The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-03
COST OF A CANNING FACTORY.
Interesting Figures for Farmers and Fruit
Growers

2,i50 Two pound cans per Gay. Gan DC
used in connection with steam or set in
brick.
One scsldiDg kettle.
One exhaust kettle.
One process kettle.
Two scalding baskets.
Two exhaust crates.
Two process crates.
One crane.
Three furnace doors.
Three CRATE bars.
Two gasoline drepots.
Two soldering machines.
Two three pound soldering cappers.
Two Gaping irons.
One forging stake.
One forging handle.
Two pair can tongs.
Vice, hammer, etc.
This outfit can be purchased in Balti-
more for $3.50 f. o. b., and the freight
from Baltimore 10 Charleston by sail will
be 50 per ton of 1900 pounds. The pur.
chaser can, by instructions sent with OUT
fit, put up and operate it without the aid
of skilled help.
1t will require fifteen hands to sue.
cessfully operate it, as follows: One pro.
cessor, one capper, one Upper, twelve
peelers and packers. The latter could
be done by women, boys, or girls. In
Maryland professors, cappers and tippers
receive $3.50 per day, peelers and pack
ers 81 per day, but often farmers do their
own processing, which could be done in
this case. Thus the farmer doing his
own processing, could supervise the cap.
per and Upper. This labor being simple
it could be had for 81 per day.
Thus the labor necessary for packing
the above number of cans would consist
of:
One professor GARNER himsel0 ......S 2 80
One capper and tipper, 81 each.....s 2 60
Twelve hands (peelers and packers) 6 90
TOtal.."..." ........"......."."..SLu ~
We will now figure the cost of raw ms
terial, cans, cases, labels, etc., required in
packing 1000 8 pound cans per day,
Tomatoes will be taken for example:
One hundred bushels tomatoes, at 20
cents per bushel. ..".... ".".."$20 co
Two thousand 3.pound cans........... As 60
Labor in packing........"...."....."".. 10 20
Labels, solder, tc.."..".....". ......." 4 GO
Eighty.three cases Capacity "a cans
to the case) ....... ........ ."....""...- 81
Total. ....... ......... .................."S37 42
Now SS7.42 is what it cost to pack
1000 3pound cans Of tomatoes per day
(labor and materially This includes pay
for the farmer at 50 so per day. Also
$50 is included for his raw material.
Thus he is paid for his labor and mate.
rial. We now market these 1000 cans,
consisting of SO cases, and receive Sl.65
per case, the present market price. Thus
we have s136.95, or profit Of s4953, q
pretty good showing for one days work.
Where one has to buy wood OF coal it
would reduce these figures, but profit Of
$40 per day can be counted on, even
where one has to furnish all labor and
buy lis raw ms.ss.ial, including wood
and coal.
I would advise farmers to plant their
own crop and not depend entirely on his
neighbours for his canning supply he
can then realize profit on his product
| in two ways. would not advise farmers
to pack corn, the labor and expense
attached to packing this article is so
much they could not compete with the
Western packers; it also requires expen.
sive machinery for silking and removing
the corn from the cob, and as they have
every facility and packing nothing elise,
there would not be as much money in ii
as there would be in utilizing the same
acreage for tomatoes or other vegetables.
Now We will take the profits on an acre
of tomatoes grown for canning purposes
In the frst place, the plants can be aet
out after all danger of frosts is passed
the farmer can now obtain seed that Hil]
yield from 800 to 700 bushels per acre
for an average say $50 bushels be dis
poses of his product either by canning il
himself or selling to his neighbors at 2(
cents per bushel thus be realizes SOC
per acre, runs no risk from early plant
ing and is sure of getting his money
quite different from the present mode o.
diaposing Of his produce. Sometimes he
does and very often he doesn't realize
but finds himself in debt; even so, be
can ship as long as he finds it profitable
and when it does not further pay to ship
the surplus can be used for canning pur
poses.
AS to the capital one has to have il
order to undertake the canning business
I vii! say that the cost is in the can no
the outfit. We will figure on the amour
necessary for one to have:
Cost of outfit....... ....................Sl50 o.
Freight. .......... $3.50. ..."..
Brick work, etc.."..... ........................ so O
twenty-five thousand labels Ito
start ......."...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" do o.
Freight on cans, $4,000 Ito start)...- !, 5
s25s S
The cans can be purchased on ST:
months time. Where parties can clos
account with approved paper bearing
per cent. interest, this allows one to dis
pose Of his entire pack and pay his not
without any inconvenience whatever.
l know of no business where so smal
au investment will yield such satisfsctor
results. Ifyour people wish informatio
as to outfits they can address me, and vii
turn it over to the manufacturers in pei