The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
WASTE PRODUCTS
BRING IN PROFITS.
Small Canning Factorles-How Sur
plus Fruits and Vegetables
Can Be Utilized.

growers OF our state is the prOfitabl
utilization OF the surplus fruits an
vegetables that are He'll On hand :
seasons when the markets are elul
!. Ted. II a small canning factory wa
in each community. the loss tina, an
ANNUALLY occurs by allowing surplu
products TO 20 TO waste could b
avoided This loss every yea
amounts TO at least - per cent. o
the product.
4 canning outfit should be in ever.
loutfits are of all sizes from the small
5 s., cannery that can be used OH tn,
kitchen stove with capacity of from
three to five hundred cans per day
up TO the cannery costing about $lo'
with a capacity Of three to five thou
sand cans per day. In communities
where fruit growing and trucking
are conducted on an extensive scale
a community cannery can be operai.
ed TO the best advantage. and in
some sections of the country, par
ticularly in Texas and Mississippi.
it has been found to be more profit
able to can the products of the farm
than to ship them. This is especial
ly true where there is not enough Of
any one product to ship in carload
lots.
The cash return from one of these
outfits is worth considering. The
homegrown products are of higher
grade than any that are shipped in
because the homegrown material has
not been subject to 4 long haul be-
fore marketing. a local cannery, if
conducted properly, will be a paying
investment from the start. 1t l.
worthy Of consideration that during
the shipping season large amounts of
fruit and vegetables are shipped on
the chance OF getting good prices on
falling market, and often do not
bring enough money to pay charges.
Among the truckers and fruit
growers of the South, what is known
as the Home Gamer" has been used
by progressive men for number of
years, with pronounced success. Tex
as has led in this line, having a
"iiome Gamers Association" with
branches scattered over the fruit and
trucking sections, whose members
are leagued together for the purpose
OF buying supplies (such as cans,
solder. and shipping casesD in large
quantities, and also to see to the
shipping and marketing of their pro-
duets to the best advantage. This /
association reports that there is new
TT enough of a supply from its thou
sands OF members to satisfy the de-
mand. The product is superior to
the ordinary canned goods, and there
IS no trouble in disposing proftably
Of all that is produced.
This home Gamer cannot as yc,
ompcte with the factory as "a source
Of large quantities of canned goods
II Is IN the special line of a high
grade product that its possibilities
lie.
ne expense OF running one OF
heSe cannerics is that of labor ana
supplies OF cans. solder. labels, etc.
ne SIZE OF the canncry should be-
regulated to suit the quantity of ma
erlal likely to be available in one
lay. The small canncry for tho
iltchen range is suitable ONLY for
domestic cause The cannery with
urnace costs from $l4 up, according
o capacity. but just as good work
an be done with the smaller ones
he largest outlay will be cans I'M,
~ buying in crates of 800 cans. tho
hree-pound cans cost lust 30
'ents and the two-pound cars . cents
'aeh. A bushel of tomatoes will fill
sixteen three-pound cans. and give
'iso three twopound cans of tomat,
uiee These threepound cans ar,
worth on the market 81 a dozen and
Wo-pound cans of juice sell for SOM
making at 90 cents a dozen. The
TOSS value OF bushel of tomatoes
men canned is $l.46 Charging for
ans labels. and labor. there is a NET
eturn of about 81 for each busbs,
AIMED.
'Nho'her crop that lends itself read.
y TO canning is string beans. and
while not as profitable as tomatoes
hough money can be made 10 war
ant 'he grower in canning his sur
Illus beans.
FRUITS OF all kinds, and especially
tries can be proftably canned
'ushel OF blackberries will fiji s;x,r
wo-pound cans, which sell readily =.
;" cents dozen. The hu,dra,