Identifier: cu31924003609272 (find matches)
Title: Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State. Bureau of Statistics and Immigration
Subjects: Manufactures
Publisher: Olympia, Wash. Public printer
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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PLANT. Just what sort of plant is best suited to a conmiunitysneeds should, perhaps, be left to the decision of those in a posi-tion to undertake the work. The economic cliangcs which arerapidlv taking place make it necessarv to give special consider-ation in every instance. The 19li census of manufacturesshowed the presence of 18 plants in the state engaged in thecanning and preserving of fruits and vegetables, and 12 manu-facturing pickle preserves and sauces. This, of course, did notinclude the individual dryers or evaporators, which are neces-sary parts of the equipment of the prune growers of ClarkeCounty, where most of the plums and prunes of the state areproduced; SoO dryers are reported for that countv alone. COMBINED CANNERIES IN DEMAND.The main cry is for combined caimeries, as thev stand abetter chance of being supplied with material most of the year,without the need of increasing eitlier the equipment or the num-ber of the operators. As an example, one cannery reports that
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110 Manufaciuring Opportunities in Washington in 1916 it canned: Apples, 1,045 tons; pears, 186 tons,peaches, 1 ton; cherries, 111 tons; strawberries, 221 tons;bhickberries, 1,024 tons; raspberries, 1,485 tons; other berries,375 tons ; beans, 6 tons ; cabbage, 675 tons ; squash, 67 tons ;cucunilier pickles, 600 tons; grape juice, 15 tons. Additionalitems reported by other factories, illustrating the variety ofproducts, are apricots, quinces, plums and ))runes, crabapples,gooseberries, cranberries, currants, tomatoes, cauliflower andspinach. Some of tlie larger plants combine with their cannery de-partment an evaporating plant wliere portions of the fruit notso well adapted for canning can be dried. The more completefactories also utilize the peelings and pulp of some of the fruitsin making vinegar, which is either sold or used in their ownpickling- departments. Since the state is now in the prohibition column, variousjuices have become verv popular, including loganberry juice,apple ju

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