Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

tract.
How it is the canning was done.
what little precautions and niceties
were necessary and what would hap
pen II they were not carefully at
tended to, all get thoroughly threshed
over among the women folk until the
net result is that every woman in the
community knows how it is to De
done. gets interested in doing 1t and
there you are
Just about how much canned goods
cross over re Georgia State line, 0r
the Alabama State line or the South
Carolina State line from some other
State2 1t Is enough to make our
pocketboOks ache to think of it. The
home canning outfit which the to-
mato club organizers are carrying
through the South will fix that be-
fore 'Ong, If the big canneries do not.
Expert Outlines Plan.
At Cuba, Alabama, a few farmers
decided they would put up a canning
plant. They did. Then they did not
know how 10 run il, 30 they wrote
Congressman Hobson about It, as they
do about most of their troubles. Pref
~ soon there came an expert sent
from Washington or from somewhere
Sent ny tlt lttIdi Oh AkEt1 III %
.ttre al Washington, back Of whose
coming was the Merrimac hero.
The canning expert told them how
to get the various kinds Of cannabla
stuff into the cans so that they would
not spoil. He had the proper receipt
and not a can was lost from spelling
The Cannery ran three weeks the first
year 1t could not run longer because
the people were not expecting ii and
were therefore not prepared to deliver
the succulent materials. But the en-
terprising farmers did not lose heart.
They only made Il per cent on their
investment while running three
weeks With plenty OF pluck they
prepared TO go about II on a bigger
scale next year.
Happenings somewhat similar and
with profits that depend largely on
now many cans have been improper
w filled and have turned out badly,
can be found in increasing numbers
throughout the South. Some few
failures certainly demonstrate that II
pays to get in touch with canning
club organizers or some expert from
somewhere.
South Can Lead in Canning.
The South ought to be the greatest
canning section of the entire country.
can grow them cheaper and gather
and can Them cheaper than any sec
zion now engaging extensively in the
business.
The earning outfit is a great con-
server q waste The apples that fall
to the ground and are permitted TO
rot the surplus tomatoes that decay
OF the vine, the peaches which the
rot will get before they reach the
hot FrgHt %
market will not take, the blaCkberries
growing everywhere. stra wberriss,
huCkleberries and a world Of good
things. can all he put into cans and
fed to the family when supplies are
running short or sold to the city
where canned goods go all the year
round.
some few millions can be picked up
from the blaCkberTies growing wild
which now feed the birds or dry on
the vine here in the South. each year.
And there Is no use talking, a black
berry shortcake is worthy Of eminent
esteem.
a million dollars or so OF buck
ltrerries, whortleberries, blue berries,
or whatever your neck Of the woods
calls them. could be picked I'm any
bo. VS. woods with no questions asked,
and enCased In fruit jars Burberry
pie makes tlne contribution 10 world
peace when in transit on the lunch
counter.
Big Canneries Don't Compete.
with the best of them, however,
there is difference between the
stuff that the big canneries put up
and the kind mother puts up" And
there win always be a difference be-
tween the product Of the big can
neries and that which the canning
club girls fix. The little touches Of
flavor and delicacy which the big
canneries can never get win always
be associated with the home canning.
The home made sold at the delicates-
sen will always command a better
price So that, whatever the pros
pective home Gamer may think of the
big canning establishments that are
going up in the South, there need be
no fear OF competition.