Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-26
COUNT YOUR CANS.
Local Canning Demonstration is Flaming For Intensive Work This Fall.

There are at least four reasons why housewives of Connecticut must can fruits and vegetables at home in pre- paration for the coming months when fresh produce cannot be secured, ae- cording to Miss NJ. Estella Sprague of the Connecticut Agricultural college.
 There will Be a shortage of factory canned goods for home use due to the fact that the government has found it necessary to ,resquisitiop a large per cent of the factory canned stuff for use by the army and navy. The re- nlaining fruits and vegetables which have been canned in factories will be needed by factory workers and others who do not have time to put up their own supplies during the summer. This means that tho families who have fa cilities for home calming and who can secure cans, garden produce and fruits should prepare their own supply.
 Connecticut people remember we'll the transportation situation of last year. It is possible that the same situa- ton will arise during the coming vim l ter or at best the railroads will have l ample burden to carry without the necessity for supplying Connecticut | households with their entire food sup 1 blF. It is important that every house l wife realize she is doing a patriotic i service by reducing the strain on the l transportation system whenever she ] adds a quart of fruit or vegetables to her food supply for next winter
 The necessity for substituting oth- CT products for wheat and meats make desirable a generous supply of canned l and dried fruits and vegetables The more ample the stock and the great
 CT the variety of home preserved pro- duets the easier it is to maintain va riety and palatability in the home menu.
 The great need for every bit of food which can be produced in this country
 and abroad need not again be reiterat- ed. By canning and drying vegetables
 from the garden and fruits from the 1 orchard, which would otherwise go tG waste, a considerable contribution is made to the worlds food supply. Ever though the entire stock of these added
 fruits and vegetables is utilized al
 home, yet the general effect is the
 same since they are eaten in place o1
 other food stllffs which would of nee essity come from the great food pro-
 ducing eenters Of the middle west and other parts of our country.
 These reasons make it Imperative
 that we as a state contribute our timt
 and labor during the summer to tht great problem of storing as nearly a.
 possible sufficient food to last us un. til next spring.
 . A quota of five million quarts O
 fruits and vegetables has been set a. the minimum contribution which Con
 necticut will make to. her own foot l supply. The Junior Food Army vii ? undertake to can at least one million quarts leaving the remaining four mil ..tI lion quarts to be put up by the house l wife. These figures are not as as . founding as they might appear at frs glance. nor is it at all impossible t hope to see the quota filled. Last sum
 mer, many families canned over thre
 hundred quarts and this year ar 1 planning to produce even more Tn , quotas in quarts as set for the vari 1 ous counties are as follows: New Ha , ven 1,S49,000i Fairfield and Hartfor
 counties each 1.i72, 800: New Bondor
 4O2 ,ooO; T,itchfield, 335,oo9; Windhan
 z34,0o0; Middlesex, 254,5oO; Tolland 3 1340Oo.
 : Miss Case. canning demonstratio agent. of the local Farm Bureau i ! planning an intensive canning cam [ paign.