Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-08-06 | Page 5 | Necessity for Home Canning

NECESSITY FOR HOME CANNING It is a lamentable fact that over fifty per cent of the natural production produc-tion of the average orchard and garden gar-den is being wasted in the American home for want of some simple way of taking care of these products. The little portable canners will save most of this waste and encourage more and better canning at home, as all the members of the family will take an interest in the work, or at least offer their assistance. Every well regulated farm home should have a home canner of some description, if nothing more than an ordinary wash boiler. It is quite as important as the milk strainer or fanning mill. Every child should be taught the art of canning, either at home or in the canning clubs, and every school should have a canning outfit as part of its equipment. The day is not far distant when every ev-ery family will have its canning and preserving days as it now has its harvesting and threshing days, when all the members of the family will nut aside other work and attend to the canning of fruits and vegetables for winter use.