fifth of them are black or short striped. If all were 

 of this higher grade, they would be worth $3,000,000. 

 The department suggests that a preserve stocked 

 with black skunks would eventually double or treble 

 the catch of skunks in the territory surrounding it. 



Serbs Learn to Can 



There is a splendid opportunity for some enterpris- 

 ing Americans to establish canning factories in Ser- 

 bia and teach the Serbs the process of canning and 

 preserving as it is done in this country. For this is 

 an industry which until last summer the Serbians 

 knew nothing about. 



American Red Cross workers, while in Serbia, 

 taught the housewives to preserve fruit and vegetables. 

 The scope of this work was limited by the lack of 

 cans and jars, but in spite of the scarcity of contain- 

 ers many Serbian menus will boast green peas, beans, 

 tomatoes, asparagus and canned fruits with their 

 bread and meat next winter. And once having tasted 

 such delicacies out of season, there will in the future 

 be a ready market for them. 



The only fruit which the Serbs have made any at- 

 tempt to preserve heretofore have been the plums, 

 great quantities of which are grown and xported. 

 These are known as Bosian prunes and are noted for 

 their excellence. A very good syrup called "pekmez" 

 is made from these prunes and before the war great 

 quantities of it were shipped all over the world, es- 

 pecially to Austria and Germany. 



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