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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



thus providing for our own food needs we are making 

 |)ossible an adequate provision for preventing starvation 

 in Euroj)e. In no other way can we be so helpful in the 

 great war. Our armed forces 

 will do valiant service, and our 

 money and munitions will be of 

 tremendous worth in crushing 

 the foes of freedom ; but in the 

 final analysis it is in the matter 

 of food that we can be of great- 

 est use. 



As an individual benefit the 

 saving of food by canning and 

 drying has direct appeal for every 

 household in America. Experi- 

 ence has shown us what it means 

 to go into the winter with riotli- 

 ing laid by for the table. Ar. 

 empty pantry o r storeroom 

 means that the household must 

 look to the grocer for its su]j- 

 plies. Each day's eating he- 

 comes a problem in finance. The 

 can of tomatoes ]nirchased in 

 February involves the payment 

 of tribute to the various agen- 

 cies concerned in its production 

 and handling. The consumer 



pays cost and profit on every stage of the process, from 

 the time the vegetable leaves thfe vine until it has passed 

 tlirough the hands of th.e dealer, the canning factory, the 

 transportation com|)anics. the warehouse, the wholesaler. 



grower. In view of this common prudence demands that 

 the individual do away with the chain of middlemen and 

 absorb the various costs and profits for himself. If you 



tile jobber and the retailer. .A.11 of these agencies must 

 exact their share of the .selling price and l)y the time the 

 can reaches your kitchen it rejiresents an investment that 

 bears no relation to the sum originally realized by the 



WHAT A COMMUNITV CAN ACCOMPLISH 



Thert' is no better way to engage in canning and drying operations than by forming community clubs, to 

 conduct tbe work at a common center, such as a school house. This picture shows a gathering at a rural 

 schoiii, making a business of providing vegetables and fruits for the winter. Every family within three 

 miles is rei>resented. 



have raised your own garden truck your problem is all 

 the more simple. By Canning or Drying all the vegeta- 

 bles and fruits that can be spared you reap the benefits 

 which otheru ise would accrue to everybody from grower 



to retailer. You pay tribute to 

 none of the agencies concerned 

 in winter preparedness, but go 

 into the months of non-produc- 

 tion with a sense of profit and 

 independence obtainaljle in no 

 other way. If you have no 

 home garden your duty to 

 yourself is no less imperative. 

 By Canning and Drying you 

 avail yourself of ])urcha.ses at 

 the time of greatest plenty and 

 with prices at their lowest ebb. 

 By failing to take advantage of 

 this opportunity you will be 

 forced to buy when there is 

 nf)!ie of the competition ot the 

 growing season and w h e n 

 ])rices are at their highest level. 

 The conclusion is so apparent 

 as to require no argument. 



The need for Food Thrift 



neither begins nor ends with 



It must be made the every-day 



The essence of it is that nothing 



The food that is left 



TEACllIXG THE CANNING .\ND DRYING TE.\c:iIERS 

 Stimulation of canning and drying activities always follows the formation of clubs. These people are club 

 leaders who have gathered at the county seat to receive instructions from experts. From this meeting the 

 leaders return to their own localities and instruct their neighbors at club gatherings where the actual 

 canninr and drying is done. 



canning and drying. 



of household routine. 



.should be allowed to go to waste. 



over from one meal should be prepared for the next 



