We never heard any complaint from any of them except about corn.  The writer put up fifty cans and lost all of them, others lost very few and one purchaser lost nine.  We found our mistake was filling the can too full of other things.  We lost only a small per cent and then the cans were not properly soldered. 

We found the biggest trouble to be preparing the fruits to can.  It took more time and labor to get the stuff ready than it did to do the canning.  Some of us used our cook stoves as furnaces, some used heaters, and others built stone and brick furnaces which were best and, being in the shade, were most pleasant to work around. 

All of us have used the canner every year since.  Some have bought larger canners.  One woman who had bought a larger one told me that she had put up over 100 cans each of corn, tomatoes, and beans, and half that number of apples and sweet potatoes and, so far, has not lost any. 

Our peach crop this year was almost a failure and there was not enough to make mention of. 

Another woman told me a few days ago that a can of apples in the old class jar would stay on her table until it would spoil while a can in tin would be eaten in one meal.  It is a profitable investment for anyone even if they do not intend selling any since they can have good, well-kept fruits and vegetables all through the winter with a small amount of labor and very little expense.  None of us who bought first have sold any to any amount.  All of us are glad of our bargain, and several other neighbors have bought also.