PART III 



CHAPTER XXIV 



HISTORY AND lAlPORTANCE OF 



CANNING 



SWEET corn has become one of the most 

 important articles that is placed in 

 cans in the United States. It is impossible 

 to estimate the number of acres devoted 

 to sweet corn grown for canneries, or the 

 number of farms used for the same purpose. 

 This point was undoubtedly included under 

 the question of sweet corn grown for com- 

 mercial purposes. However, it is possible 

 to give some idea of the importance of 

 canned corn from the number of cases of 

 corn which are put up each year. 



According to the census of 1910, the 

 number of cases of corn in the United 

 States was 13,109,000. The seven leading 

 states in this industry are Iowa, about 

 3,000,000 cases; Illinois, 2,438,000; Mary- 

 land, 1,517,000; Ohio, 1,376,000; Indiana, 

 1,235,000; Maine, 801,000; Wisconsin, 



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