. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1911, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 L. H. Bailey, Director Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor VOL
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1911, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 L. H. Bailey, Director Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor VOL. 1. No. 17 ITHACA, N. Y. JUNE I, 1912 FOOD SERIES No. 4 THE PRESERVATION OF FOOD IN THE HOME—PART I Flora Rose In the days of the French Commune, when food was scarce and hunger common, a small boy was given a birthday party. For the first time in weeks there was food enough and a little to spare even after the last. Fig. 79.—A prospect for well-filled shelves greedy child had been " filled " to the limit of his capacity. When all the guests had gone and there was no longer any need of keeping up appear- ances the boy wept bitterly, because there was still food and no place in the boy to store it away. It is a natural impulse in the time of plenty to linger on the memory or on the prospect of a time of need, and from the discomfort of such reflection has sprung, phoenix-like, thrifty thought of the future. In no way is man's effort to be provident better exemplified than by his adap- [1261]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]
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