The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
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Wade Hunt, who has been sil6
fully operating i canning fAstof
4 number Ok years on his farm
Bethel. Ii the Fork. called N
Sentinel otfce 4 few days go
when asked for his advice n
feasibility Of the farmers o4
Upper Fork raising tomatoes
canning them for market. rid
they trent into the business 81
ousiy II would be pretty surs
a success. He thinks tina ley6I t
In the Benefits Chapel Fork unI
sectfOn-to be well adapted ~
crop and the farmers amply Aalso
take care OF the business end u
Besides tomatoes they could
apples, pears, peaches and ~
beans, but thinks they had no<
leave sweet corn alone a. Il feaM1k
= great deal OF care to grow q III
quality, and this Ii tho oniy
that pays; and, moreover. the
chinery for canning II Ii much 1Id
expensive that that for the foseEol
vegetables and fruits. S s4s4
He advises 4 half dozen faxa
living near one another 70 buy r
ming outfit to cost not nxar 441M
that.wiH put mp about one fhOu01
cans day. and each plant the If2
year two and onc-haif acres. fl5
would require about cafl0l6
cans {about 10000 cansl, waaick q
could ill during the season: ~
they put up apples and peaches II
tensively In addition TO t0mok6
they hi need IT b csI IN n
cans. When bought III carload i1
these cost about two cents apf61
and by shipping In carload jnts t.
get much better freight rAtes.
the venture proved 4 success n
could add new members and Ell
another similar OUTFIT or much
ger one operated by steam that coil
be bought for 5000 or 1850. vk1
could be used~with traction ensin9
or they could buy good twelve
horse boiler for about $500.
ia that section would require Ahojl
400 pounds per acre Of 3-Ss l
tilizer az s24 per ton.
The 1890 outfit that could put m
three TO four thousand cans per x3
consists OF process boiler, roSf
about $40: two process crates. -
each: one crane, complete, SIS:
exhaust boiler. 425; three exhaS
crates. $5 each; tomato flIler. III TT
one gasoline soldering OUTFIT, Tilt
soldering coppers or steels, abouf
each.
william r. Steed. the we'll kuo
storekeeper Of the BENEFITS G.
neighborhood, wAs Iii the 6e1fS
ofiice Monday, and says he beIf4H1 8
cannery In that section could
made to pay nicely. He thinks
Joint stock company should ~ "a
lied with . capital OF about $T.001a
at SIS per share. He thinks fff
amount can be raised, and Ne nat
the following very liberal pTop6
ton: He will furnish plot q
ground close to the county rad
erect = suitable building sor the q
merry. the value OF the same III
appraised BY disintarested parx3SS1
and stock In the company tn
amount to be given him.
Mr.. Steed thinks that caHIhfyd
sweet potatoes, and pumphina f6|6d
would pay we'll They can % q = -
raised In the Fork and bring -
prices when canned. = sss
a. N. Sibert Is another Of the 1us
farmers who Ii enthusiastic abonf
cannery. He had Ave acres III
natoes ono year and made $81.xo|
per acre on them. .ss
4 Mr.. Etaed and others ~ thSasA
grist mill to GRID corn for rn12
and also feed. In connection MA
cannery would pay we'll aud
great convenience 70 the pecp39 a61
that section. ME-
Clerk Melvin q. Trent, Who iS7
Rotary and treasurer OF the Oh M
ginta Orchard company. sAy1
merry Ii the Fork properly run q
help being success. N hSy|1 r
great deal of small fruit fnoe
Fork fhr his N2mpany's pr6s
plant, and 4 Ill has IN esp1
dne favor. None Of the berriS1s
shin IL from varinaa port1 qS;
country are bettsr thaA tho f.
III the m This n 6epoeialIvs
OF raspherfies and strawbefxiG1
paid CLIFFORD Dest Us casA
strawberries grown On hall
ON his farm near Benhsttsa 60 =
and NJ wishes tia tarm6r
would raise Hofe raspb4Yrioeg Il
company wili tx ~ thor -
liver ss SKI S. M;
This fall y \ GD0d time tesj
the vines Ono of onr oftiseSl
II interested m Tho Fork " -
$100 m stock ana several ~
viii duplscate 4, ana u nal1I E
others WIN tGke auaatIer IT.
and al pfpmi1e IL pIant TN
the cannesy Warren Genkjs