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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



WHAT A 



i_\lML'.\'IT\' TAN ACCOMIM.ISH 



liettir way tci engage in canning and drying operations than by forming community clubs, tn 



, „..^ work at a common center, such as a school house. This picture shows a gathering at a rural 



school, making a business of proviilinc vegetables and fruits for tlie winter. Every family w.lhin three 

 miles is represented. 



Tliere is n 

 conduct th 



tlius ijrovidiiig lor uur i)\vn food needs \vc art making grower. In view of this common prudence demands that 

 ])o.ssible an adequate provision for preventing starvation the individual do away with the chain of middlemen and 

 in luirojie. In no other way can we he so lielpful in tlie al)sorli the various costs and profits for himself. If von 

 great war. ( )ur armed forces 

 will do valiant service, and our 

 money and munitions will he of 

 tremendous worth in crushini; 

 the foes of freedom: hut in the 

 final analysis it is in the matter 

 of food that we can be of great- 

 est tise. 



As an individual benefit the 

 saving of food by canning and 

 drying has direct appeal for every 

 household in .\merica. Ex])eri- 

 ence has shown us what it means 

 to go into the winter with noth- 

 ing laid by for the table. .\r. 

 empty \> a ii t r y o r storeroom 

 means that the household must 

 look to the grocer for its su])- 

 ]jlies. Each day's eating lie- 

 comes a problem in finance. The 

 can of tomatoes purchased in 

 February involves the payment 

 of tribute to the various agen- 

 cies concerned in its production 

 and handling. The consumer 

 pays cost and ))ront on every stage of the process, from have raised ycnir own garden truck your problem is all 

 the time the vegetable leaves the vine until it has passed the more simple. By Canning or Drying all the vegeta- 

 tlifough the hand.-- of the dealer, the canning factory, the hies and fruits that can be spared' you reap the beneiits 

 transiiortation companies, the warehouse, the wholesaler, w'hich otherwise would accrue to everybody from grower 



til retailer. You pay tribute to 

 none of the agencies concerned 

 in winter |)reparedness, but go 

 into the months of iion-])roduc- 

 tioii with a sense of jirolit and 

 inde]!endcnce obtainable in no 

 iither wav. I f \ on lia\ c no 

 home garden your duty to 

 \iinrself is ik) less imperative. 

 Hv Canning ;nul l)r\ing you 

 avail vourself of |)urchases at 

 the time of greatest |)lenty and 

 with prices at their lowest ebb. 

 P>y failing to lake advantage of 

 this op])ortunity you will be 

 forced to buy when there is 

 none of the competitinii nl thv 

 growing .season a ii d \v li e n 

 |)rices are at their highest level. 

 The conclusion is so apparent 

 as to require no argument. 



The need for I-'ood ihrif' 



nriiher begins nor ends with 



It must be made the every da\- 



The essence of it is that nothini; 



TEACHING TIIK rAWMXG AND DRYING TKACIIERS 

 Stimulaticjii of canning and drying aclA-ities always follows the furmatii.ii of clubs. Tliesc people are dub 

 leaders who have gathered at the county seat to receive instructions from experts. From this meeting the 

 leaders return to tlieir own localities and instruct their neighbors at club gatherings where the actual 

 canninf and drying is done. 



the joljljer and the retailer All ol these agencies must canning and drxing. 



exact their share of the selling price and by the time the of household routine 



can reaches your kitchen it represents an investment that should be allowed to go to wa;te. The food that is left 



bears no relation to the sum originally realized In the tiver from one meal should be prepared for the next. 



