WAR AND THE FOOD PROBLEM 



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DOESNT SHE LOOK LIKE A PRIZE WINNER? 

 This young woman has put up 56 varieties of vegetables and other food products. She is typical of those who are eligible to the winning of prizes 

 in the Commission's national contest for the best canned goods displayed at a fair. She is an earnest believer in the cold-pack process, for she 

 knows what it can do. 



vegetables and in other forms of winter preparedness. 



"Storage is an essential factor in Food Conservation. 

 Households which fail to store their own supplies will 

 find themselves forced to pay winter tribute to the wide- 

 awake business concerns which have practiced storage 

 on a commercial scale. By storing vegetables during the 

 season of lowest prices even the household which has no 

 liome garden can save much of the cost that would be 



involved in winter pur- 



chases and incidental!) 

 make important contribu- 

 tion to the national fond 

 supply." 



In its list of vegetables 

 which may be placed in 

 home storage to good ad- 

 vantage the Commission in- 

 cludes late potatoes, beets, 

 carrots, parsnips, turnips, 

 sweet potatoes, onions, cel- 

 ery, cabbage, salsify, drv 

 beans, dry lima beans, cau- 

 liflower, brussels sprouts, 

 squashes, parsley and ever, 

 tomatoes. Various meth- 

 ods are explained for kec])- 

 ing these vegetables, rang- 

 ing from the pantry shelf, 

 the attic and the cellar to 

 outdoor pits, cellars and 

 cold-frames. One form or 



F.-\IR CAXNERS AT A STATK FAIR 



.■\n exhibit of canned goods prepared by a club of girls and displayed as 



an object lesson for their neighbors. This is food thrift in its most 



T)ractical form and is the sort of thing that will enable Uncle Sam to feed 

 the world. 



another of storage is available to every household. Even 

 the apartment dweller can find the room and meet rhe 

 requirements for storing some of the products mentioned. 

 The results will well repay the slight effort in- 

 volved. 



Potato starch is given special attention in the manual. 

 As an article of diet this home-made product has quali- 

 ties that commend it to the consideration of every house- 

 hold. As a measure of con- 

 servation it utilizes culls, 

 bruised, poorly developed 

 and otherwise useless ])o- 

 tatoes, of which it is esti- 

 mated that probably 75,- 

 000,000 bushels go to waste 

 in the United States each 

 year. .Another advantage 

 is that it provides a health- 

 ful and appetizing food 

 product which can be used 

 in many ways where flour 

 is now used. Added to 

 these are the ease and sim- 

 plicity with which it may 

 be prepared. No equip- 

 merit is needed other than 

 a c\lindrical grater or saus- 

 age grinder, a pan or gal- 

 vanizing vessel for holding 

 the potatoes, another ves- 

 sel into which the grating 



