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...sides, top, and bottom of the basic still, with which we shall deal, are made of tin. Take any large can and jump on it soundly. If it does not squash immediately, repeat the process. When you have flattened the can, cut it into two squares, 2" x 2", and into four rectangles, 3" x 2". Take one of the squares and call it the bottom piece. Either square will...
Again working with the tin, you must now make two boxes. The large one, containing the original mash, is found at the left, of the plans, which were adopted from the basic chemistry texts. The other, containing the moonshine, is found at the right of the plans...
Both of the boxes must fit flush with the sides of the still, say the local distillers, most of whom have gone underground. Cut the boxes from the tin can, following the plans closely. You will have to drill a large hole in the mash container, to accomodate that bottle-looking thing, which, indeed, is a bottle. A small medicine bottle, the pill kind, is supposed to make the best bottle for this still. If you haven't got a drill large enough for that size hole, drill smaller holes around and then file out. Drill, file; drill, file; drill...
...canning 300,000 to 400,000 cases a year of beef stew, corned-beef hash, chili and chili con carne for Hormel. From the original cannery, Flotill has grown to three plants-two at Stockton, a third at Modesto-covering 67 acres, using more than 25 freight cars of tin cans daily, packaging 75,000 cases of 77 different seasonal items, employing 4,000 workers at peak season...
...many dangers that await their wild cousins on their journeys down long rivers. When they return from the sea, grown to full salmonhood, they won't have to waste their strength and flesh on battling the rapids. They can swim right into their home farms-and into tin cans...