No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUETURE. 



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CANNIA^G FACTORY OUTFITS AND SPECIAL MACillNERY. 



The simplest outfit for a canning factory is that used for canning 

 tomatoes at the rate of 2,000 cans per day. For tliis it is customary 

 to have a !■') II. P. hoiler to fuinish steam for healing the water in 

 the scaUiing kettle, the exhaust and process kettles; but a number 

 of small factories are operated without a boiler by heatiog the ket- 

 tles over a furnace. A scalding Jcettle is usually of cast iron with a 



Double Dump Scaldek. 

 capacity for 60 gallons. Into this the tomatoes are dipped by means 

 of scalding baskets which are made of galvanized iron w'ire and hold 

 a bushel. The peeling tables come next into use to hold the scalded 

 tonuitoes. Here about 9 women peel the tomatoes and put them 

 into 14 quart indurated fibre buckets, of which about 2 dozen should 

 be kept on hand. At least 2 dozen peeling knives are needed at 

 this table. A packing table comes next into use, where the to- 

 matoes are placed in the cans. As the cans are filled they are placed 

 on the capping table., where with capping steels the tin caps are sol- 

 dered on and the air vent is tipped with tipping coppers. On this 



