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    These "Garbage Cans" (mine has "F.B. Jones, Somerville, Mass." stamped on the lid) were intended for food scraps for pigs. Pig farmers collected them every day, or at least every other day, to feed their pigs. Back then (my house in MA was built in 1915), every community had several small, backyard pig farms, so these cans were useful for the householder and the swineherder. We also had them in England, where I grew up. Does the Jones foundry/business still exist? How far did its products reach - beyond New England?
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