The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-15
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the South. A great many have failed on account of unskilled labor and m adequate supply of fruits and vege- tables. The investment ranging all tne way from $1,50O to $20,ooo, running from one to three months, the result could only be failure.
 Pioneers in the canning business may have experienced some 'douot as .o the stability of the business, but fruis and vegetable canning is now as nrmy established as any industry or tnis country and the most sanguine enthu- siast can hardly overrate the possibili- ties of it's still further development With increasing civilization. as we are pleased to call it, the demand for pre- pared food grows steadily. The indi. vidual becomes more and more uepeno ent on his fellow man, and the vocation of each tends toward limited anu special line of occupation, in which the individual serves his fellow men, with nearly all his own demands met and sustained through the facilities fur" nished by the activity of others In va" rious occupations. His demands con- stantly grow more and more exacting as his socalled civilization increases, tending toward a general demand that his time. devoted to his pleasure and the service of his fellows, be econo- mixed, and that his necessities and lux uries be furnished to his hand ready for his use and enjoyment in such form as to require the minimum amount of effort on his part in partak- ing of them. Given a constantly in- creaslng population, carried by neces- sity into this system of life, the possi- bilities of the development of the busi- ness of preparing food cooked and her medically sealed ready for immediate use, stands without an equal in the cer- tainty of permanency, and the limit or it's development can with dihcuity pc estimated. owing to the rapid im- movement in methods and appliances for reducing cost, the selling prices Of canned products have been reduced 10 figures which now bring canned goods within the reach of all classes UT consumers.
 the business be established and suc- cessfully conducted as a permanent ana profitable business at given pointf On this point we will say that many failures in the canning business can pc cited, but in the great majority or cases such failures have been brought about by natural causes which conduce 10 failure in any line of business; but nronerly started, with all requisites Of success taken into consideration, tho husiness can be established and con ducted as permanently and as pront- ably as the manufacture of any other staple goods.
 Pointers of Special Interest to Tomato Gamers.
 rho hest varieties of tomatoes to grow for canning are the New Stone' Fayorite, Livingston Beauty, Acme, Trophy and Champion. The New stone ia the favorite and is grown for nearly all of the canners in the Central states and the East. It selecting tomato for canning purposes you should seIec' 1U cora, good bright red color, and one that mas d good tough skin that will not crack from handling, and one that Is pertect- | ly round and smooth.
 The seed should be grown in hotbeds | and, as soon as the weather will permit | and all danger of frost Is past, trans | ferred to the field. The plants are usually set out by hand, selecting day when the soil Is moist. Better results l have been obtained by using machine 1 made for this purpose, which not only | sets the plants in tho hill, but waters | and fertilizes them at the same time.
 The yield per acre depends largelS | on the condition of soil and weather | Too much wet weather or toe much dr! | weather wil sometimes shorten the cror 1 one-half Good loamy soil produces | the largest crops when plants are prop | erly set Where the ground Is very l rich plants should be set from l-2 tC 5 rect apart. If you do not do thil 1 the tomatoes will not ripen on account of not having sufficient sun. Coco | Ioamy soil has been known to produce | as high as 20 tons to the acre. while | some very poor soil has not produced l over three tons. Gamers should no l figure on an average of more than si1 tons (200 bushels) in selling futures | figuring 800 cans to the ton.
 | When the tomatoes are ripe they | should be brought to the factory IT
 slated crates, not more than eigh
 inches deep, and It is advisable to hav' the ends of crates project about on'
 inch above the sides, so that when the
 crates are set on top of each other they | will not mash the tomatoes.
 The average price paid to growers | in Central and Eastern States is $6 pei ton. or IS cents per bushel; while l few factories are only paying 30 anC l g5.5O per ton, and a few in Maryland | Delaware and New Jersey are paying
 s6.5O and $7 per ton. The latter prices
 are only paid where the growers nay,
 been unfortunate in not being blessed | with good crops.
 Small Canneries.
 The most successful canning tha | has come under my observation Is Dl
 small canneries, conducted by smal
 companies and individual farmers wh' | plant q few acres in tomatoes, beam
 
 CT. taking his own hands and loca | help, becomes more independent yea
 by year. When the people do the can l ming and preserving, the trusts arr
 knocked out. Hand packed stun pu
 up by these small canners Is the clean
 est. is of much higher grade. and ha
 a better sale than the machine packed
 stuff. which is bruised and mashed.
 One of the best routes out of the bol
 weevil problem, in my opinion, is t
 invade their territory with these small | canneries-put one or two in ever!
 neIRhborhood. I hear some one sa!
 that you would glut the market. Yol
 must remember the world has to b.
 fed. and the people are eating canned
 goods.
 By our method of canning we re
 tain the flavor of the ripe stuff. Thel
 these small canners are a protection t,
 the truck farmer. When prices rui
 low he can save his stuff by canning
 1t, thereby saving his crop, when i | ,yopI7 otherwise rot in the field