The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
ACRES OF PICKLES
They Are Made by the Mil
lions in Detroit.
INDUSTRY EMPLOYS MANY
Plants Represent 81 soc, 900 in In
vested CaDitaI-PrOcess OF Manu-
facture-siuch of the Work Done
by Machlne-Onions Peeled and
BOttIing Done by Hand.


EveIy one Knows tHa' p-eheis are Iilioe
~ I'e,io'' EFe'y olS uoe9 "o' A'''"
nc 'i.s pi''tS oi ''e CITY ep'e7'i-
'i''5''O'' % 0'p'''i' '''''. 'i'eS nave a." ''''
''u'' oU'pu' VI 80 ii'o" az oi more IMAM
.,i"' siii''iii '',1t 'iiSy '''ei .ioo' 'p'e0
I. sl'', = 80 11''''u III 60 ''l' ~
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Hoal u llio "a" p'ouuc' u ld''eu 81
.'i','''s,'',' 'iiousn as eN''''''"e' 80
a'''ii''0 iio'n ii''-''i''' '''I ''''ii'''0'i ss'
'i'5 a 'e7etaole "ii'S9 l'dIoi 'i''i''l '1
u'ilil"teu I'll M'eH's'h s'i 1i7 oei'ei
p'o""''s are 6Io"" 'h"5'y 'h ~'-i'i'i--'
About 5.o0) acres are planted 20 cucm-
bers annually for Detroit factories. about
$500 To tomatoes. ,050 TO onions. and sew
eral hundred to strau,berries while large
o,,a,,,+ta- - a.. -, a,d 80 az.
,b. 80 -,
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"'0 9''' ''i' ' a.
1o''hS' loll'd'oes arc s-ail5u' IuA
throush pulplng machines, which remove
the skins and seeds. heated 20 canning
temperature. and packed in barrels or
large cans. until wanted NJ tie main
works The o,t.lrsl.ars sr. SON. o.. Ds-
t~gf. f, .,-,i.., ..rI- go ,....t-t,.--
l.l,
'''.' D-'''1-s s"'''' emu ''e -'''''19' '''e'
immense 'aiiAs' rom llese t"e. are
taken 10 the washing watts, where the
heaviest Of the brine IL removed Then
they are sorted by machinery into six
cl,es r-bf.s ia tf.-,, ara eort-7 Dan. 5-,,,4
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f.-. -. 49,.
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No Machinery FOR Feeling Onions.
Onions which form q considerable in
gredieut Of mixed pickles INNS. he ueelei
by hand. as machinery has not proved
effective, The usually fearful occupation
is rendered easier by the onion being
cooked FIRST
2. oi''ai' eatsup' OF W"leh miiIions 9i
,.,.,,' - ~. 'i5 - 'Ny' l''
- - - -. 4,l 80
tbr,,.s-l, - - -, .t.o a.. t,,.,-,.. -.l
frrv, tbfs irt, y, t,,ttI,,s- ,,,,.t,,-. ..frt-.,
t,s-,,,,.-s... I..,+r... .t &c.. .l'.-
ips, C5~rtsd 80, a,, al, ,,,,5r, 80 80
Two ro-l-irr, ,,,lt.,.g ,,...,- ~ ,sr,....-,- ~
10 00a q dey esrb t.la -. ~ a. ana
rereDtacIeS ,s1trb trs, ne o--rfs,5 -
ON j balt IA tbo amin, and l-Fsi-,g- ~
rs-,,-.--ts - -
much of the v,arl- rpoe ,5qre h.,- t1,a
but there IS much thar rns.bins-- NH
not DO as REQUIRED Labels san are -..,+
on by hand on Am but plain -o.,,8 hot
ties Labels are kept IN "A epscfal room,
under careful suparv,sior. THE ds,ts
supply is given ONT and recorded and
every label bears "a ut+le re~fo-.+tr,-,
which tells its date To the initiated n is
estimated that Detrort niryIa rsarr,fsr-
turers nav S4aG10 n wear for labels sr,ra
The bottle bin will nm ter tf1,e- ,ts.
amount.
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Je4Hes ana ifllt buffers are cooked In
cauidrons by steam coils. and are ran
into large shallow vqrs fo cool arror