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handsome return from the fact that the owner knows that there 
will be no such thing as an unsold surplus while he ownz a can- 
nery. When the time comes that every fruit and vegetable farm 
has a cannery attached —and it is sure to come as soon as the 
growers begin to study economics — then will come the day when 
everyone will realize that there is no such thing as an over-supply 
of any article of food. Overproduction and surplus supply have 
been bugbears to us simply because we have never thoroughly 
studied out the best methods of distribution. We apparently 
have considered it absolutely necessary to rush our crops upon 
the market as soon as they were ripe, surfeiting the consumer 
with cur abundance, so that he, many times, was sick of the sight 
of our goods; and then for the rest of the vear we have let him 
go hungry for the same goods because we had not the products to 
supply him. 
With the possession of a home canner these conditions are 
changed. If, when the fruits or vegetables are ready for market, 
the consumer is ready to use them, well and good; the grower 
can supply his needs. If the consumer for any reason does not 
wish the fresh articles, or the supply happens to be too abundant, 
well again; for the grower can keep at home the portion that is 
not needed, place it in the cans, and later in the season when the 
consumer calls for the various articles, the farmer has the food 
for him. No overproduction at any time, for improvement has 
taken place in the method of distribution. 
