17 MARCH 1933, Page 18

We talk of farm mechanization. The amount of machinery and

apparatus lately invented under the stimulus of the canning industry is legion ; and the machines extend from little canning machines for use by the individual householder to the pea-shelling machines that can deal with five. tons or more an hour. There are graders, slicers, "dicers," " viners," and coolers and similar inventions of infinite variety. The absolute sum of wealth in the country is increased because much of the old waste is eliminated. "Buy National Mark fruit and vegetables" is an imperative which the consumers begin to obey with gusto.