CHAPTER XXVI 



GROWING OF SWEET CORN FOR 



CANNING 



WHAT IS REQUIRED OF GROWERS 



GENERALLY speaking, the grower is 

 required to use the seed sent out by 

 the canneries, to plant this seed in such 

 a manner that it will produce large crops 

 of corn. It should not only be planted, 

 but should be looked after and cared for 

 in the correct manner, so that the corn 

 will come in throughout the entire field 

 at the same time. This may be changed, 

 however, w^here the cannery is small and 

 only a certain number of acres are planted 

 on such a date, another number of acres 

 being planted a little later, and so on. 



Generally speaking, the grower is obliged 

 to harvest the corn when the company 

 request him to. The company generally 

 maintains a man in the field who keeps 

 a sharp watch upon the corn when it is 

 approaching harvesting time. He will then 

 inform the grower that it is ready to begin 

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