Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-09-13
nnw A SENATOR'S wife Conseryes

Il And when guests come, we stl
under the trees and one reads while
the rest OF as shell young lima beans.
That is the way Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, wife of the Senator from
Virginia, describes the entertainment
Of her distinguished guests on her
firm south of Lynchburg.
The next morning the Senator'S
wife takes such Of the beans as are
not destined for the table that day up
10 she roomy attic, and there they are
spread in thin layers on old screens
Iof framed cheese cloth. AS success
EsiYe crops are planted and the beans
are picked daily, this means an am
pie supply OF butter beans through
out the winter that, declares Mrs
Swanson, are as delicious as ii fresh
ly gathered.
But that is only one of many ways
in which Mrs. Swanson not only
practices conservation but adds 20
the country's resources. Her work
was not begun as war measure, but
is the outgrowth of Mrs. Swanson's
own ideal of citizenship and house.
wifery.
| Mrs. Swanson, known far beyond
the National Capital and her own
state as successful hostess, is
practical farmer as we'll. She raises
wheat and corn and grinds the latter,
produces beef and the justly famous
hams that add to the Righteousness of
her dinners are raised and cured on
the place. Her production program
ranges from Injuries like French en-
dive, grown in the cellar, to seventeen
varieties OF winter roots, which are
stored for use during the long unpro.
ductive months Of winter.
All this is accomplished by Mrs.
Swanson. the practical farmer. But
Mrs. Swanson, the housewife, quite
matches that record in conservation
A season, for instance, during which
600 quarts OF preserves are put up,
besides jelly and dried fruits, is
nothing exceptional on the farm, and
all of this work Is overseen, and the
larger part Of it actually done, by
Mrs Swanson herself.
The policy of economy has always
been to Mrs. Swanson the only one
compatible with good citizenship and
housewifery. An instance of this is
the use she makes OF windfall apples
These are collected day by day, and
the result Is great glass jars OF pale
golden applesauce for winter use,
made from product that usually
goes TO waste
When the special appeals for con-
servation began. or our entrance in
TO war, Mrs. Swanson need was
merely to adjust, not adopt, a pro
gram. A greater proportion of her
wheat was marketed, and more of the
corn meal used when wheatless meals
were instituted. There we're porkless
days when that was the special need,
and now the bees of the farm are get
ting their stings into the Kaiser by
making honey to replace the sugar
that must be conserved.
The accomplishments OF Mrs. Swan
son are especially Interesting because
they illustrate one important point.
Some people have been inclined to
look on conservation merely as a
measure for the relief Of pocketbooks
under the strain of wartime prices
But a woman who, without any per-
sonal necessity, practices diligent
conservation gives clear example
of conservation's real purpose. And
that purpose is to stretch the resourc-
es we have to draw on now the sooner
we shall conquer the Hun !; second,
tue less we deplete our resources for
personal use, the more we shall have
TO aid US in that great day when we
shall help to build a new and fairer
world on the ruins of the old.