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kind is used. This insures all home-canned goods complying with the 

 l)ure food law, because they are free from any injurious acids, coal tar 

 dj'es or deleterious ingredients of any kind. 



Being packed by hand, each can is well filled, and as all rotten, 

 overripe and imperfect fruit and vegetables are rejected, honest weight 

 and first class goods are the rule. 



Southern farmers have found the canning machine a means of re- 

 ducing the acreage of the cotton crop, and at the same time bringing 

 them good money. As one Southern farmer has aptly said: "More to- 

 matoes and less cotton means more money and less debt for the South- 

 ern farmer." In fact, the canning industry has grown to such dimen 

 sions in the South that in the state of Texas they have organized the 

 Texas Home Canners' Association. A state business agent has been 

 appointed to purchase cans in carload lots, and all other supplies at 

 wholesale rates. He will also solicit orders for their canned goods, to 

 be shipped in carload lots. 



A uniform label will be used on all their canned goods, and each 

 member will be given a number, which he will stamp on the labels on all 

 the goods he packs. 



Each member will be required to guarantee the quality of his 

 canned goods. When an individual member needs a supply of cans, he 

 will notify the local agent of the association, who will in turn forward 

 the order to the state business agent. 



A farmer in Massac county, Illinois, purchased a canning machine 

 last year and put up a variety of fruits and vegetables. An epicure 

 living in an adjoining state had been importing all his canned goods 

 and even his Irish potatoes direct from Germany. Through mutual 

 friends he learned of this Illinois farmer's home-canned goods and 

 decided to try them. Consequently he ordered a sample, but without 

 intimating his intended experiment. When the goods were received 

 he subjected them to the most crucial test to discover any acids or 

 coloring matter. The result was so satifactory that he promptly ordered 

 several cases for his own table use. 



The profits to be derived from canning fruits and vegetables for 

 marker vary with the persons doing the canning, the locality, cost of 

 labor, and the market facilities, just the same as in all other farm 

 products. 



The cost of cans, solder-tipped lids, soldering laid and solder, readv 

 boxed and crated, f. o. b. at the factory will cost from .$18 to $20 per 

 1,000 for two pound cans and from $21 to $28 per 1,000 for three pound 

 cans. 



Labels cost from 90 cents to $10 per thousand, according to the 

 ([uality and the quantity used, but $2 per thousand is an average mini- 

 mum price. 



According to the estimates fui-nished by a reliable, conservative 

 grower and a man of long experience tomatoes will yield a good profit 

 to the grower. 



