The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-09

Washington. y. {. Do2't send
stamps. Your Uncle Sam has II"
need Of them. Another larr" WORK
ror 100 pages, more suited TO the fac
tory Gamer. is bureau OF Chemistry
Bulletin No. ISL. entitled canning.
of Foods" 1t costs fifteen cents.
In this brief article shall not try
ITO tell all the details of how, for cE.
cry outfit contains n book OF IN
gtructions containing full informa-
ton and. although there is a slightly
different method for almost every
fruit or vegetable. this fact need d
Ter no one who thinks of trying Il.
Tor an intelligent twelve or llttcrh
year old boy or girl ought to do fa'r-
Is good work by following tnStrur-
lions. Glass jars can be used bii'
lin cans are much better and Inc
lars often break while cooling after
removal from the Gamer. The rcGu-
lar sizes of cans are No. :. the size
4! In which sweet corn Is put up, AMI
No. 3 in which tomatoes are put mp.
The openings in thctop arc lie
! inches. II and 7-lG across. bn:
the first size is most common. Thr
size of Gaping steel must fit the
size lids ordered.
After filling the cans with TIL"
I'prcparcd fruits or vegetables. thci
Fare then filled up with water or Syr-
up as tho ease may be Except with
-, L., TFI, hR illirp nj
1.-The tomatoes is sufficiently. The lid
lis then capped" and tipped.
which means soldering on the cap
land dropping solder in the vent ho'.'
with il common soldering copper.
THE cans are then put in the cage o.
crate. placed in the Gamer and sub
merged in boiling water for varying
ilcngths OF time Tomatoes take thir-
~ minutes, and snap beans, at least
an hour after the water begins 10
boil. If steam pressure is used, aft
=" pressure is up, Il third to a fourth
the time Is sufficient. A bushcl OF
nice plump tomatoes will fill ciEh-
tCcn or twenty cans. A bushcl of
beans before strinefng and snappin:
will. after prepared. fillt wcnty No.
=. cans or about fifteen No. >. Al!
She" details are given more fully In
'hc book of Instructions accompany
Sin; each Gamer.
| | have no desire to exploit any
make of home Gamer, so Will just
ndd that there are two general types.
ono IS stcam-tight rctort with a
iTrCsSlIrc gauge and safety valve, In
which by heated steam under ten or
fifteen pounds pressure anything can
he thoroughly StcriliZcd. ! hav;
,:put up 100 cans of sweet corn In y
season with loss of only one can.
rhist ypc is made in various size
End costs from $1,000 to several
/ hundred dollars. The others. and
There are many types, all ms" boilins
water ut stCrilizc at 212 dcgrccf
Fahrenheit. They are sold at from
= very fcw dollars to almost an%
nricc you wish to pay. have both
kinds and both are good. or courS"
Il larger range of work can be don"
Eon the rctort owing TO greater heat.
bu: most any kind of fruit or v"Gc.
table can be canned with the water
'anncrE.
In buying Gamer. one should b.
G'Irc that It Is tested TO much moro
'han the required pressure, and. If q
water Gamer. would want to make
t9urc that 1t had Il loose but clos"
rilting lid. Scmc makers insist
That it makes no differences, but
trials OF boiling water indoors with
the lid on and again off the gcttlc
elbows the. difference. When ynu
also consider that canning is usually
done ont OF doors or in an open shed
There thcwinh can blow and cool off
i'hc water. aud thQt you keep putin:
in cold cans occasionally, you can
"cc why it should have lid.
! Empty cans this year cost for No.
l'2 or regular tomato size, 100000 a
"housand +. o. b. Baltimore, includ-
! ing crates and solder hcmmcd caps
(Which arc lids with sufficient sol
der on them to do thcwork); you
can ascertain freight rates. You
will also need quart Of solder flWx
or acid costing twenty cents and two
pounds OF wire solder to tip ven;
nolcs in cans, at twenty-five cent"
per pound.
/ For convenience, you should have