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a deliberate purpose on the part of an all-wise Provi- 

 dence. No alternative is possible. There is no middle 

 ground. If we choose to regard it as nature's miscalcula- 

 tion it is logical that we should be willing to sit by com- 

 placently and make no effort to correct the apparent 



home drying furnish the inevitable answer. Through 

 these activities only can we obviate the prodigious waste 

 with which an abnormal garden crop threatens us. In 

 no other way can the abundance of summer be made 

 to supply the needs of winter. In no other way can we 

 insure ourselves the full worth of our 

 food supply. If we fail we cannot com- 

 fort ourselves with the thought that na- 

 ture was in error and that no responsi- 

 bility attaches to ourselves. The burden 

 is on us. We can but feel that the mis- 

 take was our own and that we have only 

 ourselves to blame for the food shortage, 

 and high prices of the winter. 



Food thrift, therefore, has a double 

 meaning. In its larger sense it is a duty 

 of patriotism. To the individual it is a 

 means of providing a winter food sup- 

 ply at a minimum cost. As a patriotic 

 measure it is a vital factor in enabling 

 the United States to fulfil its obliga- 

 tion in the matter of overcoming the 

 food shortage of its allies in the great 

 European conflict. Every pound of 

 vegetables and fruits stored away on 

 the pantry shelf will be a tactor in solv- 

 ing this problem. By decreasing the 

 need for wmter purchases these home 

 stores will augment the amount available 

 for the feeding of our own soldiers in 

 error. On the other hand if we use our reason we know the trenches and for supplying the needs of the donies- 



UlU VOU F.VKR SEE SUCH A XL K.Ml' PATCH- 



What better argument could be oflFered in favor of Home Gardening than this picture of a 

 prosperous turnip patch at the time of harvest? These boys Icnew what they were about when 

 they undertook the job of making a garden and the> stuck to it like a shoemaker to his last. 

 The result speaks for itself, but in this case virtue has a reward in money as well as in itself. 



that nature makes no mistakes. 

 we are brought to the conclu- 

 sion that the forces of creation 

 wrought wisely and well in giv- 

 ing mankind of their abundance. 

 We are brought to the realiza- 

 tion that it was no part of na- 

 ture's plan that any of these 

 products should go to waste. 

 Nature is the true Conserva- 

 tionist. The most elemental 

 observer knows that she never 

 miscalculates and never wastes, 

 as witness the transformation of 

 prehistoric forests into today's 

 coal supply. The materials she 

 cannot use in one form go 

 thror.gh her laboratory to be 

 transmuted into another. With 

 this example of thrift constant 

 ly before us we cannot fail to 

 recognize our own responsibility 

 as to the food wealth of the 

 summer. Our duty is clear. 

 This wealth was given us for a 



distinct purpose. To achieve this purpose we must prac- 

 tice food thrift on a national scale. Home canning and 



With this as our basis tic and military ]:)opulation of the countries which are 



SUFFRAGE NOTE: BOYS EARNING THE VOTE 



The man is teaching the boys how to utilize fruit products by home canning. That they were apt pupils is 

 shown by the statement that on the day the picture was taken these lads put up an even thousand cans of 

 fruit by the cold-pack process. Motliers and sisters please give credit. 



hel])iiig us in our fight for world-wide Democracy. In 

 this way canning and drying are vital to victory. By 



