Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-07

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Surplus Material.
BY Jessie P. Hastings.

| If anybody in Delaware county has
anything in the line of garden mater
! ial. or fruit anything that they cannot
make use Of themselves and would
like to dispose Of it, please notify this
office. We have number of canning
clubs in the county that could gather
up this material or get it and put it up
or dry it, or fix it up in some way so
that it would not go to waste. A great
many counties are making use Of their
idle school buildings as center for
this sort of work. In some townships
the school board has purchased a
pressure cooker, which makes the
work of canning much shorter pro-
cess, and much more can be done in
given length of time and with less
fuel. With the aid of a canning club
leader and cooperating demonstration
this material can be canned or dried
and put in such shape that it would
go for Red Cross, for Y. NJ. c.. A. or
other associated charities in the coun-
ty.
1t behooves everybody to scan their
gardens we'll. Be sure there is moth
ing wasted that somebody might make
use Of. Remember, next winter is 60
ing to be long, hard one, and many
Of us are going to go hungry unless
we can gather together enough to fill
our cellars and shelves this summer
and fall
1t is a nice idea, if your neighbor
has lots of beans and you are going
OF have lots of aples, or more than
you need, why not make trade?
There have been several calls for
Transcendent crab apples. If anybody
has any for sale, please notify this Of
flee at once.
Vegetables.
Use plenty of vegetables for your
health's sake. Keep the body machine
in good order. For your neighbours
sake, extend the food supply-feed the
hungry. For your country's sake, save
the non-perishable for the soldiers.
Vegetables can be had the year round.
from your garden, your store room or
local market. You can have them
fresh; they need not be shipped; they
cost less money; they save meat and
bread. Vegetables are of great value
in the diet They furnish protein,
starch, sugar, a small amount of fat,
matter, cellulcse and water.
The leaf vegetables, such as cabbage,
lettuce spinach and other greens, are
a prolific source of vitamine SUBJ
stances, which are necessary in the
diet, if the human animal is to grow
or long maintain a state OF health.
Vegetables and fruits contain an eX-
cess of basef0rming elements which
serve to counteract the effect OF the
a id-forming elements in meats and
eggs. 1t is, therefore. important that
and fruits be used literally
when meats and eggs are used extern
sively.
Demonstration Teams.
Canning club leaders please take
notice that there will be competitive
work among the demonstration teams
Of the various canning clubs soon, |
by special training with the /
demonstration team. This
team will doubtless be sent to the Des
Mones state fair
Get your teams in working order.
These teams will all have chance to
demonstrate during the county fair
acre and demonstri lions will be given
or the purpose of showing the work
If cold-pack canning under the east
end of the amphitheatre.
Sugar Saving.
If you are having difficulty with the
saving Of sugar especially since we
lave been cut down to two pounds per
month, per person, and need any help
n this, please feel free to call on the
agent for recipes, sug-
estions and help. We also have
lumber of bulletins which might help