News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-12

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III Joe after full justice ha,
been done to the SAVIOR
squirrel pie and well baked turke,
hen, both Of which Joe had provided.
powerful little, son. Why|
"Wel, if you had chance to lear
would your
"Of course, If l had a canning outfi
and somethin' to can"
"All right Wait minute" 10,
left the table and returned with {
pamphlet out of a bundle of severa
the mail carrier had left that morning
Here 1t is, one Of the government
bulletins. Gives you the whole thinl
right here. If you'll just study this
until you get it fixed in your mind II
buy you Il nice canning outfit"
THAT would be mighty nice and q
big help next winter to have plenty OF
canned hucklcDerries and backberries
and plums and peaches and things to
make pies of. We'd live highr'
I'm going to plant a lot of tomatoes
and snap beans. Those that amt
fancy enough to sell you and sister
Annie can pick and put them up.
Thcre'll be plenty of them"
on bet you could make some money
on EN-, WIFE" suggested Mr.. Weston.
IT know what they pay for canned to-
matoes Wholesale"
"IIow much, pap inquired Mrs.
! Weston.
"They pay the wholesale grOcers so
cents a dozen and retail at 10 cents a
can-$1.20 u dozen"
! "What do the cans and all cost to
put 'em up?" persisted Mrs. Weston.
Il don't know, except from the re-
port of the Girls Tomato club work
1t says there that the cans and labels
cost about q cent and threC-quarters
each and estimate cost of tomatoes
and labor for each can at Il cent"
Mrs. Weston did some mental arith-
metic.
Even then there's a fair profit in it.
The person who grows the tomatoes
and puts EN- up gets the cent Real
~, the cost is a cent and three-quar-
ters a can, amt it?'
4INL Ilt'btAllt llDNltltN'
"I'll bet you could sell many a dozen
to boarding houses and hotels in town
at a dollar a dozen. 1t would mean
an additional profit of 20 cents for
you and a saving Of 20 cents for them
over what they'd have to pay retail"
suggested Joe
1T looks pretty good,' announced
Mrs. Weston. You get me that can
ming outfit, and I'll make a try at it,
"All right. If l win that scholarship
I won't be here next spring, ma, and
you can have my prize corn acre to
raise tomatoes on, and it won't cost
you a cent for fertilizer 1t will be
plenty rich. You ought to clean up a
pretty nice pile"
"All my life I've wanted some way
to make some money of my own" said
Mrs. Weston. Nov | see the way,
and I'm going to follow it. You men
needn't think you are the only money
makers. Just watch Annie and me
with my chickens and canning outfitw
Tell you another scheme, ma. III
set aside three nice spring pigs, You
and Annie fatten EN- up and turn 'em
into that fine smoked sausage next
winter. I'll bet you can make lot on
that too"
well, that's a fine plan! Never
thought Of it. And l heard Mis- Allen
in town cOmplainin' that she couldn't
set pure pork sausage from the butch !
ers any more-they filled it up with
beef scrapsr cnthused Mrs. Weston. |
"We'll try that too
isn't bit of reason in the world |
why all the canned fruit and vegeta-
bles farmers buy out of stores shouldn't |
be put up on the farms. Save a heap |
of money" reflected Joe.
"Stid of that" chuckled Mr.. Wes- |
ton, Il see these here triflin' farmers |
a-buyin' canned termatters an corn !
an such an haulin' it out where it
ought to grow an be saved"
Il knows where there's big pile Of |
tomato cans behind tie barn" an
nOunced Annie proudly. trying to get |
into the drift of the conversation. The
whole family exploded into n laugh.
I'm guilty, sis" chuckled her ia
Their. "Just rs guilty as any Of the
rest of 'cm, but was sort of hOpin'
nobody would throw it up to me-"
We won't do it any more" assured
Mrs. Weston. You get me that can
ming outfit and I'll start practicin' on
early vegctabes-pCas, bects and such.
Then by the time tomatoes are ripe
I'll be ready too. Can we afford it.
though? Those canning outfits are
expensive, amt tEey| she
asked with some apprehension.
ooh, l don't know replied Joe cas-
lily. "The ono tie Girls Tomato clubs
use, tested and recommended by the
experts Of the agricultural department,
costs about $3.50, and the cans and
labels cent and three-quarters-
maybe about a cent and a half if the
label is not counted"
My goodness! 1 thought a canning
outfit would cost $50 or S2j or $50 or
some such awful price"' she exclaimed
with relief.
Il had 10 idce they were that cheap
myself" said lIr. Weston. And with
'em as easy to get as that. just to
think of fhp efurf that goes TO waste