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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



the winter season. The Commission's Home Canning 

 -Manual was its first contribution to the literature of 

 practical conservation. This was a companion hook to 

 the Home Gardening Primer, which was circulated to 

 the extent of a million or more copies during the S])ring 

 planting season. In the canning manual explicit direc- 

 tions are given for preparing vegetables and fruits by 

 the single period, cold pack method of canning in tins 

 and glass. As an indication of the care taken in its comjii- 

 lation it may be men- 

 tioned that the orig- 

 inal manuscript was 

 p r e ]) a r e d by the 

 Commission's c x - 

 perts on a basis of 

 their own experience 

 and on information 

 ol)tained fro m the 

 United States De- 

 partment of Agri 

 culture and varioi; 

 other agencies. 

 W hen the manu- 

 script was in com- 

 pleted form copies 

 of it were sent to a 

 large number of the 



for issuance to government institutions. Through the 

 -Marine Hospital Service and the Bureau of Education 

 the booklet has been given wide circulation. -\s a re- 

 sult of suggestion in official bulletins government de- 

 ])artment employes have procured the manual for use 

 in their own homes. In addition to general recognition 

 fr(jm these official sources the manual has been the sub- 

 ject of a large demand from senators and congressmen 

 for distril)Ution to their constituents. Throughout the 



coinitry the recogni- 

 tion has been in 

 keeping w i t h that 

 accorded in oflicial 

 circles at the nation- 

 al capital. Its dis- 

 tribution has been 

 undertaken and its 

 use urged on the 

 iniblic by state and 

 local departments of 

 education, liy state 

 and local war com- 

 m i 1 1 e e s and by 

 countless chilis and 

 organizations inter- 

 ested in food' con- 

 servation and do- 



KK.XDV FOR EITHER CAX.NIXG OR DRYING. 



Who wouldn't envy the home gardener who produced this assortment of vegetables? The table 



mrwt <-nTin-iptf>nt -iii '^ loaded with the products of a war-garden, worthy of the best professional growers. The pro- mp^tic nrprvTrpi-lnfcc 



mOSI tonipercni au ,|,„,,, .„.,. ,„.,.,. ,.,,||,.,.,,,,i f^,. ca„„er or dryer and give rich promise for the winter. mesUC preparCOnesS 



That this general ac- 



thorities on the sub- 

 ject throughout the 

 United States. In 

 each case explicit 

 criticism and con- 

 structive suggestion 

 were requested, and 

 in every instance the 

 request w a s m e t 

 with prompt compli- 

 ance. In this way 

 the ni :i n u a 1 was 

 made to embody the 

 best information 

 from the best pos-.i 

 lile sources, a n d ii 

 was |)ublislK'd in full 

 confidence t b a t it 



SHDVViNG HOW SCHOOL CHILDREN GET AHEAD, 

 carried to the peO- 'i'||{s picture suggests interesting possibilities in the way of pumpkin pics for the coming winter. OnStratecl 

 nip nf \mprw--i th ' ' '"^ pumpkins were raised in war-gardens, planted and cultivated by school children and it is 

 ]31C OI ;\nieriLa IIH. safe i,, guess that none of the young gardeners will go hungry for pie during the school season. 



latest and most com- 



lilete knowledge of the art of canning as develoiied by 



modern science. 



That this confidence was well warranted has been 

 shown by the acceptance of the Home Canning Manual 

 as a standard and authoritative addition to the national 



ceptance was based 

 on merit is not to be 

 questioned. Without 

 such merit the ac- 

 ceptance would not 

 have been possible. 

 With such wide- 

 spread endorsement 

 the Commission can- 

 not fail to feel that 

 its manual has taken 

 a foremost place i;: 

 ihe literature of eco- 

 nomics and that its 

 i 11 tl u e n c e f o r 

 constructive conser- 

 vation is fully dem- 

 11 the 

 preparation of the 

 Home Drying Man- 

 ual similar care was exercised. Every precaution was 

 taken to insure authenticity in the instructions for 

 re\iving the lost art of vegetable and fruit drying in 

 the homes of .\merica. No available authority was 

 overlooked and the Commission felt that the booklet was 



literature on domestic science. This acce[)tance has been a worthy companion to its manual on canning. In this 



widespread and cordial. In various branches and bu- instance also was the confidence given warrant by the 



reaus of the United States Government the manual has reception accorded the work. The official recognition 



been given the stamp of official approval by its adoption given the canning manual was invariably shared by its 



