1l To each
individual woman, mothers and
daughters" by President Wilson him-
self, and here are the localities uf-
fected:
New Ensland-Unu>uany large sur.
pluSeS Of vegetables are reported. tx
ceptional yields Of fruits and vege-
tables are promised In Rhode Island,
and the state demonstration leader
there reports hundreds Of requests for
demonstrations In canning and drying
which II cannot meet with It's prcScn.
corps Of workers. Vermont. MasSa-
chusettS and Connecticut all declare
that help is needed to carry out their
programs of instruction.
New York has large surplus OF
vegetables, and, according to the state
leader, extraordinary efforts to pro-
mote home and community food preSer.
walton in the next few weeks will be
necessary to handle the situation. The
situation in New Jersey is reported as
serious by reason Of an unusually high
acreage and consequent large surplus
Community outfits for canning and
drying are needed to handle the Situa-
tlon properly. Pennsylvania hopes TO
be able to handle the situation II en-
Urgency funds are soon available. West
Virginia asks for help TO take car Of
the surplus of fruits in the eastern
part Of the state ana small surplus
Of vegetables on the farms.
Canning and drying In the homes
show large increase IN Ohio, whore
a vigorous campaign has been carried
on, Illinois reports extraordinary ac-
tivitirS In canning and preserving, but
there the fruit Is Well taken care Of.
Indiana has q large surplus IN both
vegetables and fruit, and ms,p demon
strolIon help Is needed. The garden
SURPRISES i'm Michigan are large and
much greater effort must De made 10
take care of them report says Wis.
conSin and Minnesota declare that help
+ needed In demonstration work. one
or more food conservation meetings IN
every township In Iowa will be held
10 urge housewives to care for a large
surplus Of vegetables and fruit.
Big Increase Reported.
A 100 per cent increase In garden
crops is reported from Nebraska and
Il large surplus is expected. Large
crops Of vegetables also are reported
from South Dakota, while In Kansas
the amount of fruits and vegetables
has been reduced somewhat by dry
weather.
In most Of the Southern states the
height Of the vegetable season has
passed, hut North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky vegetables and fruits
are plentiful and unusual efforts are
beingsmNde by workers In each state
TO save the SURPRISES.
Large crops Of fruits and vegetables
are coming on In the Western states,
but with the exception of California,
facilities aud equipment
are hlndering canning and drying oper.
ations In Utah a big food.conserva.
ton campaign Is on, backed by many
organizations. To meet the shortage
Of equipment. go steam Gamers IRE
being distributed, us is also much dry.
Ing apparatus. Twelve field workers
are demonstrating, but IL more are
needed. II
If canning and drying facilities
were. available, Washington could save
10000 additional cars of fruit. The
large surplus of fruits and
vegetables In Oregon is bcAg reduced
by dry weather. making II Increasingly
important to save all that is produced.
Much Of the surplus Of perlshables In
ARIZONA Is In danger Of being wasted
On tccount Of the inadequate canning
md drying facilities. Demonstrators
ma equipment are needed, the report
from TINT state says. Many others
" the Western states declare they
nek sufficient funds and help, and ask
Tor federal aid. II