| Show heres real opportunity fot for the women of i 1250 offered for best jar of canned food in national cannino canning contest contes t just hawgood how good at canning aro are knab kanab women and girls this question suggested itself to day from an an announcement n oun cement in achl c cago ago of a national I 1 canning contest conte 8 t to find tho the best beat jar ot f canned fruit vegetables or meat in inathe the country T twelve w ive hundred and fifty dollars 1250 0 in co cold id cash awaits the tha woman orgill or girl in the tha united states whose i entry la Is selected as the best beat jar of oc canned food entered I 1 in the contest tho the contest which Is sponsored hy by the soars roebuck cl agricultural foundation seeks to i acquaint more housewives w I 1 ves with v th the economy and healthful he s I 1 ness ot of home canned foods rot for years yeara the U V S department of agriculture and homo home demonstration agents throughout the couil country try have worked tor for increased production of native canned foods it Is to further this excellent idea and at tho the same time to help absorb the tha threatened surplus ot of farm products in iii many sections that this canning project was conceived two hundred and twenty two cash prizes prize 6 to talling will bo be adla disbursed to the winners in tha tho contest which has ila a three major divisions fruit vegetables and meat ineat the best beat entry la in each division will be awarded and one 0 of these will salso also receive the thousand dollar sweepstakes prize thus bringing the total cash prize tor for the best jar of canned food in the contest to 1250 second prize in each ot of the three divi divisions will be third prize and fourth prize 60 there will also be five prizes of 0 25 eath each ten telf ot of 10 lo 10 each and fifty prizes of 5 each aitch in addition a 0 thousand dollars in cash will wll be ba awarded to the home demonstration agent whose county bonds in the greatest eanest num number bernt t entries t to the agent coulty Cou bounty uty harthe has tho next x t logest number nuin her and agent t hose county sends in the tha third largest humli number I 1 er of oe entries A num Is her er of 0 lesser essef fae prizes asro aro q y also offered ott ered c contest clos closes e october 15 i according to the he rules the contest Js Is apen to 0 every woman and dirlan girl in the united states slates thero there are ara no restrictions strict ions as ta the nature mature of the food seat t any fruit vegetable or meat whether home grown or or purchased Is acceptable cep table contestants may anay enter one two or all three divisions en tries regardless of when canned must not be sent in prior to august 15 nor later than october 1 which to la the closing date of 0 tho the contest no mo ent 4 tries will be returned but instead ibele will be sebit with the name and address of the contestant to an orphanage ph anage hospital infirmary or other charitable institution to be celec reelected ted charitable by y the foundation specimens of canned fruits and vegetables in the contest will be judged on oa the basta of 0 clearness color pack ne flavor and texture meat specimens will be judged in their relation to pack neatness texture and tl flavor avor there will be three judges to be selected by the foundation from a list of outstanding authorities on home economics domestic science blence and ant canned good food their decision will be made known just as soon as possible bla after october 1 1 gives hints on an Can canning nIna any method ot canning nifty mity be u used 80 d tor for this contest announces anne williams director of the contest the use of a steam pressure cooker however Is highly becom i mended by canning experts and by the V 8 department of agriculture especially in canning meats not nob only does tills this method of canning savel save time and fuel and mauro assure absolutely sterility and preservation but foods food canned under pressure retains all its ita natural flavor and texture which are ara vital points in any canning contest that the judging may be thoroughly impartial and the display of canned samples amples absolutely uniform contestants are required to submit their entries in standard class jars of the quart size all contestants will be furnished with one dall ball mason jar and carton for sending in a 9 canned article but bat those making entries in more than one division ar are P expected to supply their own jars and shipping cartons artona the sample jar and prize entry c labels for use it in submitting entries may inay be secured without cost by communicating with the headquarters of the national canning contest content S unman ave chicago illinois |
