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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



in that quantity I have 

 such a variety that we 

 never tire of them," is the 

 report from Mrs. H. E. 

 Newton, of Mansfield, 

 Missouri. From Frederick- 

 town in the same state 

 comes word that the Union 

 Homemakers' Club canned 

 5,760 quarts of vegetables 

 and fruits, an average of 

 378 quarts to each family. 



Mrs. Newton goes on to 

 explain that they were only 

 "amateur" gardeners, and 

 that their only expenditure 

 was $1.85, of which one 

 dollar was for ploughing 

 and 85 cents for seeds. 

 There was not a square 

 foot which did not raise at 

 least two crops; and in ad- 

 dition to the supply for the 

 summer table and the large 

 amount she canned, a considerable amount was sold. 



"All of my canning was done in a home-made outfit, a 

 wash boiler with a wire frame made to fit it," she says. 



MAKING IT HOT FOR THE KAISER 



It is the women all over the United States who are doing the bulk of 

 the work in conserving the food which is essential to victory. From 

 her war garden Mrs. E. M. Hunt, of Denver, Colorado, preserved for 

 winter use more than 1,000 quarts of vegetables and fruits, her display 

 including 126 varieties. 



raised must be saved. What 

 cannot be eaten as it ripens 

 should be preserved, for it 

 would be just as foolish, 

 just as unpatriotic to grow 

 millions of dollars worth of 

 vegetables in our war gard- 

 ens and then allow a lot of 

 it to go to waste, as it 

 would be for the govern- 

 ment to build ships and 

 then allow them to swing 

 idly in our harbors or to 

 manufacture airplanes and 

 guns and ammunition and 

 then not ship them to 

 France where they are 

 needed. We know the 

 women of America are go- 

 ing to do their full patri- 

 otic duty in this direction. 

 They will carry out the 

 slogan on one of our pos- 

 ters, drawn by the Belgian 

 soldier artist Verrees, who was wounded in Flanders: 

 "Can Vegetables and the Kaiser Too." When this was 

 written the German troops for the first time had crossed 



And therein lies one of the fortunate features of theV the Marne but were promptly driven back by American 



work. It is so 

 simple that no 

 house keeper 

 need have any 

 hesitation about 

 tackling it. The 

 few simple 

 rules to be fol- 

 lowed are all 

 explained clear- 

 ly and concise- 

 ly in the book- 

 let on home 

 canning and 

 drying, of 

 which the Na- 

 t i onal War 

 Garden Com- 

 mission already 

 has sent out 

 h u n d reds of 

 thousands and 

 which will be 

 sent free to 

 anyone who 

 writes for it, 

 enclosing a two 

 cent stamp for 

 postage. 



Every bit of 

 food that is 



LINING UP THE "AMMUNITION" 



A simple homemade canning outfit, a wash boiler with a wire frame made to fit it, can be as successful 

 as any other in the food conservation work. Mrs. H. E. Newton, of Mansfield, Missouri, is here shown 

 getting ready to help "Can the Kaiser." Last season from her small war garden in addition to supplying 

 the family table, selling a considerable quantity and storing a lot, she preserved 327 quarts of various 

 vegetables. "I had such a variety that we never tire of them," she reported. 



forces fighting 

 by the side of 

 the French. 

 These men are 

 enduring a 1 1 

 kinds of hard- 

 ship and facing 

 death that you 

 may be safe in 

 a land of hap- 

 piness and 

 freedom. What 

 less can those 

 who stay at 

 home do than 

 to help provide 

 the food need- 

 ed by the boys 

 over there ? 

 Every bit that 

 can be saved 

 should be can- 

 ned or dried. In 

 this the women 

 of America 

 must take the 

 leading part. 

 They will not 

 fail their coun- 

 try in its day 

 of need. 



