The Florida agriculturist., 1907-05-15

to the tact that small home Gamer
les were becoming SO common in
Texas that the owners had formed
an association. AS we have repeated
ly said, we do not think that large
cannerles, such as are built at the
north, will ever be much used in
Florida. but we de believe that small
outfits for the use of one family, or
of two or three neighbors, could be
made quite profitable The follow
ing address delivered some time ago
by John T. Garner before the Fruit
and Truck Exchange at Jacksonville,
Tex, gives considerable information
on the subject.
Canning and preserving fruits and
vegetables is becoming of great inter-
est and profit to the Southern fruit
growers. Ten years ago there were
only few large canning factories in
the South A great many have failed
on account of unskilled labor and in
adequate supply Of fruits and vegeta-
bles. The investment ranging all the
way from $1,000 to $4,000, running
from one to three months, the result
could only be failure.
Pioneers in the canning business
may have experienced some doubt as
to the stability of the business, but
fruit and vegetable canning is now as
firmly established as any industry of
this country, and the most sanguine
enthusiast can hardly overrate the
possibilities of its still further deve1-
opment With increasing civilization,
as we are pleased to call it, the de-
mand for prepared food grows steadi-
1y. The Individual becomes more and
more dependent on his fellow man,
and the vocation of each tends toward
a limited and special line of occu-
patton, in which the individual serves
his follow men, with nearly all his
own demands met and sustained
through the facilities furnished by the
activity of others in various occupa-
tions. His demands constantly grow
more and more exacting as his So
called civilization increases, tending
toward a general demand that his
time, devoted to his pleasure and the
service of his fellows, be economical,
and that his necessities and luxuries
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 partaking of
them. Given a constantly increasing
population, carried by necessity into
this system of life, the possibilities
Of the development of the business of
preparing food cooked and hermeti-
cally sealed ready for immediate use,
stands without an equal in the GER
tairty of permanency, and the limit
of it's development can with difficulty
be estimated. Owing to the rapid i'm
provement in methods and appliances
for reducing cost, the selling prices Of
canned products have been reduced to
figures which now bring. canned goods
within the reach Of ali classes of con-
sumers
The question naturally crises: can
the business be established and sue
cessfully conducted as a permanent
and profitable business at a given
point? On this point we will say that
many failures in the canning business
can be cited, but in the great maj jority
of cases such failures have been
brought about by natural causes which
conduce to failure in any line of bust
ness but properly started, with all
requisites Of success taken into con-
sideration, the business can be estab-
lished and conducted as permanently
and as prohtably as the manufacture
Of any other staple goods.
Pointers of Special Interest to Toma-
to Gamers.
The best varieties of tomatoes to
grow for canning are the New Stone,
Favorite, Livingston Beauty, Acme,
Trophy and Champion The New
Stone is the favorite and is grown for