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Show i i i iiiiiiiiBfTi--i,JL-i ri-n ml i -irt ir rift i' m ....... . . f t FRUITS AND VEGETABLES I mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-n aaaaaaaBaaaaiaawaiaMaaaaaaaiaaS.....M(HBa..Haaaa) hi A Si rtfft C4 f It Is Not Too Early to Benin Planning to Dry and Can boms of Your Garden Crop The Photograph Shows Suitable Equipment f0r Canning and Some of the Attractive Results. (Prepared by tlio Ifnltcd State Department of Agriculture.) It Ir particularly dt-Hlrnhlc to ntn or dry the fruits and veselublM rnlstMl on tlio faini, n.s the inw prodiiotH can w Kittliori'd mid t rented when absolutely fresh and at JtiHt the proper stage "f ripeness and tenderneHH for bent resultii. The averiiKi farm family probably cans annually more than IfiO quarts of fruits and veRetnblcH, the Kieater part of which Is fruit. ' Cannlnj; clubs have been Instrumental In stimulating Interest In ciiunltiK on the farm. The drying of fruits ami vegetables, an old farm art until recently on the decline, has been revived (iiilto generally within the past two years. This process offers a Kood menus of preserving perishables without entailing expense for containers, us In canning. |