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capacity of one hundred and thirty-two 3-lb. cans. The price varies 

 accordingly from $5 to $100. Small outfits are intended for use 

 on an ordinary cookstove or range, and are suitable for using either 

 glass jars or tin cans. Medium-size outfits, both for commercial and 

 home purposes, can be used either on a cookstove or on a simple 

 furnace of bricks or stone. The larger outfits are principally in- 

 tended for canning on a commercial scale, and are usually equipped 

 with either portable furnaces or fire-boxes especially suited to the 

 different ways of applying heat. 



Manufacturers furnish catalogues having full descriptions and 

 price-lists of their various outfits, cans and other equipment. They 

 also send, with each outfit, a book of instructions, giving complete 

 directions for preparing, packing and cooking the different fruits 

 and vegetables. The following firms manufacture and sell canning 

 outfits and supplies : 



The Raney Canner Co Chapel Hill, N. C. 



Modern Canner Co Chattanooga, Tenn. 



Tharp Hardware and Mfg. Co Elkin, K. C. 



F. S. Stahl Mfg. Co Quincy, HI. 



Home Canner Co Hickory, X. C. 



Sprague Canning Machinery Co ... . Chicago. 111. 



Robinson Can Co Baltimore, Md. 



Dixie Hardware Mfg. Co Elkin, N. C. 



The Champion Cannerv Co CoUinsville, Ala. 



W. W. Wilson \ Dallas, Tex. 



HOME-MADE CANNING OUTFITS. 



When canning fruits and vegetables simply for home use, it i& 

 not necessary to purchase an expensive or specially made vessel in 

 which to do the cooking, although manufacturers of the various 

 ''Home-canning Outfits" have gotten out some very satisfactory 

 utensils in which this work can be done. Any flat-bottom vessel, 

 such as a wash boiler, ham boiler, preserving kettle ar bucket, that 

 is deep enough to permit of being covered after the jars or cans are 

 placed inside, will serve the purpose. With whatever sort of vessel 

 used, it is necessary to have what is known as a false bottom on 

 which to set the jars or cans while cooking. Wire netting made of 

 medium-size galvanized wire or narrow strips of wood, may be used 

 for this purpose. If glass jars are set flat on the bottom of the vessel 

 in which they are to be cooked they are apt to break during the heat- 

 ing. The vessel should also be equipped with a tight cover, prefer- 



