CHAPTER XVII 



KEEPING THE GAKDEN PKODUOE 



Every housewife may run a miniature canning factory in her own 

 kitchen, and on the farm this is especially economical and desirable, 

 the economy being less pronounced in the case of city dwellers, who 

 must buy their fruits and vegetables. BKEAZEALE. 



171. The Need. Every child knows that raw fruits and 

 vegetables do not keep well unless properly cared for. 

 The garden, perhaps, has produced a crop much too large 



KITCHEN CANNING. 



for immediate table use or for the demands of the market. 

 Are we willing to allow the surplus that we cannot eat 

 or sell to spoil or go to waste ? This would not be good 



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