Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-07-13
HOME CANNING INDUSTRY
A eranos County Citizen Writes on
SAILING the Products OF the Farm.

As ! have some experience In can
ming fruits and vegetables and have
operated home Gamer this season.
! have been requested TO write an ar.
ticle on canning m tin cans
In taking up this subject I, is neces.
sary 10 state that canning In tin cans
has loas passed the experiment siege
but home canning is NOW In It's In
fancy. 'The large factories have made
the people believe that canning is
complicated and thak the average
houselxcper noj'Vhdsrstand the
princilSes OF ii. This Is the main rea-
son VI b II has not been advocated
long 4 bee. but the way Is simple and
We mug take hold II We wish to keep
II up.
Peaches. pears. berries. tomatoes,
beans md sweet potatoes are the
easiest rnd most profitabls articles to
can. They are put up in three pound
cans and II they are allowed to rIpen
thoroughly on the ,re<of vine and
handled with care andcanned the
same dsy they are gathered. WITH an
up TO date home Gamer you viii have
the finest eating In the world.
A few rows OF sweet potatoes will
make several hundred cans. II you
do not can them there will be enough
waste each season TO pay for a can
ner and cans. TO say nothing of the
labor and expense that Is saved In
preparing and cooking them In large
quantities. The same rule applies to
all other articles. A few rows OF
beans. English peas or tomatoes
viii make several hundred cans
OF the finest goods. These fine canned
goods are the best way to save the
above named articles.
The fine cans OF frui, and yegeta'
bles please the women because they
can get quick meal with little Ia
Dor, they also please the men because
II saves stove wood.
have heard people say that Brazos
county is not adapted 10 truck farm
ing. It's the people that are not adap
ted. not the soil. because every articl'
mentioned above viii grow as wei
In Brazos county as any other place
II you put up fruits and vegetables
IN tin cans with nice tables you car
always sell them AZ fancy prices. be
: sides having the best for your owl
table which contributes to good health
We require a variety of food TO buils
up every organ OF the system and I
we depend upon buying we maxi
kings Of money lenders. but II VI
p manage our own affairs. saving tn
productions OF our farm we will sool
dethrone the money lender and tn
people. viii be crowned king. II 4
not how much we save or make tha
brings prosperity. there Is enougl
r wasted by every family each year 4
) support that family for two years
economically used.
Why are goods put up on a hom
Gamer superior TO all others In fiavo
and quality? Because we let ther
!. ripen thoroughly before gathering: w
/. handle them carefully and In sma
quantities: we fill our cans full; "
: have a boiler that Is up to date an
that keeps the water the cans are
a boiling all the time thereby never q
lowing the goods to become sobbe
: or insipid: We have time to cook an
!. exhaust.
would like to see every farmer
a Brazos county can and save whit
!, would otherwise 20 to waste. | ca
4 not tell you through the columns
I. the Eagle all the different procssss
OF all the different vegetables but vi
gladly show you without cost II 70
are interested In canning.
n nroach