The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-20
Farm Notes.

same light as the cur dog or the stray
cat. and there are thousands of them
carted away daily in this city Thls
despised article, is the familiar tin can.
Go where you will you will always find
it cast aside. Along railroads you VIII
find loads of them at every station and
section house Some writer has remark
ed that one cannot go anywhere put
what one will find the ordinary n.y.
even in the wilds of desert, or on the
great bosom of the ocean, this lnSect
will always be found. So it is with the
tin can. On any of our great western
deserts there one will find the tin can.
In the Businesses of the Rocky Noun
tains. upon any stream. in any canyon,
the tin can is met If the Atlantic
ocean would lose it's water the beds
would show tens of thousands of tin
cans Even the Arctic explorer finds
! these inanimate vagabonds to remind
him of home and show that others have
been there before him.
1t is one OF the landmarks of civlllza-
ton and when found by traveller IN a
! barbarian country tells as plainly as
could be done, that white people have
! been there before. The tin can is to in
! animate things, what the tramp is to
1 human beings. The comic artist has
/ recognized this fact and always com
/ bines the two in his pictures. His
/ tramps always have tin can sticking
| out of pocket, or suspended by
I cord AS matter of fact, however
/ the tramp never carries can, because
/ he can always find one. wherever he
! - ofr1sv
! factories that put up Theoretically
\ sealed canned goods ere situated in the
North and West. The great need Of
factories in the South is being realized
generally There is much interest being
manifested in this important line of
work in the South, especially where
truck growing and fruit farming have
grown so rapidly during the past few
wears After giving this subject some
study, l am convinced that a number
Of canneries would pay we'll in each
county, if managed properly. can
merry run in connection with a large
truck farm or orchard would practically
insure the grower against loss in can
ming his products. When the prices in
the markets go down below the figure
at which the grower could market his
product at a profit they could be easily
canned up and saved from loss. Home
markets could then be supplied with
Home canned goods, instead Of paying
the freight on them from Baltimore or
some other Northern markets.
There is no reason why goods of high
quality cannot be put up on Southern
soil, where various fruits and vegetables
grow successfully. The peach is max
ing an enviable reputation in the great
markets of the North, but instead CT
supplying this increasing demand for
only one or two months in the year
why not put up some of these fine
peaches on the soil where they are
grown, and have some to send to the
markets each month during the year?
Then, again, there are frequently a
large quantity of small fruit that would
not pay to ship, but could be used for
canning. All these manufactured arti-
Giles are very valuable and could be put
up here in good form. A good reputa-
tion for such fine, pure, home made
products, might not be difficult to build
up in the South. AS an instance. the
peach pits are also bought by the nur-
serymen, hence the entire crop is saved
and a handsome profit could be made
on it, if managed properly. When we
providing against loss, irrespective OF
the conditions of the markets, at the
time of ripening, horticulture will make
still more rapid progress in the South,
and we shall hear of no complaint from
commission men, freight lates and eX-
press men. The nurserymen will wear
a broad smile and members of the FAM
lily will have some of the color of the
/ iy, III, I will No toll gc
, into consideration the growing of the
! products for the cannery, for it is pre-.
sumed that no one would think of
starting a cannery without first making
ample arrangements for the products tc
can These arrangements can either be
made by joint stock company or by an
,, individual. should say, preferable,
the latter. I would recommend the es-
adjustment of rather modern house,
and enlarge the capacity alter more ex-
; perience is obtained.
Two of the most costly items OF can
! ming outfits are the house and steam
, supply. Any ordinary building will dc
. for canning house. The kettles can
be set in brick, which does the same
good work The South is fortunate in
this respect. in that there are a large
South that lay idle during the canning
season. The boiler capacity of these
gins is usually ample, for a large can
ming house, and the building attached
could be easily used also. Nearly all
the additional expense then that woul1
have to be incurred in setting up The
: canneries with them would be simply
: that of connecting the boiler with the
kettles. 1t is hardly necessary to state
: that good water is important for the
r cannery. land usually this can be had
from cisterns nearby. 1t is scarcely
: necessary to add that cleanliness is
very important to put up goods of fine
n quality. New hands will need constant
i. watching in this resepct until they sar
experience. Canning will pay In the
a South. You have the things which with
good management and perseverance
will make canning factories pay in the
South, as they are paying in q grand
: way in so many other States.
/ will be glad to give your people
any further information on the subject
e that I can.
3 r. A. STEWART.