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[THE LARDER]

Much attention has been given in recent years to the art of conserving foods. The subject really divides itself into 3 distinct branches, viz.: (a) Keeping foods fresh for a limited time, (b) storing them without changing their character, and (c) submitting them to a curing process which will preserve them for an unlimited time.

(a) Keeping foods fresh for a limited time.