New Britain herald., 1918-07-06
COMMUNITY PLANT
 ID PRESERVE FOOD
Centralized Canning Establish
 ment Needed in This City

Active steps are being taken by the home gardens committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Wom- enS canning committee of the Coun- Gil of Defense toward the cOnSerVa- tion of food products in New Brit ain whereby this city may go over the top in providing it's quota of 3J,OOO quarts of canned fruit and vegetables by the end of the canning season. At a joint session of the home gardens and canning committees held last evening i'll the Chamber of Commerce rooms, plans for the work to be car ried on in New Britain were outlined. It was decided to go ahead with the community kitchen plan by establish ing three such kitchens in this city St. Mary's school the Prevocational Grammar school and the Vocational High school buildings being chosen Us desirable places.
 Miss Campbell Chosen.
 Miss Mary Campbell, who is to be the demonstration in this new pro- ject, addressed the committees last night, outlining the Investigations made in other cities and towns where this work has been carried on for a year or more. She suggested for New Britain the idea of one central ized factory, such as has been estab liShed in other places, Pennington, for instance. These factories take care of large quantities of fruit and vegetables daily, preparatory work being done by volunteer workers, while real experts take care of the canning. The result of these fac tories is that more fruit and vegeta- bles are conserved It also provides educational features for a large group of people and is a good busi- ness venture. Should one of these factories be started here, it would re- quire the initial sum of $1 000. The matter was open for consideration. A number of the members feel assured that foreign born women do not need much training in the matter of can ming; they have been trained in their own countries to conserve. It is the American woman who needs this training more than any other. After this informal discussion, a mo- tion was made to hold the matter over until next years garden work is planned, as it is too late this year to undertake municipal canning, inas- much as a number of weeks would elapSe before the proper equipment could be procured The three cOm- munity kitchens will be a great as set, however, in the conservation of perishable foods, and housekeepcrs throughout the city are urged to take advantage of this opportunity. Every one is urged to save all surplus.
 MT. Sprague, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has been re- quested to send notices to all home gardeners that the canning schools will be available and that everyone is urged to attempt to save the sur plus of fruits and vegetables raised in their garden plots. The Chamber of Commerce is attempting to keep record of all products raised in the New Britain home gardens, which will be tabula ted, to show at the end of the season, results of the war gardens of this city
 It was also suggested that MT. Sprague make a thorough canvass of New Britain homes later in the sea- son, and attempt to determine how many cans of fruit and vegetables have actually been put up in this city, to sec if New Britain has reached it's quota, or if she has again gone over the top
 The prize committee was instructed to take up the matter OI lpflZSS LOT the best canned products as well as the best home gardens and take the matter up with the Berlin fair of- fcials
 Canning Program.
 Tho local woman's committee of the State Council of Defense is ready to open it's canning classes. The first of these will begin on Monday morn ing, at g o'clock, in the domestic science department of the Prevoca- tional Grammar school. The classes will be in charge of Miss Metcalfe. The schedule for the summer is as follows:
 Monday mornings, o'clock, Pre- vocational Grammar school; Monday afternoon, o'clock, Vocational High school; Tuesday mornings, Vocational High school; Tuesday afternoons, St. Mary's school; Wednesday mornings, Vocational High school; Wednesday afternoons Prevocational Grammar school; Wednesday evenings 7:3O o'clock, PreVoCational Grammar school; Thursday mornings, Prevo- cational Grammar school; Thursday afternoons, Vocational High school; LN,,iJ