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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



the winter season. The Commission's Home Canning 

 Manual was its first contribution to the literature of 

 practical conservation. This was a companion book to 

 the Home Gardening Primer, which was circulated to 

 the extent of a million or more copies during the spring 

 planting season. In the canning manual explicit direc- 

 tions are given for preparing vegetables and fruits by 

 the single period, cold pack method of canning in tins 

 and glass. As an indication of the care taken in its compi- 

 lation it may be men- 

 tioned that the orig- 

 inal manuscript was 

 prepared by the 

 Commission's e x - 

 ])erts on a basis of 

 their own experience 

 and on information 

 obtained from the 

 United States De- 

 partment of Agri- 

 culture and various 

 other agencies. 

 When the manu- 

 script was in com- 

 pleted form copies 

 of it were sent to a 



. K f tl READY FOR EITHER CANNING OR DRYING. 



large numuer OI inc YVho wouldn't envy the home gardener who produced this assortment of vegetables? The table 



^-i*-vof i^^t-i-iT-vof^tif .in is loaded with the products of a war-garden, worthy of the best professional growers. The pro- ri^cti/' T-^rArior^^nAcc 



most competent aU- ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ collected for canner or dryer and give rich promise for the winter. mesiic prepdreoneSS. 



thorities on the sub 



for issuance to government institutions. Through the 

 Marine Hospital Service and the Bureau of Education 

 the booklet has been given wide circulation. As a re- 

 sult of suggestion in official bulletins government de- 

 partment employes have procured the manual for use 

 in their own homes. In addition to general recognition 

 from these official sources the manual has been the sub- 

 ject of a large demand from senators and congressmen 

 for distribution to their constituents. Throughout the 



country the recogni- 

 tion has been in 

 keeping with that 

 accorded in official 

 circles at the nation- 

 al capital. Its dis- 

 tribution has been 

 undertaken and its 

 use urged on the 

 public by state and 

 local departments of 

 education, by state 

 and local war com- 

 m i 1 1 e e s and by 

 countless clubs and 

 organizations inter- 

 ested in food) con- 

 servation and do- 



ject throughout the 

 United States. In 

 each case explicit 

 criticism and con- 

 structive suggestion 

 were requested, and 

 in every instance the 

 request was met 

 with prompt compli- 

 ance. In this way 

 the manual was 

 made to embvidy tlie 

 best information 

 from the best possi 

 ble sources, a n d it 

 was ])ublished in full 

 confidence t h a t it 

 carried to the peo 



That this general ac- 

 ceptance was based 

 on merit is not to be 

 (luestioned. Without 

 such merit the ac- 

 ceptance would not 

 have been possible. 

 With such wide- 

 spread endorsement 

 the Commission can- 

 not fail to feel that 

 its manual has taken 

 a foremost place in 

 the literature of eco- 

 nomics and that its 

 influence for 

 constructive conser- 

 vation is fully dem- 

 onstrated. In the 



SHOWING HOW SCHOOL CHILDREN GET AHEAD. 

 This picture suggests interesting possibilities in the way of pumpkin pies for the coming winter. 



r\)n r%( A tiiof ,V-. tViu "" PUHipkins were raised in war-gardens, planted and cultivated by school children and it is rvrpinraf inn nf f Vi f> 



pit. OI /MilcriCd irie ^afp , gm.ss that none of the young gardeners will go hungry for pie during the school season, f ' ^1^"""^'"" "' i- " <= 



latest and most corn- 



Home Drying Man- 



plete knowledge of the art of canning as developed by ual similar care was exercised. Every precaution was 



modern science. taken to insure authenticity in the in.structions for 



That this confidence was well warranted has been reviving the lost art of vegetable and fruit drying in 



shown by the acceptance of the Home Canning Manual the homes of America. No available authority was 



as a standard and authoritative addition to the national overlooked and the Commission felt that the booklet was 



literature on domestic science. This acceptance has been 

 widespread and cordial. In various branches and bu- 

 reaus of the United States Government the manual has 

 been given the stani]) of official approval by its adoption 



a worthy companion to its manual on canning. In this 

 instance also was the confidence given warrant by the 

 reception accorded the work. The official recognition 

 given the canning manual was invariably shared by its 



