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ERi tote ■» lt;►'i(y Letter from It. M. Iloskliisuit.Hoojcaiou, III , bept. 15, lit02. Dear Editors;in a'recent leiter I rent yi.u h lew items ’•( interest from this enterprising littlecitv. VVhi'e I lived amoug yui I «.nw several arlio'e- railing f ir a ran* niug fir nry. In ibis article I shall endeavor t ■ gLe •vine idea of what a canning factory it like, especially for canning corn. iTwo sheis each aboui 100 feet I tig by forty l. t wide into which the corn is thrown. A Inin dred or more men, women ami children busk the corn into bushel baskets These are emptied into a long trough containing an endless belt on each side of which stands four women with knife*, cutting away any defects in the passing corn, which is carrie i to the topmost story of the cannery building and here it is dropped down to rixteen cutting machines, attended by as many* men. Each ear is cleaned in about the time required for the tick of a mantle clock The cods and husks are both carried out on endless belts and dumped into the farmers wagons and the cut corn into double acrean* which removes any objectionable substances, thence into a heating vat,from this in a revolving filler, that*fills sixty cans a minute and as these are carried along »o the soldering machine, two women put on the caps. The machine solders twelve cans at a time a* they pass on, they are placed in shallow iron boxes, and carried to the cooking vats. 65U cans in eaclt vat, where they Hre kept an hour and a buarter, with steam pressure .15 degiee* per square inch, and 350 Ueg-e^s ol heat: From this they are emptied Intoa trough of water, containing an end e*s belt, that, carries them UK)'feet to the other *nd in 20 minute*. H.-re they are gatheied into boxes, twlt; dtZeu esch and stand until ready for labeling ami shipment. Two women label tbe boxes and tbe cans are put into a machine, that partes and papers them faster than I can count. It takes two active car penters all thev can do to nail them up as they come out. I am aware *hat all this is very indefinite, to nny one who has not seen it an I nearly so to an on* looker, os tbe machinery nearly al works automatically. borne of the heating is done by steam, other by gasoline.To produce the corn thousands of acre* are rtquired. Aa tar as the eye can teach seem one waiving sea ol corn, The factory herein described has three fiillere each filling 60 cana a minute. Respectfully,R. M. HObKINBON,anOiWpbor.Y«\VJ.lotS.stiancu00COchieWhunethMthtuof/MBi
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Waycross Weekly Herald
Waycross, Georgia, US
Sat, Sep 20, 1902
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