The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-10
\ P0LYTECHNIC

ly, stationary tables on sides. movable taPis Hsve m made in timers shop one or two heavy galvanized round iron boil- ers. nat bottom. about 30 inches across and about 14 inches deep. fit in brick furnace like syrup boilers; S.x. support Dot, t. biacksmith shop, round iron crates (nat bottom) out of hoop iron size of buggy crates crates about ss inches across. allowing eeS1s essily let down nS1 and drawn out of boii. CT. use heavy netted wire for bottom Use a home made crane with ratchet wheel for letting down and hoisting crates into and out of boilers and for to be loaded and unloaded with cans vegetables for filling the cans Is the %sst csss T!s enly sound f ripe ps ru and naive your peaches, fll can. using ounces granulated susar to No. 2 enough sao sh0 to sii in half inch % Of .cp ot edge of cap with ''solderine' or eoider- ing fluid using little mop. place cap then with patent sealing capper. we'll tinned and heated. the sealing is quickly done: Leave the small hole a mdas mi e4s of ssp do%n snsn in Bons ter. leaving the tops of cans above wa ter. let them remain ive minutes. then draw out and with a hot tinner,s cap per in one hand and a stick of solder In the other. tip or seal up the little vent hole left in middle of cap. This is what canners call exhausting. Let eow dGwa %atch soar 0aas. is your time for testing" If there is a hole left unsealed in your can stream of % ns nSSos; oa ssa M mens e:s anS s0P pu. and let boil l5 minutes (for any kind
 of fruitl to matoes 70 minutes. snap beans. 50 minutes: Tomatoes should | put up in their own red juice; after boiling, your goods are ready to be | stored away for labelling and casing. Professor l.. H. Baily delivers this | authoritative dictum on the soil inoc- ulation discussion in the Country Cal
 new outdoor magazine published by The Review of Reviews Book Com
 pany:
 ing directly by means of pure cultures
 work of pr. George T. Moore. of our
 has incorporated his cultivated germs
 in a dessicated State. with absorbent cotton, so that they can be sent by
 hn then of ss s. u:eh :e for of thi s. | The cotton Is thrown into water (which
 chemical) and when the germs have l multiplied sufficiently to make the wa
 ter cloudy, the seed or the soil Is wet
 with the liquid. The process is ex-
 ceedingiy simple and is inexpensive. A larg number of the packages of the
 inoculating material were sent out by
 the department of agriculture last year
 are reported in Bulletin 71 of the bu. | reau of plant industry. issued January 23, 1905. The subject therefore. is only
 this year before the general public
 for information and discussion.
 as to the value of this new method of
 inoculation. The published results
 are most encouraging. On the other hand. other experiments with alfalfa
 svsn s mos, mo from
 ulation by means of soil. The aues- tion is ye. in its experimental stage so
 far as general field results are coh-
 eerned IL will u,,,. not De panassa, sa, nor nor
 inoculation will constitute only one
 factor for making productiveness: All new developments particularly those
 that have novel and striking features
 sationalized by undiscriminating per sons. and this often results in injuring g
 some of the best innovations. It Is
 now to be determined what the possi-
 what exact condition 1t may be ex-
 pected to be successful. and how to eliminate the causes of failure. There
 Is no indication that this new method will be revolutionary; but there Is req
 one step further toward the realiza- ton of our quest for nitrogen, to pro-
 vide the food for mankind.