The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1905-09-08
Inc cannlnE PIanI.

Every man and woman who raised
and sold a peck Of tomatoes to the
canning plant should make trip
to the factory sarae day while II is
running and see how the succulent
vegetable finds a home in its recep-
tacle. afterwards to fine lodgnent
in some ones stomach.
II Is one Of the most interesting
places you ever visited. and TO
learn and understand how and what
the process is You have but to keep
your eyes open and ask questions.
That is what the NEWS did down
there the other day. and this is why
it knows 50 much,
From start 20 finish the progress
OF the Ponderosa or the Crimson
Cushion from its first sDuse into
scaldlng wafer to its final immersion
into the big cooking caIdron Is full
Of interest The tomatoes reach
the plant in crates. and from
the crates they are dumped in
10 vat Of hot water and
kept there just long enough 10
make the skins tender. From the
vat they go TO long table behind
which is a row Of girls who skin the
tomatoes completely. They waste
no time in this operation, as their
pay depends on the quantity Of prop
erly prepared fruit they put into
their buckets and not on the time
consumed in the operation Their
buckets, numbered. when filled q
10 girl who is perched some feet
above the floor and are there pour
ed out on her table for her inspee-
tion. She keeps a record Of every
bucket and the condition Of its con
tnets. cutting out the least sDeck o.
rot or green.
/ At her right there is a down-spOul
: in which there is a neyer-endIng
{ stream Of thoroughly cleaned til
cans. These descend by gravity. bu
as they reach the bottom OF tn.
I chute the bottom can is by machinery
: pushed away and put under a strean
: u tomatoes and made full-no more
no less. There the can, with dozen
!. and dozens OF others. finds its wa.
c to an endless chain or eonyeyor
S which takes ii to some more girl
q who put on the lids. Than the can
e are thoroughly wiped and a "flux
: brushed on which makes tlr solde
!. take.
5 They are then put on an iron car
/ riage aud given ride to q plac
which seemed 20 US Just a it'll
Ie hotter than-well, this rhymes vii
It the word. and you know what "
Il mean. Here the solder is fed TO th
is cans. and a very ingenious combin'
p ZION OF gas. fire. irons and Otht
things Theoretically seals the eniil
top OF the can except one tiny no
right in the middle Why this vi
left open was Russian and Iapane
!, TO Us, for Billy Wilson showed
!. right over TO another fellow wi
more solder. and he jabbed a
:, OF IL right into this little hole.
\. you imagine the pomato is then ;
i. llowed a rst? Not long. T
!, can. with 223 others, is put
., to a huge iron bucket hoist
o,l by crane and lowered in
n. tank OF boiling water "a
- cooked forty minutes. There was
l. nsid in the cans save the juice
- the fruit. and when you buy c
~ Of TOMATOES. Big Sandy Brand. y
= may be sure you are getting p'
"a goods. solid and no sIop.
81 This is far as We went with
- Ponderosa and the crimson Cushi
~. They are yet to be inspected. l
an eied and packed, but We saw eno'
nv TO convince US that the whole ?
~. cess is novel. thorough, rapid I
l,oy scripulously clean. The bean pa
md ing was successful, over sixty thS
the and cans having been packed.
.ces We doubt not that the tomato p
M will be equally successful and enc
nan aging.