Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-05-15
LET NOTHING SPOIL


neat, dirt, improper handling, flea
Insects and rats or mice are the great
est food wasters. ,ssc
Keep perishables cool, clean, and
covered.
The moment meat, fish, milk, and
eggs are allowed to get warm they be-
gin to spoil.
Bacteria and germs multiply rapid
ly in slightly warm food, and quickly
make 1t dangerous OF unfit to eat. y
Keep perishable foods in the cool
est, cleanest place you can provide.
preferably In a good refrigerator or
Ice house, but, at any rate, In covered
vessels suspended in the well, or in
the coolest place in your homo or
cellar.
Do not keep perishable foods In
hot kitchen or pantry or in a sunny
place q moment longer than ia neces-'
sary.
Dry cold is q better preservatiye
than damp cold.
Keep food covered and clean. The
dust particles in the air carry molds
and germs.
Meat. fish. and milk are ideal breed
Ing grounds for such germs. Keep
| your food covered so that these bac-
terra and germs will have az little
chance as possible to get on your food.
House fiies-better called typhoid
hies"-are among the dirtiest things
that enter our homes. They fly from
sewers, privies, and manure heaps,
carrying filth on their feet, which they
deposit on any food on which they,
light. Frequently germs of typhoid |
fever are carried by flies in the filth
on their bodies. and in their .excre-
ment (fy specks.)
| Ordinary cleanliness demands that
flies be kept out of our homes and
away from our food.
| Health protection makes II essen
tial to Danish flies. Keep all food COW
cred, or at least screened from these
carriers of deadly disease and Nth.
Destroy flies by every possible means.i
Rats and mice destroy millions Of
dollars worth of food and other prop
erty every year in homes, or farms
and In business Embellishments. AanEl
rats harbor the germs o. buboniol
plague. Trap and kill them. Lookl
upon every mouse as an enemy tol
your property.
Eradicate reaches and house ants.
Keep weevils out of cereals.
Keep your food where such pests
can not reach it.
Keep household pets away from
food.
Store vegetables and fruits properly.
Don't let fresh vegetables or fruits
wilt or lose their flavor or begin to-
rot because they are handled careless.
ly. Keep perishable vegetables I'M
cool, dry, well-aired. and for most
vegetables. dark rather than light
places.
Learn how to store potatoes, cab.
bages, root crops, fruits. and other.
foods SO that they will keep properly
for later use. ~
Don't think that any place In tho
cellar or pantry is good enough -
store food.
Heat, dampness. poor ventilation,
bruising or breaking will rapidly make
vegetables rot, ferment. or spoil.
Warmth and light make vegetables
sprout and this lowers their quality.
When there is surplus of fruits or
vegetables that will spoil If kept, cook
or stew them and keep them cold and
covered for use in day or two.
Can or preserve all surplus food
from gardens for winter use. In a
mornings work with ordinary home
utensils, you can put up many cans
of vegetables and fruit for winter use.
If you have no garden, watch the mar
kets. When any fruit or vegetable
that can be canned becomes plentiful
and cheap, buy a quantity and can it
for home use next winter. ~
Be food Conservator. Write to-
day to the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture or to your State agriculture
colles- for full information as to how
tn keep food in the household and
how to can and preserve all surplus
fruits and vegetables.
FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
Turkeys area is about 6s5,0O0 square
miles.
Using a chemical process Mos
Il cow engineer claims to have produced
finer linen yarn than the finest spun
at low cost.
A recent estimate shows that the
Federal ard Malay States have pop
ulation Of 1,117.000. The chief indus
trial enterprises are the cultivation ol
rubber and the nlining of tin Vast
territories arc still wild and open Ia
exploitation by capital.
Germany's secret police are supplied
with police eye glasses" These have
tiny concave mirrors on tha side next
the face. which may be extended side
ways or folded back so as not to show
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