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and vegetables to can than a canning outfit, and to this day I do 

 not own a capping steel, and our cans are soldered very well. 

 Raise fruits of all kinds and vegetables also, and live off the fat of 

 the land. 



I will now tell you how long to cook different fruits and 

 vegetables : 



HOME CANNING. 



In home canning we need a soldering copper, which is used 

 for soldering the caps on cans, tipping, or in other words, solder- 

 ing the vent hole. To use heat the soldering copper in the firepot, 

 wipe cans clean; put on the caps, and use flux brush; wet all 

 around the edge of caps (in the groove) with the soldering flux. 

 When the soldering coppers are hot enough, then solder on the 

 caps. 



Should it be a fruit or vegetable that is to be processed, 

 instead of exhausted and processed, then solder the vent hole at 

 the same time. 



If the soldering copper becomes too hot, it will burn off the 

 tin, or in time wear off. When this occurs, heat the copper red 

 hot; clean off the surface with a coarse file, dip in the bowl of 

 soldering fluid to clean it, and then rub over the filed surface with 

 solder. This will turn it bright and clean. If the copper gets out 

 of shape, from use and dressing, it can be hammered into shape 

 while red hot. 



In ordering cans, you should specify that you want solder 

 hemmed caps, as the solder is already applied on the caps, and is 

 very easily soldered by using the soldering flux, and running cop- 

 per around the caps, and your cans are then soldered. 



Exhausting. — When fruit and vegetables are to be ex- 

 hausted before processing, the water should be one inch from the 

 top of cans. 



Processing. — Boiling the cans of fruit or vegetables is called 

 processing. Always have the water tank at a boiling tempera- 

 ture. The fruits or vegetables that are not to be exhausted will 

 stop the water from boiling on account of their being cold. If 

 air bubbles arise from any of the cans it denotes a leak, and the 

 cans must be taken out and mended by using the tongs for that 

 purpose, and when the cans are mended put them back in the 

 water. 



Different varieties of fruit and vegetables require different 

 times for the processing or boiling. ALWAYS COUNT THE 

 TIME FROM THE MOMENT THE WATER BEGINS TO 

 BOIL AFTER CANS ARE IN THE TANK. 



Cans Too Full. — Do not fill the cans so full that the fruit 

 or water will touch the top of can where it is to be soldered. If 

 you do you will have trouble to solder the cap on, as the hot iron 

 will cause the water to boil and keep the solder from adhering to 

 the tin. 



