Item [28] promotes the use of Kerr jars. Includes: instruction for canning methods; troubleshooting suggestions; recipe for bunny sausage; illustrated step-by-step instruction for open kettle method; and illustrations of glass factories, packaging, and serving suggestions. Advertises Kerr products, approved by Good Housekeeping Institute.
Item [29] promotes use of Kerr jars. Includes instructions for canning methods. Advertises Kerr products, approved by Good Housekeeping Institute. Illustrations show process suggestions and period dress. Bulletin no. 1137.
Item [30], subtitled "Home canning in 12 short lessons," promotes the use of Kerr products. Outlines the history of and scientific process involved in canning. Includes 12 lessons followed by a quiz, with the opportunity to obtain your diploma. Illustrations show process suggestions, serving suggestions, and period dress. Photo of canning division at Oklahoma State Fair. Uncle Sam encourages conservation. Free help available from Mrs. Ruth Kerr.
Item [31] promotes use of Kerr products. Includes: instruction for canning process with illustrations; advertisements for Kerr products; and coupon for Kerr home canning book. Details change in screw band makeup due to wartime tin rationing and encourages screw band conservation. Form MJ-42.
Item [32], the National nutrition issue of Kerr canning manuals, on p. [1] charges every American woman with making "Americans the strongest, healthiest people in the world," using "the newer knowledge of nutrition." Includes: recipes for preservable foods plus canning instructions, with extensive answers to common canning questions. Encourages on p. 51 use of 3 step victory program to plant, can, and eat. Includes advertisements for Kerr products and illustrations of product packaging, serving suggestions, and factories.
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Item [1] promotes use of Presto jars, caps, rings, and canning equipment. Includes menu suggestions for holidays and seasons, with corresponding recipes. Color illustrations of prepared dishes, drawings of seasonal activities. Includes chapter on health with chart of body elements and vitamin A, B, and C in some foods. Author noted as Housekeeping Editor of Modern Priscilla. Has Priscilla Proving Plant Seal.
Item [2] contains perforated pages of printed labels for canned foods, e.g., crab apple jelly 191_, and tomatoes 191_. Interspersed with tissue paper backing sheets. Some pages incomplete. Price 25 cents.
Item [3] gives instructions for using W.W. Lyman canning jar for preserving fruits, including tomatoes. Includes tables of ratios of minutes boiling to various fruits and amount of sugar to fruit.
Item [4] gives instructions for using Mason's jar for preserving fruits, including tomatoes. Illustration of how to open jar after sealing.