1960 Tus Vecetaste Inpustry 1x New York State 
less than this cost the owner can refuse to sell, take his goods back 
home, set his canner at work and get a fair return for his crops 
and labor. 
Another great  ad- 
vantage of having a 
home canning outfit to 
eare for the surplus is 
the fact that the fruits 
and vegetables in the 
can keep the grower’s 
name before his cus- 
tomers all winter when 
he is out of the market 
with his fresh stock. 
Many men grow only 
crops that are marketed 
through a period of 
three or four months in 
the summer and, then 
Fic. 356— STeEAM-PRESSURE CANNER WITH 
Firepox. For CANNING IN MEDIUM 
SMALL QUANTITIES, ErrHER Instpe or they drop out of the 
OUTSIDE THE HovusE market for the re 
mainder of the year. During this time their regular customers 
forget them and when they start back on the market next season 
they are practically strangers. With home canned foods to place 
on the market all winter their name is kept before the consuming 
public, and when they start back next season everyone knows the 
farmer who produces fresh farm products in summer and canned 
foods in winter. 
But best of all, the home cannery helps reduce the cost of liv- 
ing, for it is one of the means of saving waste products. By 
waste products I do not mean cull or defective fruits or vege 
tables, but fruits and vegetables that are not just in the condi- 
tion that the market demands. For instance, a man may be 
shipping tomatoes to market; for this purpose he must have them 
partly green. A dead ripe tomato in this case is a loss for it will 
not stand shipment, while a tomato of this kind is in the very 
best condition for canning, since it has the color and the flavor. 
Canning saves this. In bunching beets the small ones have to 
