The Busy JFomans Garde?i Book 



possible ways., to insure success for the worker. 

 At first glance the amount of equipment seems 

 burdensome and some of the requirements un- 

 necessary, but I have found that it is not safe to 

 shorht anv one of them, but that there are short 

 cuts in the work that materially lessen the labor. 

 It will not always be convenient to supply oneself 

 with a canning outfit involviug much expense; 

 especially will this be the case in the small family 

 where only a moderate amount of canning is to be 

 done, though the regular canning outfits greatly 

 simphfy and ease up the work. A home-made 

 outfit will, however, take care of all the surplus 

 from the small home garden, especially where 

 there are but two or tliree cans to be handled at 

 one time. There are always vegetables that ma- 

 ture their fruits sparingly — too many for imme- 

 diate use, but not enough to sell. However, in 

 order that the vines or plants should contraue to 

 bear heavily, all such products as string and lima 

 beans, tomatoes, green corn and the like should 

 be gathered as each reaches its most perfect stage. 

 This often involves some waste unless it can be 



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