METHODS OF CANNING CORN 



pack. Corn may be run through slitting 

 machines, which cut the grains open on the 

 end and then squeeze out the contents, 

 leaving it free from hull. Cut corn is also 

 run through a 'cyclone,' a machine for 

 forcing the creamy portion of the kernel 

 through a fine sieve, thus removing all of 

 the hull and giving much the appearance 

 of green corn meal. 



"Field corn is not used in canning. Some 

 of the sweet corn used produces very large 

 ears and coarse grains, which give rise to 

 the suspicion that field corn has been sub- 

 stituted. There has been a very general 

 improvement in sweet corn in the past 10 

 years, and it will probably not be long 

 before the coarser variety will give way 

 to a better and sweeter one. 



''A can of fancy corn upon opening should 

 be well filled (within three-eighths of an 

 inch of the top), should be absolutely young 

 and tender stock, medium moist, practically 

 free from silk or bits of cob or husk, only 

 slightly darker than natural or of a light 

 golden-brown color, and have the distinctive 



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