Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1917 — Food Conservation School At Purdue University. [ARTICLE]

Food Conservation School At Purdue University.

Ml ■■■'■—> In a proclamation to the American people, calling upon them to produce more foodstuffs and to conserve same, President Wilson says : “Every housewife who practices strict economy puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the nation. This is the time for America to correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness and extravagance. Let every man and every woman assume the duty of careful, provident use and expenditure as a public duty, as a dictate of patriotism, which no one can now expdct ever to be excused or forgiven for ignoring.” The time is here when the women of Indiana must organize in a food conservation drive to save the products: from more than 200,000 gardens and thousands of orchards. These products will be required for home consumption since the canning factory supplies will be required to feed the men in the fields abroad. In order that all possible help may be given to Indiana women in the conservation of food products, a food conservation school will be held at Purdue University July 9-14. This school will be open to all persons of the state who wish to secure help in canning, drying, storage, selection, and other ways of conserving foods. The course of instruction will consist of daily lectures and demonstrations on selection, preparation and

preservation of food; economical clothing; buying home supplies. The school is open to all. There of rooms and boarding places, where o frooms and boarding places, where lodging and board can be obtained at -reasonable prices, will be on file in Agricultural hall. Good hotels are available in the city. Suitable places will be provided for persons to eat lunch if they care to bring this. Organize an automobile party and drive in for a day’s work if you cannot come for the entire week. Every community in Indiana should send one or more representatives to this school. Food shortage and high prices are already prevalent to an alarming extent, arid unless every atom of the present crop is conserved even greater hardshjps are bound to be felt. “Do Your Bit,” and attend this school and carry back the information to your own community.