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SHIPPING WEIGHTS FOR CANNED GOODS. 



No. 1 Boxes, 26 pounds. 



No. 2 Boxes, 4G " 



No. 3 Boxes, 70 " 



PUBLICATIONS CONCERNING THE CANNING OF VEGETA^ 



BLES AND FRUITS. 



The Art of Canning' and Preserving as an Industry. By Dr. Jean 

 Paerette, of Paris. New Yorlv, 1901. Price |10.00. 



Tlie Secrets of Canniog. By Ernest Scbwaab. New Yorli, 1899. 

 Price $0.00 



Bacteriology. By E. W. Ducliwall. Baltimore, 1899. Price |5.00. 

 A study of the bacteria of canned foods. 



Fruit Growers Manual, for Canning Fruits, etc. By Hemlon-Mer- 

 iam Co. California. Price |2,50. 



Tomato Growing (for the Cannery), Farmer's Bulletin No. 76. U. 

 S. Dept of Agr. By Edw. B. Voorhees, M. A. Director of New Jer- 

 sey Agricultural Experiment Station. 1898. 



Pea Canning in Delaware. Bulletin XLI. Delaware Agricultural 

 Experime«t Station, Newark, Del. By G. Harold Powell, Horticul- 

 turist of Station. 1898. 



These publications have been freely consulted in the preparation 

 of this article and while making acknowledgments to the authors, 

 the writer also remembers the canners who extended courtesies at 

 their factories and the canning machinery manufacturers for the 

 valuable suggestion they have made. Special thanks are due the 

 Sprague Canning Machinery Co., and the Ayars Machine Co., for the 

 use of illustrations of modern special machinery. 



SUPPLY HOUSES AND MANUFACTURERS OF CANNING FAC- 

 TORY MACHINERY AND MATERIALS. 



The American Can Co., Bowling Green Building, New York city, N. 

 Y.; Merchant's Bank Building, Baltimore, Md.; Merchant's Loan and 

 Trust Building, Chicago, 111.; 209-221 Mission street, San Francisco, 

 Cal. 



The Sioclair-Scott Co., Wells and Patapsco streets, Baltimore, Md, 



Cox Bros. & Co., Bridgeton, N. J. 



Stevenson & Co., 229 N. Holliday street, Baltimore, Md. 



