130 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



Another interesting example of a community can- 

 nery was to be found in Salt Lake City. Recognizing 

 the need for food conservation, the city's women first 

 brought about the creation of a community market 

 and later established a community canning kitchen 

 that was run in connection with that market. The 

 work was carried on under the chairmanship of Mrs. 

 C. H. McMahon. 



The cannery itself consisted of one of the large market 

 stalls, temporarily enclosed for the purpose and equip- 

 ped with a complete canning outfit. Mrs. W. F. Adams, 

 president of the city's federated women's clubs, was 

 executive head of the organization. She was on duty 

 daily, arriving at the cannery by 7:30 o'clock in the 

 morning. Each morning the market-master purchased 

 in the market such products as Mrs. Adams desired. 

 Sometimes he secured these products direct from the 

 neighboring farms. Occasionally fruit or vegetables 

 were offered to the cannery free on condition that 

 they be picked and taken away. In such cases troops 

 of Boy Scouts were utilized to do the harvesting and 

 motor-cars, offered for the purpose, were used to bring 

 the food to the cannery. In order that there might 

 be a constant force of women at work, that the labor 

 should not become irksome to any, and that the interest 

 be as widespread as possible, Mrs. Adams appointed six 

 lieutenants to look after the labor supply. Each lieu- 

 tenant was responsible for supplying a given number of 

 hands on one day of each week and each lieutenant 

 procured a certain number of women to pledge them- 



