The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-03
III Is INDISPENSABLE.
The Canning Industry.

under date of January Goth as
follows: lin 1S49, when the
gold fever broke out, canned
food came in great demand on &C.
count Of its adaptness for trans
portation, convenient form and
easy preparation. The next few
years witnessed a very rapid in
crease and the trade showed,a
healthy development. Therange
Of the pack began to widen and
to include fruits, vegetables,
oysters and meats; the standard
of quality also improved. Mary
land soon came to the front as
the recognized leader and CEN
tire Of this growing industry,
with Maine, New York and New
Jersey following.
Now, 1892, the canning in
dustry has grown to immense
proportions, numbering about
10000 factories in operation,
scattered over the broad domain
of forty-one states and terrific
ries. These factories give EN-
lployment to in various ways
200, 900 persons during the can.
ming season, while those direct
ly and indirectly concerned a.
mount to 1000, 900; they use the
raw material, fruits, vegetables
&C., produced on Is, 900, 0OOacres
of land, thus furnishing a home
market for the products of 3d.
900 farm, giving employment to
a vast number Of farm laborers,
and bringing into the farmers
IS, 100000 for their produce;
they transform this raw materi-
al into 600, 900, 900 cans of food
worth $4s, 900, 900 in first hands,
a food that's nutritious, health
full and in such a form as to be
easily and safely transported to
thu remote corners of the earth.
The packing houses Ct Mary
land alone gave employment TO
thousands of men, women and
children during last year; all Of
the lighter fruits and vegetables
have been canned. The fields
have been robbed of peas, beans,
tomatoes, corn, berries, cherries
ETC., etc, and thousands of cans
III these delicious morsels are
ready for winter use.
One of our large canning
houses had between twelve and
fourteen hundred women and
girls at work upon the peaches.
Ii il an interesting sight to
watch the progress Of q peach
from the time it il delivered at a
packing house until it is snugly
encased i'm q can ready for the
table. The peaches are first
taken to the cnlling room and
the neeiers stand waiting their
turn to get a box. Two big men
at a machine do the culling act.
and when a box Of culled peach
Is Is ready to be peeled, it il Civ
EN- toa woman or girl as the
case may be. and she hustles off
with II 10 a big room, takes her
seat among the other women or
girls and begins work. While
peeling the peaches the women
sic close TO zach other, and
merrily flash their knives over
the peach until the peel Is off.
Sometimes while at work the
girls sing and chatter, and no
doubt, sometimes they think Of
some good looking young fell
low who does not want them 10
peel peachers. The cans are in
waiting for the peaches--and
swken the peaches are peeled
they are taken to large tables,
and there a number of girls
lplace them in the cans. Before
the peaches areput into the cans,
a quantity Of SUGARS first placed
in, and then follows the peach,
the cans are then taken to d
large vessel of hot water, and Q
small quantity is placed in til,
cans, the cans are then capped
then processed by being placed
in a tank Of boiling water, after
remaining the required ii lie the
cans ars taken out and cooled
of in cold water. Labels are
then attached and the peaches
are ready for the market.
The tomato packing in Mary,
land begins about August the
first: when q wagon lead Of 10
matoss rtashe the packing
house, it is weighed. the toma
toos are then placed in a KEITH,
and scalded, they are mex
skinned, then placed in the cans
the Gaping processing and La
bsling follow, and the tomatoes
are ready for the market.
| From cocks crow until sunset
the wagons are backing into th,
canning houses unloading and
then going off again through
the crush only to return latel
with more boxes and baskets.
| In no part If the country ha,
this industry brighter prospects
than in the South, Of all sections
which / would look Tor greal
success this Is the one. Tn,