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one per cent of the 1922 Iowa pack, or 1,571,000 cases, was canned 

 by Iowa members of the association. 



The activities of the Iowa-Nebraska association might be grouped 

 under three heads — general association activities, technological, and 

 sanitary inspection of member plants. General association work in- 

 cludes market survey and extension, freight rates, promotion of 

 uniformity of grades and standards of quality, business ethics, 

 trade statistics and data on acreage, production and stocks and their 



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movement. Technological activities include co-operative work on 

 problems affecting production and quality, such as improving varie- 

 ties of sweet corn, with respect to yields per acre and quality; seed 

 supply; farming; improvement of canning processes; machinery and 

 equipment problems; bacteriology and technology of sterilization or 

 processing; and container and shipping package difficulties. The 

 sanitary inspection of Iowa canneries by the association itself was 

 instituted in 1919 as a division of the activities of the National Can- 

 ners' Association. In 1922 the Iowa-Nebraska Canners' Associa- 

 tion took over this work in Iowa and Nebraska. Under this service 

 plants of members are inspected both before and during the packing 

 seasons to see that the sanitary rules of the association are complied 



