Nevada County picayune., 1891-07-09
CANNING FACTORY.

ana one JO NIlCH Oui NCNhbiJ , N"" give encouragement to the healthy prosperity of the community, IS that of canning fruits and vegetables. Less than 20 years ago canned prod ucts were novelty. It is acknowl- edged that no country is better adap- ted to growing fruits and vegetables than South West Arkansas, which IS the most profitable industry in the United States. The farmer can do nothing Shat pays like growing pro- duce for a cannery. Land that will grow good cotton, or corn, will pro- duce from 300 to TOO bushels of to- matocs per acre; average tomatoes at 100 bushels per acre, at 23cts per bushel, which is the price paid by canneres for tomatoes, the gross re- i turns would be Sl0O per acre. Can any farmer raise SlO0 worth of cot ton per acre? Green corn is snap ped from the stalk Tn the shuck, will yield tons per acre, at S1.OO per ton, is S3j per acre green peas per acre, at jOcts per bushel, is $50 per acre beans. 5Octs per bushel, peach cs. and other fruit are bought by the orchard, under contract, by the can- ming company, paid every load. Most of the work in cannery is paid by the piece, and the hands make from 75cts to sl.50 per day peeling toma- toes, shelling peas, snapplng beans, putting labels on cans, etc., which Is naturally women and girls work. Canned goods arc as quick on the market as cotton. The demand is increasing faster than the supply. It is only question of time when South West Arkansas, will be noted as a fruit and vegetable producing section. and will be filled with free prosperous population. The starting of such enterprises, enables the pop Iulation, both male and female, old and young, to be employed, giving them ready money at season when money is scarce.
 Most of the canned goods now on the market are put up Tn two and three pound cans, and the list in cludes every known fruit and vcgeta- bles of the smaller kind, The list embraces tomatoes, green corn, green peas, green beans, squashe,, pump kins, cabbage, onions, bects, tur- nips. carrots. sweet potatoes. and all kind of fruit, fish and meat. The canning business enables the farmer to pay cash for his supplies, and does away with the credit system. Where good canning factory is es- tablished the railroad, always give every induccmcnt possible for sue cess, as a large amount of freight IS necessary for cahncrY.
 The usual price paid the grower for product, for q caaaerX, Is 25cts per bushel of GOlb, for tomatoes, 5Oc per bushel of iOlh. for peas, S1.OO per ton for corn, jocts per bushcl for beans of 3jlbs. all sold under contract with the grower, by the can ming company. The canning compa- ny furnishes seed and boxes t0 gath CT tomatoes
 The canmng business renders all the boys and girls over twelve years of age, self supporting. X canning factory can he put up in Prescott, set up complete, horse power return tubular steel boiler, 10 horse power engine. shafting pullics and betting, with the latest improved canning ma chincry. guaranteed capacity of put ting up l2,OOO per day, of canned goods. warranted to be equal to any on the market California not cXccp- ted) and to employ l50 to 900 hands directly in the factory, and as many more indirectly, for 5, 1000 (liberaI discount by special contracO paid Tn miscellaneous, l2 ,OOO cans per day, at ptu''t ut one cent per can equals Sl2u per 5a1. 9J days, SlO, 500, clear to ihc eoai any. over all cX- penscs. Baltimore publishes all canned goods on the market, cleared profit of 10 cents per dozen in 1880. Baltimore has 9S canning houses, giving employment the year round to 10000 people. San Jose, ir California, employs 10000 people in the canning business. American canned goods are shipped to all parts of the world. The United States eX- ported in 1889, over SlO, ,0OO worth of canned goods. The richest sections of country in the world, are those making the raising of fruit and vegetables a speciality. No manu- featuring enterprise gives employ ment to labor, circulates money, en- hances the value of property, brings population, like good canning fac ! tory
 A busy canning house is yerita- l ble human bee hive, Gin which there ! is no tune to ilirt with the girls). 1 There are the pcelers, scrubbers, wi |pcr5, hullers, ,huckcrs, packers, Icappcrs, processors, truckers, pliers, ' lahelcrs, and checkers; each and ev- cry one is busy, and with them, time ] is money. They are paid every day, If to these we add the truckers, and farmers. whose fruit and vegetables find their way into tn cans, and box makers. solder makers, railroad and steamboat transportation, draymen
 and brokers and commission men
 and store keepers, who handle the canned goods, it is simply immense
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