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JUL 9, 1898Laurel, WA

The $100 Cannery: Whatcom Farmers Learn to Preserve Their Own Harvest

A traveling demonstration in Laurel and Nooksack City showed growers how to solder, seal and process fruit—and argued that small local canneries could outlast the timber boom.

“A hundred dollars is sufficient to begin in a small way, increasing the size of the plant as the supply of fruit increases.”
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