Canning Tomatoes at Home and in Club Work
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Canning Tomatoes at Home and in Club Work
Excerpt
The canning of tomatoes has in recent years grown to be an important commercial industry. In the census year of 1909 there were 12,800,000 cases of 12 cans each packed in the United States. This immense pack exceeded the combined aggregate of any three other vegetables and was an increase of 37 per cent over the pack of 1904. It must be borne in mind that these figures refer to tomatoes used in commercial canning factories and do not represent the total product of the country which is otherwise used for the table, as catchup, various sauces, etc.
It is estimated that the area devoted to tomatoes in the home garden is equal to or greater than that employed in their field culture. Of the quantity grown in the garden a considerable surplus goes to waste and brings no return to the cultivator. To insure plenty of fruit for home use it is customary to set out about twice as many plants as are actually necessary. As this custom is common throughout the country the aggregate loss is considerable.
The theme of this bulletin is the use of the ripe and green tomatoes hitherto allowed to go to waste. By slightly increasing the garden plantation of tomatoes, many young people, ambitious for an education, will be able to can or otherwise preserve these products by a simple method, so that they can be turned into ready money to defray the expense of schooling. In a small way the tomato can do for the girl at home what the "pin-money pickle" did for the lady who invented that condiment.
In order that the canned product may find a ready market it must be put up in attractive form in containers suitable for commercial purposes and should bear a trade-mark which is distinctive and which will tend to hold the trade for the product as it gains a reputation in the market. One advantage of the home canning of tomatoes in comparison with other employment open to young people in the country is that it occurs during the vacation period. The large return in canned goods derived from a single acre makes the industry remunerative, and since the canning is done during the vacation season it can be carried on without interfering with school work. It is surprising how many tomatoes can.be grown upon an acre and what little expense is involved in raising and preparing them for market.
It is estimated that the area devoted to tomatoes in the home garden is equal to or greater than that employed in their field culture. Of the quantity grown in the garden a considerable surplus goes to waste and brings no return to the cultivator. To insure plenty of fruit for home use it is customary to set out about twice as many plants as are actually necessary. As this custom is common throughout the country the aggregate loss is considerable.
The theme of this bulletin is the use of the ripe and green tomatoes hitherto allowed to go to waste. By slightly increasing the garden plantation of tomatoes, many young people, ambitious for an education, will be able to can or otherwise preserve these products by a simple method, so that they can be turned into ready money to defray the expense of schooling. In a small way the tomato can do for the girl at home what the "pin-money pickle" did for the lady who invented that condiment.
In order that the canned product may find a ready market it must be put up in attractive form in containers suitable for commercial purposes and should bear a trade-mark which is distinctive and which will tend to hold the trade for the product as it gains a reputation in the market. One advantage of the home canning of tomatoes in comparison with other employment open to young people in the country is that it occurs during the vacation period. The large return in canned goods derived from a single acre makes the industry remunerative, and since the canning is done during the vacation season it can be carried on without interfering with school work. It is surprising how many tomatoes can.be grown upon an acre and what little expense is involved in raising and preparing them for market.
Creator
Breazeale, J. F.
Benson, O. H.
Date
1913
Relation
Farmers' Bulletin Number 521
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