Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-08-02

Farmers Union and other organization.
with the welfare of the agricultural
classes a. their object, a campaign could
and should be inaugurated that would
produce results Of great value to the cot
ton raisers- A great deal of hard work
and some money will be necessary to
accomplish the desired end, but neither
could be used in a more worthy cause.
Ii Is time that our great money crop was
receiving the attention at the hands Of
lawmakers and others that il deserves,
and the sooner an active movement II
begun. the seoaer will the desired end be
accomplished
The advice Of men who have done
things Is to be considered far above those
who can only advance theories. The
writer has noted for years the success
that has attended the efforts of Hover.
ton Bros, at Guntown, Miss, in the
line Of profitable fruit raising. By re-
quest. G. T. Howerton furnishes the fol-
lowing article on a small cannery to care
for fruit that is not fit for shipping. and
also to take care OF the crop should the
market fall so low that shipments might
not prove profitable:
@'AtG tt1hNA kt-fA tuiA-- W1 QS-
sire that others may know shout it.
Ever since we have been growing peaches
we have been dksirous of trying canning
in q small way, that we might take care
of the surplus and save ourselves from a
ruinous market II has not heretofore
been safe to make this trial, az at least
ve were not certain that such en- effort
would be attended with success. This
season we made the venture on a small
home esnnery. and it's so casy-ss the
boys would say, dead easy
"An intelligent ls-year-old boy Can
run it. For the expenditure of q small
sum, $50 to $50, . farmer can install a
little plant in his orchard that will can
from 500 to 1000 three-pouni cans per
day. Now l mean to preach TIE home
made canned goods. When we buy from
the large concerns we are not sure that
it is clean, and We do not know that the
fruit was good and fresh when canned.
But with the home canner,' in your
orchard, you can know both these Things.
Now, l say, let's can all that We can.
There is no need 10 can, OF enGIse, when
the market for our peaches il good
Often there are peaches that will not
ship-can them; II the price .uns down =
can them A buslel of good peaches will
make one and one-half dozen three pound
cans. No trouble to sell this me Ar.l a
half dozen cans for $500 Ii half the
income is profit, you have Si-C0 per
bushel for your peaches
so plant you 500 or 1.c0o E.hertA
peach trees, and if you canrot ship them,
can them Georgia Is selling Us canned
81. 81 l. II
acres in Mississippi vel adapted to their
propagation Another thing: Waea you
get them in the cans you can eat ther at
your leisure and convenience Few pco-
pie in Mississippi have ever lad as mas.a
as one can of PEACHES to open each Is
in the yesr. Yet most Of them vps.N
eat three cans in a day and BE better N
Hes, SIR. it's worth installing ! s-7l
Gamer to see each and all tie ehilsren
eat all the peaches they wan. each day
in the year.
But peaches are rot all There are
black berries wasting on the hriars- Save
them in the can No farrler nsei hunt
far TO find n market or customers for
his home canned goods Let's not l-t the
North ship all of these goods here sny
longer. Let's can all We Use ant a sur
plus to sell"
There is good reading in the above.
Too often there is fruit that viii not do
to ship; this little canning oatst VII
take care of it. At times the market
drops until there Is nothing left alter
paying freight and other expenses; put Il
up in can. and either use or sell whsn
there Is a market Read and conssser
carefully what Mr.. HowertoE says