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Show News In Brief "Get ready for the 1942 fnuit-can-n,in.g season by checking up on jA ays to can. ,A ith less sugar," ---'U'ggesU Mi-s El-r,a Miller, Extension. Ex-tension. Service nutritionist, who passes on -tlhe following suear-avir.g suear-avir.g auggestions. "Remember sugar is not needed need-ed in canning to keep food ' m P?'lrr. tout it does help liuit hold color and flavor If you pack fruit hot in, its -own juice, you'll meed much less sugar su-gar .ton if you pack the fruit cua, tln'.n cover it with a sugar-an.d-water syrup." "For juicy ifruits, usually it's b.st to separate the riper fruits io,m those that are less ripe, linen you cam crush these riper li'Uits, heat them, and extract juice from them. Preheat the less ripe1 fruit, lAlhich you haw e-et aside in this juice. Add su-jjor su-jjor to s-veeton sligfhtly if ,n.;ces-sary, ,n.;ces-sary, and iprocess the filled jars in a wa'er -bath." Tins- average yield of wheat Tor Utah in 1941 was 19.2 bushels per acre, the average yield O'f potaloe:, 214 bushels per acre, and the average yield of sugar beets 11.76 tans per acre. A few weeks .ago tlhe Department Depart-ment of Agriculture called- on armers L-e.r greater hog production produc-tion during 1342. Nq.v Jne D-e-.ear meet is asking farmers to get their le.cgs ready for mark-is-early -to alleviate the strain on Jne -packing facilities of the na- ion if the record number of h-rgs are .mark -ted about the leim-e time. 'The D.:i:ar i.-nert irn't asking La.mJ's to market hogs light but rat'.ier to vvatdli their Iccd-t;,;g Iccd-t;,;g with an eye toward taiiy ,::ni:i-.i"g at good weights. Hog-keding specialists say hat -along with fullnjeeding, the a-v. rage heg grow.er should feed mor. protein to make the fatten-,j.g fatten-,j.g 'feeiis more effective. Wi'.h most of tlhe milk and milk, pro-duet., pro-duet., -needed itor oiher things ib y suggeste-i feeding tankage in combination l.vi'h other plant proteins. Th:se are the averages cftm--pu ed by the Utah Extension 3- rvice averages that shoA'- Sevier Se-vier ccco.y at the top of wheat -yield per acre; Davis for potatoes and Mergan for sugar .-beets. Sevier county yields averaged HO ba h-ls an acre; Davis county coun-ty potato growers recorded an average of 232 bushels per acre; ,a.'.-.l Morgan1 beet growers led with 'a yield of 13.36 tons per acre. Utah county agents this week began' distribution of "Home Food Supply" stickers to fanm .rs of the state who pledge cooperation co-operation in 'production, of vegetables, vege-tables, meats, eggs and dairy products. The stickers are awarded to families agreeing to produce so much ip:r adult person. For example, ex-ample, vegetable production requirements re-quirements per person, are 415 pounds ifiesh, 94 quarts canned or frozen; .and 155 pounds stored. If families produce this much t.hey are .aiY-arded 40 points in he Extension Service food cam-leaign. cam-leaign. Faf.y points are neceseary for ! the s icker, however, points that may be chalked up either by the (production of eggs and poultry; L an meats -and Cat; and imdlfk and butter. |