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Interesting WW1 government booklet intended for Canadian women in households with instructions on how to stretch out food supplies.
Ontario Department of Agriculture
WOMEN’S INSITUTE
BULLETIN 252
THE PRESERVATION OF FOOD
Home Canning
Compiled by Miss Ethel M. Chapman
Toronto Ontario July 1917
Introduction:
IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING FOOD IN THE HOME
The urgent need of conserving every ounce of food product this year makes the matter of preservation in the home of special importance…In families where the diet is poor in vegetables and fruits, or where these are abundant for only three or four months of the year, recourse to medicinal help is more frequent.
A garden of from one-quarter to one-half acre will furnish fresh vegetables for the average family’s use during the summer and also a surplus to store or can….
Food is going to be scare this winter,…Canned fruits , jams, and jellies are need for soldiers in the hospitals and in the trenches. Through the income derived from selling canned products at home markets many women would find a practical way of raising Red Cross funds.
Recipes:
32 pages
24.5 x 16 cm
