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Average yield of tomatoes per acre, 300 bushels, 10 tons, 5,400 S-pound 

 cans : 



Average cost of peeling $11.55 



Average cost of packing 8.00 



Average cost of processing 3.00 



Average cost of capping and tipping 5.00 



Cost of fuel 1.00 



Total 28.55 



Tomatoes are peeled in fiber buckets holding 14 quarts. Peelers are 

 paid at the rate of ?, cents per bucket. Rapid girls can peel as high as 

 50 14-quart buckets of tomatoes per day of 10 hours. Packers are paid 

 from 50 cents to $1 per day. Processors are paid from $2.50 to $4 per 

 day. Cappers and tippers from $1 to $2, and the firemen from $1 to $1.50. 



Much depends on the help, and the employer must be his own judge 

 as to how much each employe should turn off in a given time. All slow 

 and careless helpers should be weeded out, as they are both expensive 

 and damaging. 



Outside the processor and fireman nearly all the work is done by 

 women and children, and unless the canning is done on a large scale 

 no hired help is needed. 



Processing is the cooking of the fruit and vegetables after the cans 

 are filled. 



Capping and tipping means the sealing of the cans, by means of 

 soldering on the lids. 



The following table has been compiled to show how many 3-pound 

 cans one bushel of diiferent products will fill: 



String beans, 20 cans. 



Peaches, peeled, 18 cans. 



Tomatoes, 18 cans. 



Others give different estimates. 

 Gardener. 



LAWN SUGGESTIONS. 



C. G. MARSHALL. 

 BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING. 



There are a few of the hardy bulbs that should be in every gardea 

 or lawn. Few flowers are so satisfactory or can be so easily and 

 cheaply secured as some of these bulbs. They can be procured from any 

 of the leading seedsmen or ornamental nurserymen at a cost of from $1 

 to $10 per 100, depending on the kinds. Since they may be had so cheaply 

 and require so little attention after planting no lover of flowers can 

 afford to be without them. They may be used to good effect in bed or for 

 borders. They are perfectly hardy and will grow and bloom for anybody. 



The tulip is one of the most popular of this class of flowers. It Is 



