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table or convenient to it is placed a gasoline fire j)ot to heat the 

 soldering tools. The next recjuii'enient is the exhaust crate made 

 of strap iron in which the cans are placed in a single tier and w hieh 

 by means of a crane is lowered into the exhaust kettle to drive out 

 the cold air. Van tongs are used to remove cans if necessary while 

 they are hot, and lastly the process crate is used to carry two tiers 

 of caos into the process kettle for the final boiling. A complete 

 list of such an outfit is as follows: 



Outfit for tomato canning plant 2,000 3 lb. cans capacity ])er day. 

 Without boiler, kettles bricked in, heating by furnace. 



1 Cast iron scalding kettle, 00 gallons. 



1 Exhaust kettle, boiler iron, diameter 3(! inches, depth 21 inches. 



1 I'rocess kettle, boiler iron, diameter 30 inches, depth 24 inches. 

 4 Scalding baskets. 



2 Exhaust crates, 1 tier. 



2 Process crates, 2 tiers. 



3 Sets of grate bars. 



3 Furnace doors. 



1 Crane, complete. 



1 20 gallon gasoline tank. 



1 Air i)ump for gasoline tank. 



1 Air gauge for gasoline tank. 



1 Gasoline fire pot. 



1 Floor truck. 



4 Capping steels. 



4 Tipping co})pers. 

 1 Forging stake. 



1 Vise. 



1 Thermometer. 



1 Platf(Hin scale. 



2 Can tongs. 



5 I>ozen peeling knives. 

 1 Syrup gauge. 



1 Hammer. 



24 Buckets, 14 quarts. 



6 Capping trays, 



2 Peeling tables, 2x10 feet. 

 1 Packing table, 3^x8 feet. 

 1 Capping table 3x8 feet. 



The estimated cost of this outfit when su])plied by any of the re- 

 putable houses dealing in canning nmchiuery, is |210. If the boiler 

 is used instead of the furnace, the cost of the outfit would exceed 

 |450. 



