The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
General Rise In Food Prices Leads To Study
Housewives, Cooking Teachers Check Calendar for < OppOrtune Time to Obtain Fruits, Vegetables

| anreaea national emphasis being nlaeesi on proper diets for health as very Important part ot our national defense program. Recent European developments have proven that the maintenance Of the healtn of the people of Q nation Is Just AS important as armAments,
 This sudden wave of increased interest ln foods has resulted in Q flood of injuries being received deily hy the Connecticut Department or Agricultural for information as to when peak supply periods of our locally produced vegetables and fruits are Co be expected. AS q re. suit the department has produced a simple, easily interpreted one page picture of the market history, In chart form, of our more impor. tant perishnble porductS which are subject to regular seasonal nuctua- tons in supply and price, it Is titled "Connecticut ConsumerS' Calendar" and shows when these peak supply periods usually occur each year, covering 10 vegetables, three fruits and tho seasonal variation In the supply of the various sizes of eggs, Practically oil these products are prominent members of the "protec- tive foods" family which nutritions lytS constantly are urging consuEn- CTS Co eat more often and abund- antly aS Q means to better health,
 Lettuce, for example, is shown as being twice as abundant in June as In any other one of the twelve months. July, the chart shows, will bc the time to look for extra plen. tiful supplies and freshest quality of beets, cabbage, snap beans, car- rots and summer squash. August is indicated as being the time to buy sweet corn, lima beans, tomatoes, peppers and early apples. The height of the peach season Is not recahed until September, according to the calendar, but consumers will be able to protect their egg buying budgets along about that time by changing to small bullet size eggs in place fo the more expensive large sized ones,
 The fall months are pictured as months of declining supply of most Of theso more perishable green sum mer products, but the tilne to stock up on such of the less perishable Items, such as potatoes, onion, the more popular kinds of apples and medium size eggs, Caultflower, how~ ever, becomes most abundant In Oc- tober, the consumers calendar shoWS,
 Tho smallest bullet sise eggs have declined materially in supply by November, but tho medium size has reached peak. Large siEe eggs de- cline In supply after the April peak until they reach thelr lowest supply point of the year in September and October but ln November begin to show Q gradual but steady increase again.
 The picture of the manner in which the under size eggs come in right on time to supplement the market supply just aS the large size supply reaches It's annual low appears to indicate that the hens have been reglmented by Q dicta- tor, but of course anyone with poultry. keeping experience knows that tho hen is still one of our most rugged individualistS In spite of modern scientific management methods and 1t just happens that she Is not doing the natural con- trary thing when 1t comes to keop- Ing faith with her egg eating pun- llc.
 The Connecticut Department of Agriculture ct It's Hartford office Is prepared to supply as many oi these new practical calendars to As many people as ask for them. II Is such Q simple one-page publiea- ton that 1t can be produced in large volume at small cost and il widely used should prove Q very effective means of preventing our annual Connecticut food budget oi some 100 million dollars Increasing too sharply in the immediate fu' ture,