HOME CANNING.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 209, 3 September 1919, Page 12

HOME CANNING.

I The Englishwoman, -whose war work I was the amazement of the whole English- i speaking world, has now brought her ! brain to bear on daily life. A woman living at Farnham Royal (Bucks), after receiving instruction at the Board's can- | ning kitchen, decided to start a depot, j Having collected a capital of £300, she started work in a converted cowshed. Originally she proposed merely to preserve the fruit grown on her three acres of ground. So lively has been the demand for her wares that not only lias ■she planted two additional acres with fruit, but has also had to buy large quantities of fruit to keep tlie depot fully employed. In addition to the original cowshed, the works now consist of . seven Army huts, and are about to be j still further increased. Last year, after | paying all expenses, including "salaries of .J f 300 and f 200 to the mana-rer and submanager, bonus, grant to sinking fund j and allowance for depreciation, th eprotit ; | was £500. Why cannot some of our Xcw j Zealanders branch out in tlie same manner, especially around Auckland, where j all kinds of fruit and vegetables grow by ' the mere asking?