Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-08-10
Will PUT UP" FOODS
The Home Canning Campaign Now
Under Way
PRESERVE FOR YOUR FAMILIES

The homecoming drive for 1,5OO.-
OOO. 900 quarts of ''put up foods in
1918 is on
The object of the canning drive is to
have each family supply it's own fruit
and vegetables for home consumption.
and so release the surplus factory goods
not requisitioned by the government for
persons unable to do canning at home.
This supply of home canned goods will
also greatly relieve the shipping situa-
ton.
The government is asking that each
housewife enlist in this cause and pre-
serve the food for her family for winter
USE
The women of New Castle County
are asked to can Is quarts of fruits and
vegetables for each member of their
family. For example, for family of
five, the quota will be seventy five
quarts of canned products.
The organization of the Food Preser-
walton Campaign is this:
Mis-. Robert P. Robinson, member
of the Executive Committee of the
New Castle Farm Bureau, represents
Food Conservation in the County. In
each community, there is community
committeeman who heads up the Food
Conservation work for that section
There are two phases of the Food
Conservation Work, the food preserva-
ton, including canning and drying of
fruits and vegetables and the wheat
saving, which will come at later date.
Your committeeman is supplied with
blanks for receiving the pledges of all
wom@n in the community. This pledge
means tnat you merely state how many
jars Of fruits and vegetables you will
endeavor 10 preserve for your family
this season. Do not wait for her to
come to you, call on her and tell her
what your quota will be. Later en-
deavor to double the quota as past rec
ords have shown that you do.
A WAR KITCHEN
The Liberty Kitchen for New Castle
County has been established in Middle
town. This was made possible through
an appropriation by the State Council
of Defense. Helen L. Comstock, Home
Demonstration Agent for New Castle
County, will be at the kitchen on
Thursday and Friday of each week, be-
ginning August Is. for the purpose of
in community canning, an
swering any questions and distributing
bulletins and printed material. Call at
the Liberty Kitchen and lend your sup
port to the work
The Farm Bureau plans to make
Of canned products to the
Red Cross or other worthy cause. The
glass jars for this purpose are furnish
ed by the Red Cross and the sugar
through an individual contribution.
Communicate with your community
and find out how you
may help in the good work. "Our
wounded boys" will appreciate jar of
preserves.
The cooperation of every woman in
New Castle County is sincerely desired.
Will you take an interest not only in do
ing your bit, but in Urging your neigh
oors to fall in step with the "army be-
1ind the army"
COMMUNITY COMMITTEEMEN
The following committeeman have
)een appointed to represent Food Con-
,ervation in New Castle County:
Blackbird, Mrs. William Fortner;
Centreville. Mrs. Henry B. Thompson;
Delaware City, Mrs. Wilkinson; Fair
view, Mrs. NJ. B. Eastburn; Hockessin,
Miss Emily Mitchell; Kirkwood, Mrs.
Richard Cam; Middletown, Mrs. Will
lam T. Connellee; Mt. Pleasant, Mrs.
J. L. Warren; Newark, Mrs. E. C.
Johnson; Red Lion, Mrs. w. E. Grams
,on; smyrna, Mrs. Arthur CHM; STAN
;on, Mrs. c. P. Dickey; St. Georges,
Mrs. William Snedekar; Talleyville,
Mrs. Joseph Mousley; Townsend. Mrs.
W. C. Money.