The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16
Facts About Home Food
Preservation In 1916


total civilian supply of canned vege-
tables and two-t thirds of the canned
fruits available to civilians. Nearly
% million households put up an es-
timated 3,4OO, 100000 quarts of home
preserved food-in addition to record
commercial production.
The urgent need for home food pre-
servation is emphasized by the fact
that military requirements for COM
mercially canned foods have been ad-
vancing rapidly. Of the principal
vegetables, the amount set aside for
war use jumped from 25 percent OF
the pack in 1943-44 to Al percent in
1944-45 and now to 48 percent in 1916
46. While there is a slight drop in
the amount of canned fruits required
to be set aside from the 1945-46 pack,
production is expected to drop some
what more, thus leaving less for civil
ians-about 22,7OO,O0O cases from the
1915 pack compared with 23,S00,000
cases from last years pack.
Because of heavy military require
ments, coupled with strong civilian de-
mand arising from larger wartime in
comes, the supply of commercially cam
ned fruits and vegetables available to
civilians is now less than at any time
during the war. In the current pack
year, civilian supplies of canned fruit
are only about half of pre-war (the
1941 pack year,, with canned vege-
tables down more than one-third.
1t now appears that there will not
be enough of most commercially can
ned fruits and vegetables available
to meet civilian demand in 1945, no
matter when the war in Europe ends.
HOME CANNING ACCOUNTS
FOR SUCH A LARGE SHARE OF
CIVILIAN CANNED GOODS THAT
THERE MUST BE NO LET-UP UN-
TIL AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY IS
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN. HOME
CANNING is ONE OF THE Ma
TION'S MOST IMPORTANT WAR
TIME PROGRAMS ON THE HOME
FRONT IN 1945.
Sugar for Home Canning
Sugar supplies today are feeling the
real pinch of long war. Last year
civilians used 100000 tons (includ-
ing industrial use) -. about 100000
tons more than we could afford. This
year if we are to live within our quo
ia of 5,A00,000 tons =. and if each
American family is to be assured of
fair share of that quota, tighter ra-
tioning is necessary. Amount of
sugar allocated for home canning is
the same as last year-about 100000
tons but this year we cannot use
more.
The new rationing regulations are
designed to protect those who actual
ly do home canning by seeing that
they get their fair share of the home
canning sugar.
Canning Equipment
Pressure Gamers are essential to
can vegetables other than tomatoes.
Manufacture of 100000 has been au-
thorized for 1945, compared with
100000 in 1914. This years Gamers
will not be rationed and will be avail
able through regular commercial
channels.
Containers and closures are expect
ed to be in adequate supply in 1945.
There are no restrictions on their man
ufacture, and considerable inventory
is left over from 1914. 1t would ap-
pear that the three-piece glass lid type
of seal will be replaced with the two
piece metal lid or the zinc p/L Mason
cap. Jar rings will probably again
be made of synthetic and reclaimed
rubber, but an effort is being made to
improve their quality.
Community freezer lockers will to-
tai about Ia million by midyear. They
provide an economical and highly sat-
isfactory method of preserving food.
Community Food Preservation
Centers
Food preservation centers, now es-
tablished in approximately 5000 COM
munities, have two great advantages:
% more families have the use of
scarce equipment much as the large
size pressure Gamers, and (2) avail
ability of trained supervisors to teach
approved methods.
Home demonstration agents or To-
cal teachers of vocational agriculture
will help establish canning centers on
request by sponsors such as local gov
ernments, schools, civic clubs, and SIM
liar organizations. The canning pro-
ject can well be tied in with a school
lunch program.
Points to Stress
1. Home canning is wartime ne
ssity-essential for the Nations sup
ply Of canned fruits and vegetables
and essential for each family to make