CAN AND CANNON; DRIER AND DREADNAUGHT 



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AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF DRYING 



Nothing could be more inviting than this plate of foodstuffs prepared for drying. 

 This shows the results to be achieved, as to uniforniity and appearance, by using 

 a mechanical device for preparing shreds or strips of vegetables. 



shortage. If they engage in a drying and canning 

 campaign of preparedness they will be inviting inde- 

 pendence, and at the same time thev will be relieving the 

 traffic situation. If twenty million families, or even ten 

 million, are able to draw on their own storerooms for 

 canned goods and dried products the relief to the traffic 

 situation will be tremendous. So vital is the need for 

 this relief that even if there were no question of pre- 

 venting waste the urgent need for can- 

 ning and drying would be enough to 

 justify the stress now being placed upon 

 them. With the double reason the re- 

 quirement is such as to be the patriotic 

 duty of every household. No family can 

 afford to ignore this duty. No family can 

 afford to be a food-slacker in this time 

 of war. 



Recognizing- the tremendous need for 

 canning and drying, the National Emer- 

 gency Food Garden Commission, in its 

 manuals on Home Canning and Home 

 Drying, has laid great emphasis on the 

 importance of these activities. This 

 advice is fundamentally sound and is 

 based on the knowledge and counsel of 

 the nation's leading students of food conservation and 

 the serious problems involved in the present situation. 

 In its treatment of the subject the Commission has under- 

 taken to drive home to every household and every good 

 citizen the duty of the individual in connection with the 

 food supply of the nation 

 and its European allies. So 

 tersely expressed are these 

 arguments, and so irrefu- 

 table, that they are repro- 

 duced herewith. 



" To save vegetables 

 and fruits by Canning this 

 year is a patriotic duty," 

 says the Commission in its 

 Manual on Canning. " The 

 war makes the need for 

 Food Conservation more 

 imperative than at any 

 time in history. America 



is responsible for the food sujujly of her European Allies. 

 The American family can do nothing more helpful in this 

 emergency than to Can All Food that Can be Canned. 

 In this way the Abundance of the Summer may be made 

 to supply the Needs of the Winter. 



" To do this means the practical application of the 

 l)rinciples of Food Thrift. It means the elimination 

 of Waste. The situation demands that every American 

 should do his share toward increasing the Food 

 Supply of the World. It is time to begin starving 

 the American Garbage 

 Pail. It is time for 

 everv woman to enlist 

 in the Army of Can- 

 ners. It is time for the 

 conservation of food." 



In its introduction 

 to the Manual on Dry- 

 ing, the Commission 

 says : 



" Drying vegetables 

 and fruits for winter 



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EVAPORATOR FOR USE ON COOKSTOVE 



The fair Conservationist in this picture is placing a tempting array of apple rings on an evaporator 

 which she bought for S6.00. This drying outfit rests on the kitchen stove and is supported at one end 

 by a metal leg reachmg the floor. 



use is one of the vital national needs of wartime. As 

 a national need it becomes a patriotic duty. As a pa- 

 triotic duty it should be done in every family. 



" Failure to prepare vegetables and fruits for winter 

 use by drying is one of the worst examples of American 



extravagance. During the 

 summer nature provides an 

 over-abundance. This year, 

 with the planting of 2,000,- 

 000 home food gardens, 

 stimulated by the National 

 Emergency Food Garden 

 Commission, this abun- 

 dance will be especially 

 large. The excess supply 

 is not meant to go to waste. 

 The over-abundance of the 

 summer should be made the 

 normal supply of the win- 

 ter. The individual family 



THE BATTLE AGAINST WASTE | 



^AR-TIME Food Gardens have already given f 



us an abundance of vegetables " F. O. B. the 1 



Kitchen Door." None of these must be 1 



■ wasted. Every household must enlist in the useful § 



1 army of Food Canners and Food Driers. The Can i 



1 is as much needed as the Cannon; the Drier is as 1 



1 important as the Dreadnaught or the Submarine. 1 



i Their importance must not be overlooked. If we 1 



P use them as we should our immediate food abund- 1 



1 ance " F. O. B. the Kitchen Door " will be trans- ■ 



B formed into a winter food supply " F. O. B. the 1 



1 Pantry Shelf." — Charles Lathrop Pack. 1 



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