Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1917 — HOME CANNING EXHIBITION [ARTICLE]

HOME CANNING EXHIBITION

At the High School Building Next Wednesday Afternoon. Everyone is invited to attend the demonstration of home canning to be given in the domestic science rooms of the Rensselaer high school Wednesday afternoon, June 13, at 2 o'clock, by Miss Roberta McNeill of Purdue university under the auspices of the Jasper County Better Farming association. This demonstration * which is the first of a series in the county, is designed to encourage an interest ,in the preservation of more fruits and vegetables in the home and to show the new methods of canning which have been recently "developed by the U. S. department of agriculture. During the afternoon, berries, tomatoes, greens and beans will be canned and the principles involved may be applied to practically all other fruits and vegetables. The new or cold pack process has been greeted with enthusiasm all over the United States because it is much quicker, easier and produces a higher quality or product than the older methods in common use. v Miss McNeil will remain in the county following the demonstration at Rensselaer to give a demonstration at the Keener township school at Demotte Thursday afternoon, June 11, at 2 o’clock- •