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Show I FARM NOTES i I BY HYRUM STEFFEN I Beaver County Agent Nutritionist Outlines Suggestions For Saving Canning Sugar Sugar saving suggestions for housewives canning strawberries, raspberries and cherries were outlined out-lined this week by Miss Elna Miller, Mil-ler, nutritionist for the Utah Agricultural Extension service. "The best way to save canning sugar is to pack cherries and berries ber-ries hot," the nutritionist said. "That way you can sweeten the fruit slightly, then heart; it and draw out the juice from the fruit itself." When housewives have some very ripe berries, and some that are less ripe to can, Miss Miller recommends separating the riper berries, heating them and extracting extract-ing the juice. The housewives can precook the uncrushed whole berries ber-ries in this juice, fill the jars, and process as usual. "If you don't have enoueh iuice to make up sufficient liquid to cover the fruit, save sugar by using just one cup for every quart of waiter," according to Miss Miller. Mil-ler. In canning unpitted cherries, the nutritionist reminds housewives house-wives to save all the juice that comes from them. "You'll need to precook cherries about five minutes," min-utes," Miss Miller reports, "and the best way is to simmer them over low heat and pack them hot." Canning cherries and berries hot has other advantages than saving sugiar, the food specialist stated, for the time needed to keep the packed container in a water bath hot enough to kill the bacteria is lessened, and fewer jars, rubbers and tops are needed. "Keep in mind too, that sugar is rtort needed in canning to keep fruit from spoiling. But it does help fruit hold its color and flavor," the extensionist concluded. Foresight in planning for the storage of Victory garden products pro-ducts this summer will be worth a lot of hindsight when garden surpluses commence to develop, Dr. Arvil L. Stark, Utah agricultural agricul-tural extension seirvice 'horlticul-turist 'horlticul-turist and chairman of the Victory Garden program in Utah, reminded remind-ed farmers this week. I "Potatoes, sweet potatoes, root vegetables, cabbage, celery, pumpkins, pump-kins, squash, apples, winter pears, and other products will keep well in cellars, in above-ground or I underground! storage .structures, I or in mounds, pits or trenches," Dr. Stark said in emphasizing the i need for a check-up on available storage space before the adtiual surpluses occur. j Dr. Stark advised housewives to store canned goods on shelves in a cool, dry place with good air cir-culafion, cir-culafion, and to store fruits preserved pre-served in glass jars in dark places since light fades the fruit. Dried fruit containers keep best in a warm, dry place such as an airy, warm attic or near the furnace. Broilers and fryers coming in abundance in the state with the great expansion in poultry production produc-tion to meet wartime require. (Continued on last pae) Farm Notes ! j (Continued from first page) j ments has been designated as the "Victory Food special" from July 16 to 25, the Utah Extension service officials announced this week. As a Victory Food special, broilers and fryers will be featured featur-ed in stores thoughout the United States for that period when they are expected to be in abundance on consumer markets, the extension exten-sion leaders said. Later on this summer, tomatoes, potatoes, and hemes will be designated desig-nated as food specials, the exten-siiist exten-siiist said, as part of the national nation-al program to prevent losses from waste during periods of heaviest supply. V |