The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-30
HOW THE CANNING
FACTORIES HELP
They Turn Waste Food Products
Into Money for the
Grower.

The Mays Food Products, Inc. has
favored this office with valuable
matter pertaining to its business and
to the welfare of the people all over
this section, as well as in other
states.
We want to give to our readers
some facts, many of them already
are aware of, while others need to
realize more of the wanton waste of
material while there is opportunity
to utilize such waste wherever a
canning factory is projected.
In every truck section in Missis-
sippi, which is without an available
canning plant, thousands of dollars
worth of products rot in the fields
are turned under the ground as fer
tilizer-because there is no outlet for
this produce, after the early market
breaks.
1--WE have been operating can
ming factory at Brookhaven for a
number of years., says the letter,
"and have paid to the growers of
that section many thousands of dol
lars that they would not have re-
ceived, had it not been for our fac
tory. At the present time, we are
planning to increase the output of
our Brookhaven plant, with view
to meeting the greater demand for
our products. We are also planning
to take over and greatly enlarge a
plant at Crystal Springs, which we
operated in small way this spring.
Through the enlargement Of our
Brookhaven plant, and taking over
fol an crc
factory, we will be in position to
handle surplus produce covering the
entire territory between Jackson and
Brookhaven with the big Hazlehurst
territory lying right between the
plants at Brookhaven and Crystal
Springs. 1t is hard to estimate how
many thousands of dollars, annually,
will result in profits placed in cir
culation-that is not placed in circu-
lation now, but buried under the
ground. We know of just two grow
ers who had about $5,000.00 worth
of cabbage rot in the field this spring
because there was no market for it.
Financial and moral support on the
part of you folks, to enable us to
carry out our present building and
extension plans, will put stop to
such losses-because when our plants
are completed there will be mar
ket for such produce at our plants"
The Meteor at Crystal Springs says
regarding the branch to be estab-
lished there
Negotiations are pending between
the company and A. j. Wallace for
site for the new cannery, which
will embrace the south half of the
forty acre tract of land upon which
is situated the Crystal Springs Mfg
Co. This site will give the cannefy
frontage of 500 feet on the rail-
road, in the rear Of which the land
lies favorable for quick drainage
a prime consideration with canner-
les.
The present cannery site is too
small for the operations of this big
concern, which contemplates the con-
struction Of capacity plant large
enough to take care OF many sur
pluses, including sweet potatoes. 1t
is the purpose Of the company to op-
crate here throughout the greater
portion of every year. From what
we can gather, the labor account Of
the company will approximate $685.
900 per year, while it's disbursements
for material will mount UP into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The value of a branch of this
great packing concern to this COM
munity is incalculable, hence it is
the cherished hope of this paper that
the encouragement given it will as
sure its coming.