SWEET CORN 



if the price would permit him to sell at 

 20 cents, he could handle twice as much. 

 The grower agreed to try it for two weeks. 

 Sales actually fell off. It was early found 

 that the average commission man is not 

 the one to handle a product of unusually 

 high quality to advantage. 



There is one question that has been 

 lingering in your mind all the while, and 

 now it is out. ''This all sounds very nice 

 on paper, but does it pay.^" Any grower 

 of sweet corn would be delighted if he was 

 assured an average price of a cent an ear. 

 Around 8 or 9 cents a dozen is probably 

 above the true average for large growers. 

 With this as a starting point, let us figure 

 the cost and the returns, and then draw 

 our own conclusions. 



The package cost is in the neighborhood 

 of 1 cent. The boxes can easily be prepared 

 for packing at the rate of 100 an hour, 

 while an experienced folder can do the work 

 somewhat faster. The whole cost of extra 

 handling is not over 1 cent a dozen. Add 

 to this perhaps half a cent for extra selling 



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