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The labeling of cans is deferred until the rush of packing is over 

 except for orders of prompt delivery. The labels are usually put 

 on by Land in factories with a capacity under 10,U00 cans per day. 

 The prices paid for this work is 25 cents per 1,000 cans. In the 

 larger factories, machines for labeling and for boxing are used. 



CONTRACTS BETWEEN GROWERS AND CANNERS. 



It is customary for canners to furnish the farmers, who contract 

 to grow certain crops for them, with the seeds or even plants for 

 such crops. These are supplied in sufficient quantities and free of 

 cost. The purpose of this is to insure a uniform and desirable qual- 

 ity in the tomatoes, corn or whatever crop it may be. A written 

 contract is always necessaiy to insure a suflQcient tonnage to keep 

 the factory in operation during the ripening season. It is fairer to 

 contract to deliver the yield of a certain number of acres than a 

 definite number of tons, for the yield is always variable, but the num- 

 ber of acres may be a fixed quantity. A very brief and simple form 

 of contract generally used with the tomato growers of New Jersey 

 is as follows: 



rOEM OF NEW JERSEY CONTRACT. 



This is to certify that we , have bought 



of the product of acres of tomatoes 



for the season of at $ per ton, delivered at our 



cannery 



Stock to be in first class merchantable condition. To be planted 



about 190 . 



Signature, 



Signature, 



Other stipulations are sometimes inserted, limiting the time of de- 

 livery of stock, defining refusable material, and to protect the can- 

 nery in case of fire, accident or other contingency. 



Following is a fuller form of contract: ' 



TOMATO GROWERS CONTRACT. 



Pa., 190.. 



No 



I hereby agree to fur- 



