Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
BOSTON DELlCAClES.
,rW Beans and Fish Are Canned IN ,"s
Large Factories Of the Hun.

INV Reaus and Fish Are Canned IN fne
Large Factories of the Hub
.Nine-tenths of all the beans sold In
cans on this continent are put up III
Boston. Their preparation in this form
is carried on upon huge scale oy
number of factories, and the processes
employed for turning out the lncom-
parable product are most interesting
In some essential points they are secret
and patented, while the labels ana
brands are valuable properties. Inc
best hand-picked Vermont beans. as
they come in barrels from the commits
sion houses. are poured upon sleeves TO
take away the last remaining dust, and
picked over again by girls with the ut
most care so as 10 get rid of every I'M
perfect one. Then they are put In
huge watts that hold one hundred
bushels each. and washed with running
water. The dirt that rises to the top Is
SKINNED and the water drawn OH
More water il poured on, and
they are left TO soak over night
Next morning fresh water is put in
with them and they are parboiied. aft
err which they are put into big jars
of earthenware four feet high and
baked certain time in hot ovens.
Next, the beans are loaded into cans
by machine that works with incred-
ible rapidity. picking them up and fill
ing them from an automatic feeder
at the rate of about two second.
The delicacy of this piece of mechan-
ism will be better appreciated when It
il considered that the beans at this
stage are in such tender condition
that the slightest rudeness in handling
would render them mushy and unmar-
ketable. But so beautifully adjusted
Is the apparatus that each receptacle
Is filed in its turn without so much as
breaking single skin. though the en-
tire operation is performed without
| the intervention of human hands.
The cans. as they are laid aside by
| the machine. are given an extra
spoonful or so OF filling by def work
men. the object being to get as much
solid contents and as little air into the
tin vessels IA may be. In each one, at
the same time, is put two-ounce scrap
| OF pork. for havoring. Then. before
the top caps are put on, the cans are
put back into the ovens and the baking
of the beans completed. OF course nc
tasting is necessary, the invariable
achievement of the result desired be-
ing reduced simply to mathematical
formula, with time and temperature
for known quantities. Thus the prod
uct is always precisely as it should be
only requiring now a few minutes BATH
in a hot-air retort. after the caps
have been soldered on the CT MS
for final touch. To wind up
each can has little hole punched il
its top. to let out any air that ma,
remain to cause decay, and is imme
diately sealed up again Theoretically
All that remains is to paste on thu
labels, and the Boston baked beans arr
ready for shipment to any part OF thu
world, where, upon arrival, they arr
in perfect condition to eat, only requir
ing to be placed first in boiling water
: can and all for dozen moments, t.
heat them through.
For those who have faith in fish a
brain fodder, Boston offers most bounti
full supplies OF every tinny description
This, indeed is the great fish marke
OF the country, and the quantities Q
edible creatures that swim canned her
every year are simply fabulous. Eve
: so many gigantic factories, employin
thousands of hands. are engaged in tn
business of putting up fish of all sort
D in tin vessels. The extent of tn
business as carried on at tn
modern Athens and in its vicinit
] may be inferred somewhat fror
0 the circumstance that most {
=, the factory proprietors make thei
: own cans, and have their own sailin
= craft for catching their supplies {
: mackerel, sea-trout paddock and he'
! ring. The fresh fish are washed
). cleaned, dressed, and. after havin
r their heads and tails cut Off are slice
: up and packed in the cans by weigh
= The cans thus filed are hermeticall
sealed and cooked in huge iron retori
n filled with steam, After being sui
o jected to this process sufficient lengt
S of time, they are taken out and above
to cool, little vent-hole bein
/ punched in each, and then sealed u
Y again with solder In this shape Il
) fish will last fresh for years; but yo
Il must never By any chance buy a ca
4 that shows an inclination to bulge, (,
that is sign Of gases developed |
4 decomposition inside, owing to il
Il proper packing. Finally the cans a
q lacquered, labeled and boxed ready /,
II sending of. Boston Letter
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