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Show UTAH IS LEADING IN CONSERVATION OF FOOD SUPPLY Salt Lako, Aug. C That Utah, In proportion to population, leads tho country in ono of tho most vital food conservation movements, tho organization organ-ization of actlvo canning clubs, Is indicated in-dicated by n roport Just Issued by tho United States department of agriculture. agri-culture. This state, tho roport shows, has 1C5 clubs with a membership of 1C8OO. Itegardless of tho population ratio, it is surpassed by only two othor states, Kansas with n membership member-ship of 624 B, and Connecticut" with C078. It may pass theso soon, for in tho nucleus of membership tho total to-tal of Individual clubs It leads tho trio, since Kansas has only 154 clubs nnd Connecticut 108. "Olio million workers In ngrlcul-turo ngrlcul-turo nnd homo economics havo been mobilized and nro ready In active servlco," tho roport declares. "Of special interest during tho present campaign for tho preservation preservat-ion porlshablo fruits nnd vogetablos nro tho activities of a division of ovor 40,000 members, organized Into 2000 canning clubs scattered throughout tho state Many of those mombors aro youths nnd young women wo-men and boys and girls. Somo of theso havo adoptod "uniforms" consisting con-sisting of a sorvico cap nnd npron bearing tho nntlonnl club omblom, "4-H," which signifies tho "consecration "conse-cration of had, heart, hand and health to win tho world war for world peaco." To reallzo how far Utah has progressed pro-gressed In canning, comparisons are fjjvon with othor states, many of which havo larger populations than this. Somo of thoso aro ns' follows: Minnesota, 465 clubs with a membership mem-bership of 5205; California, 72 and 602; Colorado, 48 and 749; Indiana, 75 and 1050; Michigan, 57 and 746; Montana, 77' and 645; Now Mexico, 27 and 541; North Dakota. 3 and 633, New York, 53 and 1489; Ohio, 23 nnd 246; Vermont, 30 and 733; Washington, 239 and 1834. "Tho work of tho canning clubs," tho report oxplalns, "is part of the extension work of tho states relations servlco to tho United States department depart-ment of agriculture Thero aro no dues, no expenses and nil instructions instruc-tions aro freo." |