Food Program Stresses 

 Home Canning For 1944 



BECAUSE the OPA has credited Vic- 

 tory gardeners and home canners 

 for the sharp point reductions in March 

 on three or the most popular canned 

 vegetables, more emphasis is placed 

 now on plans for home food preserva- 

 tion this summer. 



Homemakers who follow recommen- 

 dations given recently at the National 

 Home Food Preservation Conference 

 will find help in canning better quality 

 products, reducing food spoilage and 

 preventing accidents. 



Homemakers are warned against oven 

 canning because of danger from ex- 

 plosions and danger of underprocessing 

 due to the slow rate of heat transfer 

 from air and uneven heat distribution 

 in the oven. 



The steam pressure canner correctly 

 used is recommended for processing of 

 all low-acid vegetables and for such 

 products as meat, poultry and fish. 



The boiling water bath method, in 

 which jars are completely covered with 

 boiling water throughout the processing 

 time, is recommended for home can- 

 ning of tomatoes, tomato juice, rhu- 

 barb, fruits and fruit juices. It is not 

 recommended for vegetables, other than 

 tomatoes, nor for meat, fish and poultry 

 products because of the danger of 

 spoilage and possible food poisoning. 



The open kettle method, in which 

 the food is completely cooked in an 

 ordinary kettle and then packed into 

 hot sterilized jars and sealed imme- 

 diately, is not recommended for toma- 



toes, fruits, nonacid vegetables, meat, 

 poultry and fish. This method is gen- 

 erally satisfactory for jams, jellies and 

 preserves. It is disapproved for fruits 

 and vegetables because of the danger 

 of contamination before the jar is 

 sealed. It is disapproved for low-acid 

 products because the heat treatment is 

 insufficient to guard aginst spoilage 

 and possible food poisoning. 



Canning is but one of several satis- 

 factory methods of food preservation, 

 and should be undertaken only where 

 proper equipment for recommended 

 canning methods is available. Other- 

 wise, reliance should be placed entirely 

 on other methods of preservation, in- 

 cluding storing, freezing, dehydration, 

 brining or pickling. These methods, 

 too, must be properly carried out in 

 order to be effective and safe. 



Here are the present indications for 

 home canning supplies for 1944. 



Glass jars and closures — all the types 

 of home canning jars and closures avail- 

 able on the retail market last summer 

 will again be manufactured for 1944 can- 

 ning. In addition permission to make 

 the standard size Mason size zinc lid 

 with porcelain lining has been granted. 



Rubber rings — in 1944 they will be 

 made of reclaimed rubber and synthetics. 

 No crude rubber will be available for 

 this purpose this year. The wartime 

 rings require somewhat different han- 

 dling from those available in pre-war 

 years, and manufacturer's directions 

 should be followed carefully. 



Mrs. Scott Hardy, Macon county, reup- 

 holsters a 100-year old chair which she 

 brought to a recent leader training school 

 in the Macon County Farm Bureau build- 

 ing. This chair is the iiith piece oi the 

 suite which she has reupholstered. 



(U. ol I. Photo.) 



Women Learn How to Make 

 New Fnrnitnre From Old 



Reupholstery is taught step-by-step 

 in the leader training schools conducted 

 in various sections of the state by Miss 

 Dorothy J. Iwig, specialist in home fur- 

 nishings, University of Illinois College 

 of Agriculture. The reupholstering is 

 only one of many projects in the home 

 furnishing program. This program is 

 being carried on this year in more than 

 60 Illinois counties. 



Women who attend the training 

 schools assist later with similar work 

 in their local communities. '.,.,. 



A combination of discussidn, demon- 

 stration and workshop methods is used 

 in the reupholstering school. Leaders 

 are asked to bring furniture for reup- 

 holstering and the tools needed for the 

 job. Materials such as webbing, pad- 

 ding and twine are estimated ki advance 

 and the order placed with thehpme ad- 

 viser. Each leader pays fortbe mate- 

 rial used. An effort is made to have 

 several types of furniture brought to 

 the schools so that varied problems will 

 be brought to the attention of the lead- 

 ers. 



Usually every piece of furniture is 

 completed by the end of the class with 

 the exception of the upholstery fabric 

 covering which can easily be put on at 

 home. , 



Here are the 1944 officers oi the Illinois 

 Home Adrisers' association. Front row, 

 left to right. Miss Marian Sympson. Taze- 

 well county, president- Miss Elizabeth 

 French, Bureau, secretary. Back row, leit 



to right. Miss Mildred McBride, Vermilion, 

 treasurer; Mrs. Helen Volk, Lee. first vice- 

 president- Miss Mary Strubinger, Madison, 

 second vice-president 



(U. of L Photo.) 



New Home Adviser 



Miss Evelyn White of Monmouth, a 

 former Warren county 4-H member and 

 a graduate of Bradley Polytechnic In- 

 stitute in home economics, is the new 

 home adviser in Jo Daviess county. She 

 succeeds Miss Erlene Barron who 

 signed because of ill health. 



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