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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



in whom all the members 

 have confidence as to his 

 fairness and ability. Once 

 he is selected, he should be 

 given rather a free rein in 

 the management." 



With local organizations, 

 thus perfected the Emer- 

 gency Food Garden move- 

 ment has been making rapid 

 headway throughout the 

 nation. The readiness of 

 communities to organize for 

 the production of food has 

 been remarkable, and the 

 Commission finds itself 

 flooded with requests for 

 information and coopera- 

 tion, all of which are given 

 prompt and cordial atten- 

 tion. For the instruction 

 and guidance of these or- 

 ganizations and individual 

 gardeners the Commission 

 is furnishing daily planting 

 lessons to newspapers all 

 over America. Nearly 2000 

 newspapers throughout the 

 country are now using these 

 lessons, which are super- 

 vised by agricultural experts. They tell what, when and 

 how to plant and how to insure a full crop. Due regard is 

 given to climatic conditions in various sections of the 

 country, and these lessons have been instrumental in 

 bringing about the 

 creation of thou- 

 sands and thou- 

 sands of flourishing 

 gardens all over 

 the land. 



Not the least im- 

 portant phase of 

 the individual's 

 duty in connection 

 with the food sup- 

 ply of the nation is 

 in the matter of 

 canning, the season 

 for which is now 

 here. Too much 

 emphasis, says Pres- 

 ident Pack, cannot 

 be placed on the 

 necessity for pre- 

 serving fruits and 

 vegetables during 

 the season of their 

 abundance for use 

 when winter shall 

 have arrived. This 



CANNING BY COMMUNITIES 



A high measure of efficiency in canning is reached by application of the Com- 

 munity Spirit. Inasmuch as canning is one of the fundamentals of Food Thrift, 

 Community Canning should be encouraged. It reduces cost and labor and induces 

 food conservation on a larger scale than individual effort. 



FAIR CANNERS AT THE FAIR 

 Canning operation's may be made as interesting as an afternoon tea 



suggestion of the allurement of community work in preparing vegetables and fruits for winter use. 

 1 htse charming housewives or future housewives are club members who are busily engaged in the 

 conduct of a demonstration in canning at a county fair. * 

 rt commendation which is quite another story. 



is real conservation of food. 

 The importance of it is ac- 

 centuated by the success of 

 the Emergency Food Gar- 

 den movement. The plant- 

 ing and cultivation of a 

 million food gardens will 

 make it possible for families 

 not heretofore canners of 

 food to become such on 

 generous scale. By doing 

 this they will contribute 

 vastly, in the aggregate, to 

 the available supply of food 

 for the winter season. 



Economists are giving a 

 great deal of attention to 

 this point. As a part of a 

 campaign for enlisting 

 women in gardening, farm- 

 ing and Food Thrift, the 

 National American Woman 

 Suffrage Association has 

 inaugurated a comprehen- 

 sive program for this im- 

 portant work. In addition 

 to its bureau of farm occu- 

 pations and its plan of 

 pledging women as individ- 

 uals to do farm and garden 

 work wherever possible, the Association is urging the 

 establishment of canning centers in each suffrage league 

 throughout the states or in cooperation with other women's 

 societies in communities. Farm and garden clubs of local 



leagues are being 

 urged to plan at 

 once to open can- 

 ning centers with 

 the ripening of the 

 asparagus, spinach 

 and rhubarb crops 

 and to follow this 

 up throughout the 

 season. Provision 

 for a supply of cans 

 is characterized as 

 of first importance, 

 as a shortage exists 

 and prices are ris- 

 ing. A volunteer or 

 paid expert for 

 supervision and in- 

 struction is deemed 

 essential, to the end 

 that the greatest 

 degree of efficiency 

 may be attained. 



A number of the 

 most prominent 

 women on Long 



In this picture is conveyed a 



les and fruits for winter use. 



rho are busily engaged in the 



Incidentally the picture is a good matrimonial 



