Show conservation PROGRAM OUTLINED FOR UTAH A food conservation program f for utah outlining maximum hoac r can ning of foodstuffs both fruit fruia g I 1 and ana I 1 vegetables was announced thursday following of the office of price administration in relaxing r restrictions est ri c on sugar available for fruit canning ical the OPA recently authorized local war price and rationing boards to permit use of any reasonable amount of sugar for home canning with the understanding that with each cach pound of sugar four quarts of fruit will be ca canned nn ed gus P backman state rationing administrator has advised local boards to accept new applications for sugar to till fill late summer and fall ci canning chinning needs and reported that most boards have the program underway and the remainder d er expect to within a few days no fruit must go to waste this year he said food is a weapon of war wa r national OPA officials have advised me that they consider the conservation of fruit fully as important as the conservation of sugar and restrictions have been so relaxed that utah housewives have every opportunity to conserve fresh fruit wherever and whenever available every jar of home canned fruit which your family uses leaves a can of commercially packed fruit lallies for our armed forces and for our allies he asked only one self im posed restriction on the housewives to apply only for the amount of sugar actually needed our sugar supplies he said must still be used carefully A bumper crop of our own beet sugar is is in the offing but it alone cannot supply the united states A great share of the national supply det des ponds upon imports submarine warfare and the need for ships to carry war materials mean that im imports of sugar sugar 0 may drop below normal every boatload of sugar that is shipped in endangers the lives of Ame american ricart seamen beet sugar may be shipped to far sections 0 of L the nation to relieve shortages there for that reason apply for a sugar sugar certificate io fo enable you to purchase all that you need but figure those needs carefully the home canning pr program also has the endorsement of vernal A bergeson geson member of the state agricultural ri commission fruit growers are now harvest harvesting rig the last of their apricots and rasp berries and the peak is here for dewberries dew berries mr bergeson said with the relaxed restrictions of the OPA on sugar there is no excuse for housewives not putting up at least their normal pack of these fruits coming up of course are peaches plums and apples plans should be made right now to can a full supply of them mr air bergeson also stressed the importance of putting up not only fruits but vegetables use what you can from your victory gardens and the abundance of local vegetables now on the market for your table he said but also plan to can a supply of them I 1 they take little or no sugar and by canning them you make that many more commercio com commercially mercia lly canned goods available for the armed forces t it was pointed out that the war production board imposed few re strict ions on manufacture of of guv supplies for home cann irig this year and as a result there is a plentiful supply of bottles tops and other materials in the stores on the other hand the war production board has ordered a definite percentage of most commercially canned fruits and vegetables reserved for the armed forces and lend lease purposes which means that only a restricted supply will be available tor for the public consequently it behooves all the housewives and home managers to put up as full a supply of home canned produce as possible government spokesmen said |