Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-09
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From oil accounts Pennsylvania
is long on sauer-kraut and the food
people are urging that It be bought
and eaten with the traditional trim
mings not only for the delicacy that
1t is. but to prevent waste. In west
ern Pennsylvania there is a large
amount of this delectable food in
storage, fairly begging from what
the newspapers say, to be eaten.
In the so-called Dutch belt" there
is also more than usual and some of
the farmers would like to sell it.
The large cities have plenty of the
dainty on hand. But the interesting
thing about 1t all, is, that there are
differences of opinion as to the rea- .
son why so much is on hand. The
people in Berks and Lebanon and
Lehigh counties say that there was a
large cabbage crop and the same is
said in parts of York and Lancaster
counties. In the cities the grocers
say that they find it hard to move,
because of the prices they are COM
PEELED to ask. Year before last, be-
cause of the foreign demand, cab
bage went away up in price. The
result was that every one raised
cabbage last year. When 1t was
fection of. the times and the prices
went up. Hence, sauer-kraut did
not receive the attention which it
merited. But one of the funniest
| things about the sauer-kraut situa-
ton is that some people "knocked'
kraut, because it had a German
name. This got so noticeable that
in Pittsburgh, the federal authorities
took notice of it. This is what the
| Gazette-Times says about it: "Mr.
| George issued a statement that,
| sauer-kraut, Notwithstanding the hy-.
phen, ought not to be considered an
unpatrfotic food and that a great
deal of trouble might be eliminated
by giving it the wholesome Ameri-'
can name of picked cabbage" This
combination may be written and
printed without the hyphen. The
food bureau explained that "a rose
| by any other name would smell just
as sweet Sauer-kraut is therefore
to be sauer-kraut, or even sour-krout
no longer, but picked cabbage, be-
cause it is made of cabbage put in
| ripen and mellow with age. 1t may
therefore be eaten by patriotic peo-
pie without qualms of conscience"
The exhibit of wartime posters
which has been made at the Harris
burg Public Library and which is
the finest of the kind ever known in
this part of the state, was made pos
sible by the aid of boys from Tech
nical High school. When assist
ance was wanted to hang them,
Principal Eager volunteered a squad.
The boys did the work in style.
Stopping over in Harrisburg by
drafted men, especially when the
visitor happens to stray into the
Eighth ward, is not very pleasant if
from a western county is any indi-
cation. This man let his train get
away without him, so he says. In
any event, he turned up at the sta
ton some hours afterwards not
= pleased with Harrisburg. He had a
portion of jag, black eye, some
torn clothes and his papers had
been stolen. From what he said he
0 had been up in the old Eighth ward.
"The. ground is unusually dry"
said q suburbanite this morning
y when asked why the garden bri-
gade" had not shown much activity
: along the trolley lines this spring.
0 81 believe that the earth has less wa
r ter in it now than during any spring
of recent years." he continued. For
i. many gardeners had unfortunate ex-
periences due to a late cold snap
= they are going slow this year. or
e course radishes, lettuce, peas and
, onions are already in the ground in
many gardens, but as whole we are
k awaiting more favorable weather.
Speaking of onions, the man who
q delayed his purchases of sets is now
a at an advantage. 1 paid rs cents
= For. first sets AaFlY in
the spring, fearing q shortage, and
at one place in the Chestnut street
!. market picked up the same kind ON
q Saturday for Is cents quart"
r. Warning that many war gar
deners' this year are going to suffer
lloss, unless they clear the ground of
Il remnants of last years crops was
4 Issued to-day by DIR. j. G. Sanders,
v the State Zoologist. According to
q the records of the State Department
of Agriculture, there were thousands
of war gardens in Pennsylvania
J. last year and their owners and work
d ers suffered losses running into
thousands of dollars, because of fail
e ure to properly take care of soil and
plants The winter came so early
last year, that many were unable to
J. clear their patches. Consequently,
2 declares DIR. Sanders Excessive
l, numbers of insect pests and increas-
is ed plant diseases threaten our gar
deners and farmers this season"
He says that a uniformly cold win
! ter is favorable to insects and that
as "war gardens were everywhere
j left untouched after harvest with
remnants of cabbage stumps, beets
spinach, radishes, turnips and other
vegetables" they will afford means
of insects to do much damage. DR.
Sanders says the soil should be
cleared and plowed and poisoned
bran mash scattered to kill cut
worms. Unless this is done, there