River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-09-17

1t advises that the beginner expert
ment with a few cans before going
too heavily into the project. Ii
the first cans keep well, she may
be encouraged to proceed. If she
meets with few failures, perhaps
she has overlooked some impor-
tant detail outlined in the depart
ment's bulletin 1t is only through
failures that one gets good expert
ence, and with a little practice and
care in following the directions any
farmers daughter should be able
to put up a satisfactory can Of
fruit or vegetables.
When young woman has sue
ceeded in putting up product
satisfactory for home use. she may
we'll look around for a market out
side the home. The girl who starts
out with a confidence in herself
will be more likely to find good
market than one who is diffident.
The girl with experience in can
ming knows the products wit h
which she has the most success,
and should endeavor to sell only
those in which she excels. 1t 8
always best to specialize and work
up a reputation for some particu-
lar kind of foods, as did the Wom-
en- already mentioned. One girl
may make a feature of catchup,
another may find her best product
is pickles, while another may put
up a specially attractive can Of
peppers, cauliflower, peaches, APP
pies, or tomatoes.
People of means are most likely
to want "home-canned" products,
Many housewives living in the
cities who leave home for the coun-
try during the summer months will
gladly give the farmers daughter
an order to can enough tomatoes
to last them all winter. 1t is best
to take orders ahead as far as pos
sible.
The young woman who starts out
to sell her products will, of course,
dress neatly and take samples 0 f
her products put up in an attrac-
tractive form. Glass jars will
show products much better h n
tins, but if tins are found to be less
expensive, they may be used for
all except the show products.
The managers Of the best hotels
and restaurants in the neighbor-
hood, the stewards of social clubs
in the cities, the managers Of rail-
road dining cars, and many retail
grocers will be glad to use the pro
ducts of the girl who does her can
ming at home. These products are
likely to show individual care and
to be prepared neatly of good
materials, and on the shelves of
a retail grocery store are likely to
attract attention from the best
customers.
If young woman knows by
experience that her products are
first class, she need not hesitate
to put a good price on them.
Home-canned goods, canned by ex-
perienced people, are worth more
than ordinary goods, and one need
not mpete with the other.
Clancy goods" are rarely found
upon bargain counters. Even if the
first samples of home canning are
not such as may be readily Id,
they may be used at home and from
her experience the farmers daugh-
ter may do better the following
season. When she actually sue
ceeds in getting something better
than the ordinary she should b e
able to sell it. She may we'll ask
her friends to recommend her to
good trade. The young woman
sincerely determined to make a
success of canning as a business
proposition with perseverance and
care in following instructions
should be sure of some measure of
success.
The increased cost of provisions