St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-08-27
VALUE OF CANNING
FACTORIES.
BY s. N. SlNDALL.
Southern Far.n Magazine.

BY s. II. SlNDALL.
Southern Farm Magazine.
The S0uth's great bece6t 10 to b
derived from manufacturing. He
supremacy as an agricultural re
giOn IS recognized. butt the line q
the greatest operations will be in til
establishment If factories aud mill
:" CONVEX, her produce w nmlshe,
altitles tyr H.. lnaihei.
l know nothing that would pa,
greater than canning factories. /
requires comparatively small CAPT
tai, stimulates the farming class I,
grow a greater variety ~ psoduct
BY sffording them q cash marke
at their own doors, gives employ
ment to = number Of persOn', NAL,
and female. WHO would other wis,
have none, and sends out vslusbl,
food product, which will return
money 10 circulate in domesti,
channels. Another advantage |.
that the industry can he built b,
home capital. A canning house !.
in every respect home industry
The South raises nearly every Va.
riety Of fruit and vegetable. and the
industry would thrive there. Es.
pecially it would he Of advantage
to small towns. The best pa, ing
products to can are tomatoes,
peaches. pears, beans, corn, pump.
kins, sweet potatoes, berries, ., 8.
tiers, fish and shrimp. The ma ket
demand for these as we'll az all can.
ned goods increases every year as
the people learn the value VI this
food product. The Southern states
should never be forced to- purchase
canned goods from the North and
West, when the natural resources
Of her own country offer such in
duce,nents to the establisl,m. -. Of
the industry. The South raises large
quantities of fruit and vegetables
annually, only small part oi
which finds It's way to the market
and the greater part Of which is
wholly wasted. These fruits and
vegetables could he canned aud sold
at reInunerative prices.
The proof Of this is that in Mary
land and other States, where the
farmers and truckers grow these
crops at = manifest disadvan,a age
~ compared with their brethren in
the South. the business Ut canning
on the farm is an established indus
try and it is SO profitable that in
Maryland crops are planted for hat
purpose alOne, and thousands de-
pend on this Industry for a living.
The same work could be perfur med
il the south At . greater profit.
There is nothing to prevent any
Southern farmer from elnbarkiDg in
The business farm hand can learn
the process in a few days, as no
previous knowledge is necessary.
This assurance answers the princi.
pie objection that will arise in The
mind Of every seeker after infor.
nation Oh tue subject. A start can
be made on q very few dollars that
would keep q number of persons
busy for six months In the year;
hat answers the next serious OBJ
lection. A paying market would
We found at home in supplying the
\ holesale and re:ail trade With .
better article than IL now sold in
lie Southern markets. That ought
o dispose OF the last possible OH
ection that can he offered.
The fact is that many Southern
armers have not tried the expert
nent Of canning, because they have
,een under the impression that CON-
lderable capital and experience
we're required 10 undertake it on
'ven q small scale. The business
equires less capital, however, than
lmost any other that can be mem
toned.
Canning machinery, with Ca
,acity Of 1000 three pound cans
ally Of fruit or vegetables, will
ost SIS; q 5000 three. pound. can
apaci,Y, 1925; ! 1000 ,hree-pound.
All capacity. $l75; q 1910 three
capacity. $3.50.
The kettles can be set III BRICK
'0rk, with furnace under for fire,
( can be connected to = steam
oiler. rs preferred. The supplice
)r one cannery can I've grown On
ne farm or ON two or three sdja-
ent farms, and when q steam plant
already in operation it can be ut,-
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