The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-07-09
HOME CANNING INDUSTRY.
A Source 81 Ores, Profit ss Well 90
Economy.

the country for the purpose of can
ming fruIt and vegetables of all
kinds, all Of which has been q great
help 10 farmers. truck and fruit
growers The farmers who heretofore
have been raising only wheat, oats.
corn. hay. etc. for the market have
turned their attention to the growing
OF fruits and vegetables for the can
neries. Now. n these steam canning
factories can afford TO invest from
ave 10 twenty thousand dollars In ma
chinery. cans and other equipments.
hire experienced labor. burn costly
fuel and pay the farmers and truck
growers high prices for their fruits
and vegetables. and make from rs TO
rs per cent on the investment. can
not homo Gamer be made more
profitable to the farmerf
With n home cannery any one can
turn the waste product OF the farm
into cash. and instead OF growing for
the Gamers. and giving them a large
profit, the farmer can save that amount
himself He can buy his cans. labels
and cases almost as cheap as the
large factories; instead OF buying
produce he can grow his own fruits
and vegetables. and In most cases he
has his own help. The beauty and
advantage OF them over the large
factories Is that they are portable.
can be operated in a she'd. on a porch,
or even take them 20 the orchard or
berry field. set them under the shade
OF a tree. or anywhere you wish.
To give an idea OF the profit there
In IN a home Gamer, not 10 say any
thing about the good things that may
be put up for your own use, will say
that last year bought home can.
ner for 1875 complete. II has daily
capacity OF 500 cans, and after plant.
ing out two acres OF tomatoes and
beans, I made clear over and above
all my expenses. s246. or 1923 to the
acre. had never had any experience
in growing tomatoes or beans any
more than for family use.
put up over 1000 cans for mysen
and other people. with loss OF only
81 cans. or less than J per cent In
stead OF selling my tomatoes to the
steam factory, which was established
here last year. for 20 cents per tlshei,
the price they were paying. put
them up myself and realized 6S cents
per bushel. Instead OF selling my
beans TO them for 7b cents per bushel.
put them up myself and realized VI
/ per bushel: and so II was with the
fruits. pumpkins, sweet potatoes, etc.
that canned. Al the prices that the
steam factories pay. fruits and yege-
tables profit the farmers, truck and
fruit growers more than anything else
they can grow, but owning home
Gamer and packing their own stun
they can save the steam Gamers
profits for themselves.
have had wholesale and retail
grocery men tell me that the home
packed goods give much better salts
faction 10 the trade and consumers
than the large steam factory goods.
and they had rather pay from 10 to
Is cents more on the dozen for
home packed goods than for factory.
packed. While 10 20 10 cents on :he
dozen r. not m9ch. II is an average
Of IL cents on the dozen. or i cent
per can, and with home Gamer
with a daily capacity OF mine-SOO
cans-this means IS per day more 10
me, or / cent per can more than the
steam factories can possibly get, yet
they operate with a profit OF 20 - rs
per cent on the investment. Now. "
the farmer who has been living from
hand 10 mouth. and taking all OF his
wifes chicken and egg money 10 hny
some canned goods TO eat. will borrow
a few dollars from her. buy home
Gamer. put on sn acre or two OF to
matoes, beans. etc. and Will stay At
home and help her 20 make the crop
and can the goods. he will have some
thing nice 20 eat without having to
go to the store for II. and II he wants
TO buy his wife new dress OF ray
some on that mortgage, or buy new
buggy. just let him can some for TIRE
market and live Independent.
! And you, Mr.. Truck and Fruit
Grower, you who have been making
glutted markets aud letting your
fruits and vegetables &c TO waste, buy
a home Gamer and save all that
waste. Take thoSe peaches you have
been selling for so cents and rs cents
! per bushel put them in cans and get
sl25 TO $50 per bushel. You can
do Il IN thirty minutes. To convince
you. I will remind you that one bushel
OF peaches is worth rs cents; that a
bushel OF peaches will Ill twenty 3-fo.
cans: those twenty cans, including Ia
bells and cases, are worth 3 cents per
can, or 60 cents, and the peaches that
go IN the cans are worth rs cents.
Cost OF peaches and cans, $l.S5. Those
twenty cans of peaches, at the lowest
price OF pie" or "unpeeled" peaches,
would be worth 10 cents. or sl.40 fos
your peaches.
Farmers. fruit growers and truch
raise-s. buy home canning outfit
save the waste product and turn I,
into cash; it's the little things that