Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
Maximum Minimum

pytu are
State Maximum Minimum
lllornla August January
liols --....-..-...---August January
li''ila -------.--.September January
va, .--'--------.-..---August January
ntucky September January
uIsIana October January
me -----..-------September February
IyIand September January
sSacAusetts january August
cniSan ------------September January
oslSs4ppI November June
'sour4 September March
" Jersey September March
w " Ork ----.--.----September March
~ ------------.-.September January
ssOn ---..-....--.---June February
nIAsyIVana September January
slnla -.---.-....September December
lshlngton September January
scqnsin July January
The variation between maximum
d minimum number of EMPLOYEES
teFs widely in the various states.
already mentioned, the variation
Massachusetts is not great. The
ties with the greatest differences
? Wisconsin, Virginia, Mississippi,
ryland, Maine, Indiana, Iowa, Cal
rhIa, Missouri, and Oregon. Just
w great is this difference is
PWn by the census figures which
zeal that in its month Of greatest
LiVity-July- Wisconsin in 1921
ne employment in its commercial !
pfing and preserving factories to
teen times as many people as in |
least active month-January |
cgfnia required fifteen times as
my in September as in December. I
ssissippi, Maine and Maryland in
9aSed their forces twelve fold to
let their needs, Indiana and Iowa
ven fold, and Missouri, California
d IOregOn ten fold.
What do these states can and pre-
We that leads to the extremely
lsGnal employment situation? The
ding articles for each state, as
corded by the census of manufac-
ers, are:
Visconsin-Peas, corn, beans,
It's,
potatoes, toma-
Iississippi-Shrimp.
IaSyland-Tomatoes, corn, peas,
ms.
laine-Sardines, corn, apples,
ms, berries.
tomatoes, corn.
owa-COrn, beans.
,alifornia-Peaches, pears, aspar-
is, apricots, sardines, tuna, cher
), tomatoes, spinach.
isaouri-TomatOes.
lregon-Salmon, berries, pears,
rries, apples.
ther articles are canned and pre-
zed in these states, Of course, but
se items lead the list in each for
le. Other states also have COM f
.ci&l factories putting up many !
-hese articles. The states named
ude only those in which seasonal ,
is most marked.
rops differ in the period required 7
reach maturity, and the time at
ch they are ready for harvesting
es, of course, with the regions in
ch they are grown. The harvest
season is any one locality can r
and is prolonged by planting at =
rv;ls. so that the entire harvest 9
, not mature at the same time,
there are well defined limits
,iT which they must mature II 3
r are to give a first-clas5 pro c
he problem of getting adequate q
satisfactory labor for the COM p
lively short canning season,
lied with the gradual rise in d
"a and reduction in working I
s in recent years, has greatly +
Mated the invention of machin- l.
and other devices to supplant n
/ work. The industry still has y
lems to solve-for the facts just =,
ID show that its employment IS y
seasonal in character-but 1t -
succeeded in developing means "
citing a greater and better out
tyith fewer employees and at u
r cost. In fact, in some branches D
10 industry machines have prac- -
II replaced all hand labor. .
-erv branch of the canning and VI
CRYING industry, in The home as =,
ts in the factory, has benefited NJ NJ
+he automatic machinery that b
:, o11t annually billions of tin ~
and other billions of bottles and VI
containers at a cost that make
use universal. ~
the modern canning factory, th
otnothing is done by hand that IN
20 done more rapidly and at less
Nv machine, machines wash the TT
,E+e as they come from the field ID
&c they are being prepared for ST
tv 20. machines fill the products va
9 Az cans, automatically meas
'Et EoI,t the proper quantity; ma to
"oa1 tbe cans, operating at as ne
y etc Do+e as 120 cans per minute; of
;.larv controls the progress OF Sc
ms through continuous cook
;anS chimes label the cans and Jo
nl@.Hk ma make the boxes in which Of
illl~S ne hacked for shipment Ev- r.
arc arc throughout the factory are &C
aT aaTnicai cOnveyors' supplan'lns