334 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Andrews is a successful canner and is a large stockholder 

 in one of the canneries at Faribault. He is so modest that he 

 would not give us any information unless we called on him. We 

 would like to hear from Mr. Andrews. 



Mr. J. P. Andrews : Sometimes there have been some things 

 that did not pay, but so far as corn is concerned they have ho 

 variety that is doing better than the Portland for early and the 

 Old Colony and Evergreen for late, and that is what they plant 

 mostly. In some seasons it has been a profitable business and in 

 others not so. On the whole it has been a good thing. If there 

 are any questions to ask, I can answer them better than I can give 

 a detailed statement of our operations, but so far we have tried 

 nothing but corn. 



Mr. Seth Kenney: I would like to ask Mr. Andrews whether 

 they have special men who grow that corn, or whether they take 

 the corn from anybody that brings in a load. 



Mr. Andrews : They generally contract in the spring with some 

 farmers — anybody can get a contract. 



Mr. Kenney : But outside of the farmers who have been given 

 contracts, can any one bring his corn in ? 



Mr. Andrews : They can if the factory can take care of it, 

 but if there is an extra large crop of corn they cannot take care 

 of anything outside of their contracts, and a farmer with a load of 

 corn would stand no show. 



The President: Are the cobs of any value? 



Mr. Andrews : They have not sold the cobs, but they are carted 

 out into a yard into which the hogs are turned to fatten. The man 

 who has the hogs takes care of the cobs, so it is of no expense to 

 the factory. That is an even thing. The husks make a good thing 

 to fill a silo with. 



The President: Do the farmers get them back? 



Mr. Andrews : No, there is not enough of each farmer's prod- 

 uct to make it worth while to put into their silos. The husks have 

 been fed to cows, and they seem to like the husks better than the 

 cobs, although there is a little corn left on the cobs. The cutters 

 take the corn off above the husk and the corn that grows on that 

 part of the cob is left on the cob, so there is a good deal of corn 

 in this feed and refuse from the factory. It just simply takes care 

 of itself. 



Mr. Husser : What is the sweetest corn ? 



Mr. Andrews : The earliest is the sweetest. The Country Gen- 

 tleman is considered the best of all. Lately they have used the 

 Evergreen. They have almost discarded the Country Gentleman, 

 although, as this paper suggested, they might, I think, better pay 

 a little extra price for it. The factory gets its corn grown for $4.50 

 a ton. 



Mr. Elliott: In the husk? 



Mr. Andrews : Yes, in the husk. We have always figured upon 

 paying $5, but they can get all the corn they want for $4.50. 



Mr. Benjamin: Do they snap it off or husk it? 



