Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-06-17
Hamilton County Home Demonstration
Bureau Plans to Save all Surplus
Vegetables Grown
Here.
DRY EXCESS FOR RED CROSS
TO Bring Buyer and Seller Together
And Dry Surplus.-This
Weeks Work.


the Hamilton County Home Demon
stration Bureau is the appointment Of
q central committee to provide for the
distribution of surplus garden pro-
ducts in this county. At a recent
meeting Of bureau doctors, Mrs. F. R.
Mason, Mrs. F. E. Wilson and Mrs. 5.
r. Sheldon were chosen to serve in
this capacity
In addition to this central commit
tee in Webster City, township directors
of the home demonstration bureau will
act as township directors in the dis
tribution of surplus products. Each
township director has been asked to
name q chairman in each town in her
township, who will take care of the
work in that town, relieving the direc-
tor to take charge of the township
distribution. A transportation COM
mittee in each town and township will
also be chosen. This committee must
be composed Of persons who have cars
and are willing to contribute their SER
vices.
Bring Buyer and Seller Together.
The purpose of the committee is to
find the people who wish to buy garden
products and also those who have a
surplus of such products. That this
may be successfully done, all persons
in the city and county are asked to
notify a member of the central COM
mittee here if they wish to secure any
kind of vegetables or garden stuffs, or
If they have an excess of such COM
modities. Thus the supply and demand
can be satisfied.
Surplus to Red Cross.
While the plan in this county has
not yet been perfected, in other coun-
ties it has been arranged to turn over
any remaining surplus to the Red
Cross. The products are then dried
and sent to France by that society for
its work overseas. For instance a
small glass Of dried vegetables will
make gallon Of soup. Should any in
dividual have small excess Of some
unneeded vegetable, an arrangement
will be suggested whereby the donor
can dry his own product. However, If
that can't be done, it will be dried at
the Office of the home demonstration.
All the Red Cross will be asked to do
is furnish the cartons to take care of
the product after it is dried.
Every ounce of food stuffs must be
saved this season. Nothing should be
wasted. Every vegetable that grows
in the garden must do its full duty
toward feeding the world. All excess
garden products, not used while fresh,
should be either canned or dried. For
many vegetables and fruits, drying is
as good as canning and If skillfully
done both nutritive value and flavor
are retained. Miss Florence Watkins,
the county home demonstration, will
gladly give any information on how
the work should be done. Even rhu-
barb has been very successfully dried.
Miss Watkins also makes the request
that any housewife having spoiled
fruits or vegetables put up by the cold
pack method last year, bring sample
can to her Office in the city hall, from
where she will send it to the Iowa
State College home economics depart
ment to be examined and the cause OF
spelling determined. 1t is also desir-
ed that directions followed in the can
ming be attached.
Patterns for the official uniform, es
pecially designed for the women of the
food administration of the United
States, are to be had at the home
demonstrators Office. Anyone wishing
to do so may take the patterns home
and cut them off, returning the origi-
nails to the home Office
This Weeks Schedule.
This weeks schedule for demon
strations by Miss Watkins over the
county, follows:
Monday afternoon - Organization
meeting of girls canning club in
harrisburg.
Tuesday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
at the home of Mrs. Oscar Gilmore at
Pleasant Hill.
Wednesday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ton at English Lutheran church, Web
ster City.
Thursday mcrning-Webster City
girls canning club meeting ct Lincoln
high school.
Thursday afternoon-Demo
at the home Of Mrs. Robert r. Downs,
near Highview.
Friday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at