Milford chronicle., 1930-07-11
CANNING CONTEST
STIRS INTEREST
OF LOCAL WOMEN
Fruit And Vegetable En-
tries Will Be Judged
For Clearness, Color,
Flavor And Texture.

Six hundred dollars for quart
Jar of canned food! Can one jar of
food be worth that?
This is a question that is agitat-
ing Milford homemakers since word
got around that six hundred dollars
in cash would be paid for the best
lar of fruit, vegetables or meat en-
tered in the second National Can
ming Contest which is being held at
Shenandoah, Iowa, under the aus
pices of the Household Science In
stitute.
The contest seeks to further the
work of the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture and the home demon
stration agents throughout the
country by focusing the attention OF
American housewives on the econo-
NV and healthfnlness of home can
ned foods.
First Prize winner in the Nation
al Canning Contest last year was
Mrs. Mary Hvass, Kennan, Wiscon-
sin. farm woman, whose entry OF
quart Jar of green peas was chosen
as the best entered by the girls and
women from all sections of the Uni
ted States.
The holding of the contest in Iowa
this year is due to the influence OF
Henry Field, Shenandoah farmer,
merchant and KFNF announcer
whose career is one of the ro-
mances of American life. Imbued
with the spirit of thrift, he readily
agreed to serve as president and to
oversee the innumerable details
connected with a project Of such
size and scope.
Offer S4,25O In Prizes
Four hundred and seventy prizes,
totalling $4,25O in cash, loving cups
and ribbons, will be distributed to
the winners in the contest, which
comprises three major divisions:
fruits, vegetables and meats. The
best entry in each division will be
awarded 500. One of these will also
receive the five-hundred dollar
sweepstakes prize. Second prize in
each division will be $50, the third
prize $25, and the fourth prize $40.
The winners will also receive a low
ing cup and ribbon. There will also
be 80 prizes of five dollars each, 70
prizes of $3.50 each and 300 prizes
of one dollar each. In addition, tive
hundred dollars in cash will be
awarded to the home demonstration
agent whose county sends in the
largest number of entries, $3.50 to
the agent whose county sends in the
next largest number, and 500 to the
agent of the county sending in the
third largest number.
The contest is open to every Wo-
man and girl in the United States.
There are no restrictions as to the
nature of the food sent. Contestants
may enter one, two or all three
divisions. Entries should be sent in
as soon as possible after canning
\ These will be placed and kept on
exhibition at Shenandoah until al
ter the closing of the contest, Whlcn
n will be on October l.
Contest Closes October
Fruit and vegetable entries in the
contest will be judged for clear
ness, color, pack, neatness, haVol
and texture. The meat entries will
be Judged on neatness, texture anC
favor. Judges, each one recog
nized food authority, will be DR.
Louise Stanley, director bureau o.
home economics, U. S. Department
of Agriculture; DR.. Margaret Jus
tin. president American Home Eco
nomics Association; George Farrell
director of extension for the nortl
- e. hn nonn rim ont nj
Agriculture; Mrs. Josephine Arm
uuist Bakke, director of home eco
nomics for Iowa State Agriculture
College; and Miss Elaine Massey
leader of girls club work for Mis-
sissippi.
Contestants are free to use an!
method of canning they prefer, ac
cording to Grace Wall Gray, ma
tionally-known canning expert ant
secretary of the Contest. However
the use of a steam pressure cooker
is recommended by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, especially il
the canning of meat, since thl
method not only saves time and fue
and assures absolute sterility, bu
also preserves the natural flavor ant
texture, which, of course, are impor
tant considerations in contest judg
ing.
That the judging may be thor
oughly impartial and the display o
lars absolutely uniform, contestant
are required to submit their entries
in standard glass jars of the quar-
size. A sample Ball mason jar ant
carton together with prize entry la
bells for use in sending entries ma,
be had without cost by writing tn
National Canning Contest, Shenan
doah, Iowa.