GROWING OF SWEET CORN FOR CANNING 



The returns for an acre gross average 

 anywhere from three to six or in rare cases 

 eight tons. Sometimes a larger amount is 

 obtainable, and sometimes only the smaller 

 one is possible. 



NET RECEIPTS 



Net receipts from different varieties of 

 corn in the several sections vary. Some- 

 times we find by actual figures that the 

 cost of production is about equal to the 

 gross returns — therefore, there is not any 

 net. In other sections there is 310 to 

 31s profit up to $50 an acre on corn. It 

 is found that with Stowell's Evergreen, 

 although the price received is less than for 

 the Country Gentleman, the amount of corn 

 raised is larger than Country Gentleman, 

 and therefore the net receipts are generally 

 larger. The Country Gentleman, however, 

 is preferred by a great many canners, and 

 a higher price is paid for the product. 



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