SWEET CORN 



MAKING READY FOR PACKING 



Picking is not begun until there is just 

 time enough to complete the work of 

 packing before nightfall. If the weather 

 is hot, the ears are piled on tables over 

 which play sprays from several sprinklers. 

 This thoroughly and quickly cools the corn. 

 The next task is grading. This means the 

 selection of the very best ears for packing 

 in the cartons, while the seconds are thrown 

 aside to be disposed of as ordinary corn. 

 During a recent season, with an unusually 

 severe drouth, only a little over half of 

 the pulling was fit for the boxes. Each 

 carton is lined with paraffin paper brought 

 over the top of the upper layer as the lid 

 is closed. The box is then ready for ship- 

 ment to the city, its contents fit to grace 

 the next day's dinner table, fresh and plump 

 and tender. 



So far, so good; but how about the 

 selling.^ This, as with all marketers, has 

 been a most serious problem. When the 

 first shipment was made, the Sunrise Gar- 

 dens idea was unheard of and it was no 



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