February 12. 1945
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HOME EC. DEPARTMENT
Home Ec Girls
DoTheir Part
Now doing their bit
for the war effort are
the third year home ea
girls who are helping
supply the Red Cross
with clothing so ur
gently needed. They
are in the midst of
overall making for
smaller children, and
gaining valuable ex
perience states Mrs.
Rogers, for few of the
girls realized the
many problems connect
ed with the making of
these garments.
Why A Home Garden
(.Condensation from
"Pood for Victory")
Prom the point of
view of nutrition we
need to consume many
more vegetables, espe
cially the green and
leafy, so rich in min
erals and vitamins.
"We need to eat more
of certain fruits and
more tomatoes", says
Claude R. Wickard, Se
cretary U, S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
With the rapidly in
creasing costs of food
supplies, v;e need to
save all we can by pro
ducing as much of our
food as possible at
home; therefore, it is
necessary to put forth
every effort to pro
duce an abundance of
vegetables for homo
use,
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CANNING BUDGET
FOR. A FAMILY OF FIVE
Vegetables Quarts
Beans-string 20
Beans-lima 5
Beets 10
Carrots 5
Corn 5
Greens 5
Okra 5
Peas-garden 10
Soup-mixtures 50
Tomatoes 60
Dried Vegetables lbs.
50
Dried Pruit 40
War Demands
Nourishing Foods
Vegetables are class-'
ed as one of nature's
best health foods.
They furnish valuable
material for building
and regulating the bo
dy and for promoting
growth and health.
Green vegetables, such
as mustard, turnip,
kale, spinach, green
beans, and green peas,
are especially import
ant as sources of min
erals, vitamins, and
roughage.
Home Ec Teacher
Advises On Projects
More than ever Home
Ec. students are urged
to take home projects
having direct bearing
on the needs of today.
Canning and victory
gardens are stressed
as summer projects,
■for in the near future
a more abimdant supply
of home-grown foods
will bo vitally need
ed.
Conservation of cloth
ing is also a timely
, project that can be
taken at present.
For Health
' Eat Vegetables
Everyone is having to
economize today and
having to learn nev/
ideas about buying and
' preparing food. Though
food is not as plenti
ful as it once was, it
is more important now
than ever for the Amer
ican people to bo well
nourished. The food
budget must be well bar
lanced, even though
there arc food short
ages, rationings, and
substitutes.
Vegetables have lib
eral amounts of iron
for building red
blood cells, and of
calcium for building
bones and teeth. They
contain an abundance
of Vitamin A needed to
build up resistance to
diseases and to pre
vent cold and night
blindness,
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