White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-18
SOME HOME GAMER
WILL WIN $500

Six hundred dollars for quart of
canned food! Can one jar of food be
worth that?
This is a question that is agitating
White Bluffs home-makers since word
got around that six hundred dollars
in cash would be paid for the best
jar Of fruit, vegetables or meat entered
in the second National Canning Con-
test which is being held at Shenan-
doah, Iowa, under the auspices of the
Household Science Institute.
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 economy
and healthfulness Of home canned
foods.
First prize winner in the National
Canning Contest last year was Mrs.
Mary Hvass, KEENAN,, Wisconsin,
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 United States
The holding Of the contest in Iowa
this year is due to the influence of
Henry Field, Shenandoah farmer.
merchant and K N F announcer,
whose career is one of the ronances
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 $4,25O IN PRIZES
Four hundred and seventy prizes,
totalling $4,250 in cash, loving cups
and ribbons. will be distributed to the
winners in the contest, which COM
prises three major divisions: fruits.
vegetables, and meats. The best entry
in each division will be awarded 500.
One of t-se will also receive the
five-hundred dollar sweepstakes prize.
Second prize in each division will be
$50, the third prize SIS. and the fourth
prize $40. The winners will also re-
ceive a loving cup and ribbon. There
will also be thirty prizes of five dol
lars each, seventy-five prizes of $3.50
each and three hundred prizes OF $1.OO
each. In addition. five hundred dollars
in cash will be awarded to the home
demonstration agent whose county
sends in the largest number of en-
tries, $3.50 to the agent whose county
sends in the next largest number. and
$1OO to the agent Of the county send
ing in the third largest number
The contest is open to every women
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 after the closing of the contest,
which will be on October l.
CONTEST CLOSES OCTOBER 1.
Fruit and vegetable entries in the
Contest will be judged for clearness,
color, pack. neatness, flavor and tex
ture. The meat entries will be judged
on neatness, texture. and flavor.
Judges, each one recognized food
authority. will be DR.. Louise Stanley,
director bureau of home economics,
u. S. Department. of Agriculture; DR..
Margaret Justin, president American
Home Economics Association; George
Farrell, director of extension for the
north central states for the Depart
ment of Agriculture; Mrs. Josephine
Arnquist Bake, director of home
economics for Iowa State Agricul-
tural College; and Miss Elaine Massey
leader of girls club work for Missis-
| sippi.
4 Contestants are free to use any
method of canning they prefer. ac-
cording to Grace Wall Gray, nation
ally-known canning expert and secre-
tary of the Contest. However, the use
of steam pressure cooker is re-
commended by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, especially in the cam
ming of meat, since this method not
only saves time and fuel and assures
absolute sterility, but also preserves
the natural flavor and texture, which,
of course, are important considera-
tons in contest judging.
That the Judging may be thoroughly
impartial and the display of jars abb
solutely uniform, contestants are re-
CURED to submit their entries in stand
ard glass jars of the quart size. A
sample Ball mason jar and carton to-
gether with prize entry labels for
use in sending entries may be had
without cost by writing the National
Canning Contest, Shenandoah, Iowa.
Many lives are sacrificed by the
indiscriminate use of cathartics. The
first thought of many mothers when a
child complains of stomach ache
is to give castor oil. An adult usually