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CONSERVATION OF CROPS Home
conservation of crops which are surplus above immediate needs should be
urged, either by canning, drying, freezing, or storing. If home
facilities for canning are lacking, an effort should be made to provide
them on a company or co-operative basis. If pressure canners or frozen
lockers cannot be obtained for non-acid vegetables, drying equipment
should be given consideration. When a company canning center is set up,
competent supervision should be arranged.
Properly protected land should be made available for outdoor pit storage
of root crops and other vegetables which are adapted to this type of
storage.
A summary should be compiled of the results of the project at the end of
the season, including estimates of the different crops and statistics on
the amounts stored or conserved for winter use. VICTORY
GARDEN COMMITTEES The assistance of local
Victory Garden Committees, organized under the State and local Councils
of Defense, should be sought in all phases of the organization and
operation of the project. If a company Victory Garden Committee is
organized, it should be encouraged to associate itself with the State
Victory Garden Program, directed in Pennsylvania by the State Council of
Defense through the Advisory Victory Garden Committee, of which Mrs. H.
B. Eliason, State Council of Defense, Capitol, Harrisburg, is Chairman.
The recommended procedure is for the company Victory Garden Committee to
be constituted a sub-committee of the Local Victory Garden Committee, if
such has been organized, or as a Local Victory Garden Committee under
the County Committee if other local committees have not been set up. By
this plan the company project will become a part of the State program,
and announcements, bulletins, and instructions will be received
regularly as issued from the State Council of Defense.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Many of the foregoing
recommendations have been adapted to Pennsylvania conditions from
suggestions by L. A. Hawkins in "A Master Plan for Company Victory
Gardens," published by the National Victory Garden Institute, 598 Fifth
Avenue, New York City, New York.
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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