Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-07-06
arm Canneries.

Louis Farm Progress, OF canning, or
iarring, many farm products, is as ap-
ilicah.c here for ready means OF
keeping them fresh and wholesome be-
yond their varied seasons, o. it has
been demonstrated t. BE- profitable in
TIE Middle West and the South, where
it has been tried with great success
the past decade
It is about ten years ago that tie
first canning machine was placed in
use by vegetable aud :ruit growers aud
it, success, was 80 immediate and inn
rortant that a farm paper lately de
voted special issue to its devel.
opmcnt. 1t comprised contributions
from those who had made trials in
North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida. Alabama, Louisiana, M!ssis-
sippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Kentucky. Texa- and Indian Territory,
and all united in praise Of the new
industry. Just what canning ma
chine is, the correspondent docs not
state, but it is presumably some device
for making choarly the cans for hold
ing the product. so as to allow low
price and still afford reasonable pro.
fit, Just as the machine that stamps
out the myriads OF sardine cans and
affixes the French labels, ON the coast
OF Maine, enable that product to be
marketed plus the flavor OF trans.
oceanic voyage and minus the duty, at
all the Distributing points in the great
cities.
The correspondent states that by
means OF canning machine the farm
or can save oil his surplus vegetables
and fruits, ard market them when
they will command good price. His
canned goods will always find ready
sale and the demand for them will
exceed the supply because of their su.
periority over the output OF any can.
ming factory.
Beans, peas, okra, sweet corn, tOma-
toes and pumpkins can be put up, as
we'll as all kinds Of berries and other
fruit; in fact everything except posi-
bly, such products as, from their acid.
ity, might be safer placed in glass, and
even the cost OF jars will not seriously
increase the expense, if they are kept
over from season to season, which is
never done with cans. A great advan.
tage of this home system of supply is
that everything may he placed in con.
dition for market fresh from the gar
den or orchard, the same day they are
gathered, without the use OF any pre-.
servative or coloring matter. Conse-
quently there can be nothing injurious
about them. The absolute cleanliness
that is possible on the farm, where
ample care and attention can be Civ.
en- to the work, which is in fact practi-
cally impossible in the large canneries,
where the operators become in time
mere machines, with little care for
anything but turning out . certain
amount OF work by a routine that may
resemble in some respects that of the
Chicago meat packeries. Everything
can be cooked according to its precise
requirement., which varies sometimes
with the variety and growth of the
article and the goods will open fresh
and we'll flavored.
1t appears to us that it may be we'll
for our farmers to give this suggestion
some serious thought, even if it be but
to supply the local trade. 1t is we'll
known that the home product OF
fruits in jars have always commanded
q better price than the most famed
brands of imported articles. By the
local trade is meant all accessible
points in the State reached by boat or
railroad transportation. The main
thing would be in getting ready for
the work, and doubtless all informa.
ton could be obtained from Farm
Progress regarding the canning ma.
chine and mode of operation, as we'll
as valuable hints for development of
trade. Fruit jars are easily obtained
here, at a low expense, and the con.
sumner can readily turn their cost on
the fruit of the next season by return
ing them to the managers OF the farm
canheries.
JUST HER Own SWEET SELF
William Leiferman, a Chicago Loeb.
invar, lately ran aWay with his sweet.