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CANNING THE SURPLUS 



Mr. Warford: You will be surprised when you come to 

 can spinach, how it wilts when you blanch it. I think we 

 got about three cans to a bushel of spinach. 



Question : What does that sell for in the can for a three 

 pound can? 



Mr. Warford: I think spinach is quoted wholesale for 

 about a dollar. 



Mr. Locke : We grow it on the muck and there is no grit 

 at all. 



Mr. Warford : I think if you have a big acreage, it would 

 pay. Spinach is an article that is being used more and more 

 all the time. 



Mr. Locke: Have you had any experience in the canning 

 of fruits? 



Mr. Warford: We canned sour cherries. 



Mr. Locke: Do you think that is profitable at all? 



Mr. Warford: Not at the present price for fresh fruit. 

 We got about five cents a pound for canning. 



Mr. Locke: We sell fresh goods at eight to ten cents a 

 quart. 



Question : What is the name of some of the canning ma- 

 chinery ? 



Mr. Warford: I suppose the biggest supply house in the 

 world is Daniel G. Trench & Company, Chicago. People in 

 this section could get it in Syracuse. The Trench Company 

 has an agent in Syracuse. There is a firm in Baltimore, A. 

 K. Robbins & Company. 



Mr. Bonney (Genesee County) : If anyone is interested 

 in this, just fire your questions at Mr. Warford. He cer- 

 tainly has had practical experience. 



Question: If a man had one of these cooperative can- 

 ners and was doing a great deal of business, some morning 

 when the market was glutted, would he not have trouble to 

 get help in canning his goods? 



Mr. Warford: Yes, I think he would. But in a section 

 where there is much goods grown, I think you would have 

 some goods you could not sell to advantage on the market. 



