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Hightstown, New Jersey. First concrete slab cast at Jersey Homesteads, a U.S. Resettlement Administration subsistence homestead project. Slabs of this type are to be used in the construction of houses on this project

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PURPOSE OF PROJECT
The project is intended to relocate low-income and destitute tenant farms on small farms, and to give them a chance to supplement their farm income by wages earned in a hosiery mill established in the community.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
One hundred and ninety-five farm units have been completed, of which 164 are now occupied. The…

Aberdeen Gardens, near Newport News, Virginia, was built by the Farm Seourity Administration to provide hones and gardens for 158 low- income Negro families.

Housing for low-income workers in Newport News does not meet adequate standards. The majority of the working families live in old frame homes that are often lighted with coal oil lamps,…

In northwest quarter of Alabama, in Walker County, 5 miles north of the City of Jasper and 45 miles northwest of Birmingham.

100 houses and barns which contain garage space, cow stall, chicken house and small granary.

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior in the latter part of 1933, the…

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. One Hundred Homes, Each With Three Quarters of an Acre Land, All Occupied. Average Family Income, Eight Hundred Dollars Per Annum

The purpose of the wartime emergency farm-labor supply program was to assist farmers in producing vital food by making labor available at the time and place it -was most needed. Certain aspects of the program, particularly the provision of housing and medical care, were adapted from a farm labor program that had developed during the depression. As…

Progress of the war continues to drain manpower from the farms. Even more emergency farm labor will be required to insure a continuous food supply.

At least 4,000,000 workers are needed in 1944 to supplement the efforts of the regular farm labor force, composed of farmers, their families, and hired hands.

A large number of workers are being…

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CANNING is a method of using heat and airtight containers to preserve food as nearly as possible in the condition in which it is served when freshly cooked. It is a desirable and economical method of preserving many foods so that their use can be distributed over seasons and to places where they are not available fresh. Canned foods thus make…

ATTENTION!

Owners of Wartime Canners

Some wartime models of tinned or enameled steel fit tightly over heat units, sometimes causing cracking and crazing of enamel on electric ranges and production of carbon monoxide gas in solid-top gas ranges with bowl burners.

These conditions may be avoided if outer rim of canner is at least…

HOME CANNING of fruits and vegetables

Seven Points for Success


1. Can only fresh food, in tiptop condition.

2. Have food, jars, everything used in canning thoroughly clean.

3. Work quickly, so as to can "freshness."

4. Heat food hot enough and long enough to make bacteria and other organisms harmless, so they won't "work" in…

Community food preservation centers now in operation range all the way from homes with a base of neighborhood operations in the back yard to former commercial canning and refrigerator plants that have been taken over by the community. They include use of church and community kitchens and home economics laboratories: converted store buildings,…

The corn earworm is the principal insect enemy of sweet corn. The larvae (or worms), hatching from eggs usually laid on the silks, feed in the interior silk mass and burrow toward the kernels, which they also devour if not prevented.

For controlling the earworm, use an inexpensive white mineral oil (medicinal oil) or, if you can buy it already…

THIS PUBLICATION has been prepared to aid the gardener in identifying the more common insects and related forms and the more common diseases that attack vegetable gardens in the United States and to provide him with simple directions for the control of these pests.

In the space available in this publication it is impossible to give detailed…

If you have a gas or electric range in the kitchen - The oven offers a simple and satisfactory way to dry fruits and vegetables for winter meals.

Apples to Turnips

Most foods successfully dried in the sun or in a home drier can be dried in an oven.

The drying table in this folder gives directions for 39 fruits and vegetables — from apples…

Since the article appeared in the Alabama Journal, Tuesday, February 10, 1942, by Mr. W. T, Maynor, captioned “Don’t Worry If War Causes Shortage of Green Vegetables, Weeds Are Good To Eat” the large number of letters that continue to come in asking for more information makes us feel that here is an opportunity to render a service much needed at…

VICTORY GARDENS lead directly to victory meals — all the year round — for those who take thought for the morrow and put by a store of fruits and vegetables.

Part of the food from orchard and garden will be canned or pickled, or made into preserves, jam, or jelly. Some foods will go into freezer lockers. Some — such as potatoes, turnips, carrots,…

Plan to do your part at home

1. Spend less and save more
2. Make things and have more
3. Cut waste and make things last
4. Buy carefully and stretch pennies
5. Budget your hours and make each count
6. Safeguard your family and help guard your country