1200 The Vegetable Industry in New York State 



handsome return from the fact that the owner knows that there 

 will be no such thing as an unsold surplus while he owns 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 our abundance, so that he, many times, was sick of the sight 

 of our goods ; and then for the rest of the year 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. 



