A good reference on Cans is
Rock, Jim
  1975  A BRIEF COMMENTARY ON CANS.  Reprinted by Coyote Press, P.O. Box
        3377, Salinas, California  93912.
 
 
Jim Rock can be contated at the Klamath National Forest, 1312 Failane
Road, Yreka, California  96097. Phone (916) 842-6131.  e-mail:
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You might also want to check out:
 
American Can Comapny  (A.C.C.)
  1939  THE CANNED FOOD REFERENCE MANUAL.  American Can Comapny, New York.
 
Can Manufacturers Institute (C.M.I.)
  1961  THE METAL CAN / ITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
        Can Manufacturers Institute, Washington.
 
Hamel, G.T.
  1911  MODERN PRACTICE OF CANNING MEAT.  The Brecht Company, St. Louis,
        Missouri.
 
Judge, Edward S.
  1914  The Past Present and Future of the Canned Food Industry.
        In: A HISTORY OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY, edited by Arthur J. Judge,
        pp. 53-59.  The Canning Trade, Baltimore.
 
Lee, C.T.
  1914  A History of the Canned Meat Industry. In: A HISTORY OF THE CANNING
        INDUSTRY, edited by Arthur J. Judge, pp. 53-59.  The Canning Trade,
        Baltimore.
 
I am tired of typing. I think I need a can of beer. TGIF. Smoke Pfeiffer
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