Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-02-25
How the Farmers
Daughter May
Earn Pin Money
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A lady in Richmond, Va, has made
national reputation putting up and
selling pin money pickles" She be-
gan few years ago in a very modest
way, but now her products are so pop
ular that they can be found nearly
everywhere in the United States. An
other woman, in Washington, ID. c.,
has built up business making chow
chow for which she gets three dollars
gallon.
These are only samples of what hum
dreds of young women have done to
earn pin money by putting up canned
goods at home. People are continually
demanding better quality of canned
goods and are willing to pay better
price for them. The farmers daugh-
ter who desires to earn pin money
may avail herself of this demand, and
with care and perseverance learn to
put up canned goods that she may sell
at a profit. Those who are interested
in such a project may obtain detailed
instructions on canning in Farmers
Bulletin 521 of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, which will be
sent free of charge to the applicant.
The bulletin, while encouraging the
young woman in her efforts to make
business proposition of putting up
fruits and vegetables, cautions against
oyer-enthusiasm. 1t advises that the
beginner experiment with few cans
before going too heavily into the pro-
ject. If the first cans keep we'll she
H. f1 chn
meets with few failures perhaps she
has overlooked some important detail
outlined in the departments bulletin.
1t is only through failures that one
gets good experience, and with lit
| tie practice and care in following the
directions any farmers daughter
should be able to put up satisfactory
can of fruit or vegetables.
When a young woman has sue
ceeded in putting up product satis-
factory for home use she may well
look around for market outside the
home The girl who starts out with
confidence in herself will be more
likely to find a good marke than one
who is dirfident.
The girl with experience in canning
knows the products with which she
has the most success, and should en-
! deavor to sell only those in which she
excels. 1t is always best to specialize
and work up reputation for some
particular kind of goods, as did the
women already mentioned. One girl
/ may make a feature of catsup, another
may find her best product is pickles,
while another may put UP a specially
t attractive can of peppers, caulihower.
peaches, apples or tomatoes.
People of means are most likely to
want home canned" products, and
these are the ones to see. Many
housewives living in the cities who
leave home for the country during the
summer months will gladly give the
farmers daughter an order to can
enough tomatoes to last them all win
ter. 1t is best to take orders ahead
as far as possible.
The young woman who starts out to
sell her products will of course dress
neatly and take samples of her prod
ucts put up in an attractive form.
Glass jars will show products much
better than 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 neighborhood, the
stewards of social clubs in the cities,
the managers of railroad dining cars,
and many retail grocers will be glad
to use the products Of the girl who
does her canning at home. These
products are likely to show individual
care and to be prepared neatly of good
. materials, and on the shelves of a re
tail store are likely TO attract atten
ton from the best customers.
If young woman knows by expert
ence that her products are first class
she need not hesitate to put good
price on them. Home canned goods
canned by experienced people, are
worth more than ordinary goods, anG
one need not compete with the other
"Fancy goods" are rarely found upor
bargain counters. Even il the frs
samples of home canning are not sucf
as may be readily sold they may be
used at home, and from her expert
ence the farmers daughter may DE-
better the following season. WheI
she actually succeeds in getting some
thing better than the ordinary She
should be able to sell it. She ma!
we'll ask her friends to recomment
her to good trade. The young woman
sincerely determined to make sue
cess of canning as a business propo
sition with perseverance and care II
following instructions should be sur,
of some measure of success.