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Three Years' Experience with Home Canning Plant 



By C. C. Vincent, Horticulturist, University of Idaho, Moscow 



SINCE the fruit industry in the 

 Pacific Northwest has attained 

 such gigantic proportions, many 

 questions of great importance have 

 confronted the best brains and talent 

 for solution; questions of vital impor- 

 tance and far-reaching consequence, 

 that demand careful and faithful con- 

 sideration by those entrusted with the 

 solution of such problems. Such prob- 

 lems as orchard management, orchard 

 irrigation, maintenance of soil fertility, 

 picking and packing, as well as market- 

 ing schemes should be encouraged and 

 helped by both slate and nation, but we 

 believe there is another question of 

 vital importance to all the people of 

 the Pacific Northwest that should re- 

 ceive the early attention of investi- 

 gators, and that is the saving of by- 

 products that naturally go to waste 

 annually on our farms. It was the con- 

 census of opinion at a recent meeting 

 of the National Apple Show By-prod- 

 ucts Committee that fully 2.5 per cent 

 of our present investment of $200,000,- 

 000 in the fruit industry in the four 

 Northwestern states went to waste. 

 This trementlous loss affects practically 

 every farmer, orchardist and planter in 

 the country. 



For your future prosperity and de- 

 velopment can you, Mr. Fruit Grower 

 and Vegetable Grower, afford to let this 

 continue. Decidedly, No. As the sum 

 total of our knowledge is the result and 

 experience of the present as of past 

 generations, we can readily see that the 

 logical thing to do is to establish at an 

 early date plants for the handling of 

 by-products. The fruit growers' organ- 

 izations, private enterprise, etc., should 



Wanted, 2 Back Numbers 

 of "Better Fruit" 



Viil. IV, Nos. I) and 7. 

 (December, liHIil, and .January, 1910) 



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immediately take up the matter for the 

 installation of vinegar factories, can- 

 ning plants, and evaporating establish- 

 ments. Referring again to a recent 

 meeting of the By-Products Committee, 

 we find in their minutes a statement to 

 the effect that fully 10 per cent of the 

 by-products plants here in the North- 

 west have been failures. 



This state of affairs does probably 

 exist here in the Pacific Northwest, 

 but this cannot be the true condition 

 generally throughout the United States, 

 for, according to the last census report, 

 there has been a gradual increase in 

 the number of canning and preserving 

 plants since 1869. In 1869 there were 

 only 167 successful plants, employing 

 6,240 men, women and children. In 

 1909 we find 3,.369 plants, furnishing 

 employment to 50,042 people. 



factory. A community that can furnish 

 a constant supply of fruits and vege- 

 tables over a long period, should have 

 no difficulty in making a canning plant 

 pay good dividends. The length of sea- 

 son for the various fruits and vege- 

 tables in and around Moscow, Idaho, is 

 as follows: Asparagus, May 15 to July 

 1; string beans, July 15 to September 

 15; corn, August 10 to September 20; 

 peas, June 10 to July 20; tomatoes, 

 August 15 to October 1; rhubarb, June 1 

 to July 30; strawberries, June 10 to July 

 15; apricots, July 15 to August 1; black- 

 berries, July 1 to August 20; raspber- 

 ries, July 10 to August 1.5; apples, Sep- 

 tember 1 to December 15. 



The annual output from these suc- 

 cessful plants is enormous. To .show 

 to what extent bv-products are utilized, 

 we find that in 1909, 32,752,469 cases of 



1909 



1904 



1899 



1889 



1879 



1809 



A close analysis of the situation re- 

 veals the fact that failure has been due 

 primarily to the installation of too elab- 

 orate, expensive machinery, which ties 

 up capital and cripples the industry. 

 The essential requisite in the canning 

 of fruits and vegetables is to grow the 

 crop. The products .should be grown 

 in large enough quantities to justify the 

 installation of expensive machinery for 

 commercial canning. Mr. M. C. Reme- 

 lin, manager of the Yakima Fruit Prod- 

 ucts Company, says that one of the 

 essentials to success in the business is 

 the stability of supply; without this the 

 I5lant of the most modern design, oper- 

 ated under the most efficient manage- 

 ment, will soon close its doors, for the 

 requisite of success is dividends; divi- 

 dends depend upon sales, and sales de- 

 pend upon your ability to furnish a 

 dependable quantify of quality goods. 



The rapid growth of the canning in- 

 dustry in other parts of the country 

 has been due largely to this stability of 

 supply, efiicicnf management, a thor- 

 ough knowledge of the various details 

 involved in processing, and the close 

 and constant attention to details. I'llic- 

 iont management is absolutel> essential 

 in the operalicm of a successful canning 



vegetables, valued at ?51,568,914, were 

 sold. A total of 5,501,403 cases of fruits, 

 representing a valuation of $12,938,474, 

 were also placed on the market. The 

 accompanying table, taken from the 

 Thirteenth Census, shows in detail the 

 various fruits and vegetables canned: 



TABLE n. 



Quantity 

 Kind Cases 



Cnnned Vegetables 32,752,409 



Tomatoes 12,909. nsc> 



Corn 7,451.L>(;5 



Peas 5,901,711.! 



Beans 3,392..sc, I 



Asparagus 22S..").">H 



Pumpkin 41(1.303 



Sx\ eet Potatoes 347. aso 



,\ll oilier 2,0811.503 



Canned I'luits 5.501.101 



Peaches 1.407,213 



Apples 1,205,7 12 



Apricots 

 Pears . . . 

 Berries 

 Cherries 

 All other 



ii3n.i.s.- 



037.782 

 8I."...S5I 

 300.351 

 35I.2.SII 

 Pounds 

 100,328.767 

 111,771.76 



Dried Fruits .... 



Raisins 



Prunes 13S. I9S. 190 



Apples 11.508,211 



Peaches 46,843,391 



Apricots 29,205.509 



All other 29.438,300 



To show graphically the value of 

 vaiious caiU'd products, such as fish, 

 oNsters. fruits, vegetables and the ni.an- 

 ufacture of pickles, preserves and jel- 



Value 



$51,508,914 



18,747,941 



10,332.136 



10.217,363 



0,013,098 



1,975,775 



570,043 



531,651 



3,144.907 



12.938,474 



3,753,698 



1.898,720 



1,825,311 



1,833,214 



1,751,927 



1,019,013 



853,591 



SI 9,8 10,395 

 4.837.933 

 5,130,112 

 3,098.095 

 2.123,083 

 2,277,177 

 2,073.095 



