THE CANADIAN IIORTICULTUUIST. 



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than tliose which are shaded. — E. L. 

 iSturtevant, Director, N. Y. Experi- 

 mental IStation. 



THE SWEET COKM CANNING 

 BUSINESS. 



Tlie extent to which this business is 

 cairied on Vjy our neighbors may be 

 gathered from tlie following figures. 

 Why is it that so little is done in this 

 line in Ontario ] Surely we have a 

 climate fully as suitable to the j)roduc- 

 tion of sweet corn as that of Maine, 

 and there is a market open to us as 

 well as to them. Are we lacking in 

 business capacity as a people, or unable 

 to conduct such entei-prises successfully'? 

 Surely we cannot admit any such thing, 

 and yet why is it that we have no such 

 corresf>onding establishments in this 

 country ] This is what is being done 

 in Maine. We copy from the official 

 report of the State agent. 



" The Winslow Packing Company 

 operated fifteen factories in this State 

 during the year 1882. Following is 

 a list of the places where they are 

 located, and the acreage of corn grown 

 for each : 



ACRKS. 



Riverton 76 



Yarmouth 73 



Mechanic Falls 185 



Farmington 150 



Wilton 150 



Fairtiekl 180 



Skowhegan 245 



West Waterville 150 



North Anson 190 



Buckfield, Canton 205 



Norway 180 



Bridgton 175 



Hiram 60 



Raymond 80 



"The total product of the above-named 

 factories was 125,000 cases of two 

 dozen csms each, or 3, 000, 000 cans. 

 This company also packed 7,2 1 G cases 

 (173,184 ains) of succotash, (corn and 

 beans). They also put up 12,207 ca.ses 

 (292,968 cans) of apple, and 8,462 gal- 



lon packages of the same product. The 

 applethus put up is cored and quartered, 

 and when opened much resembles the 

 choicest green apple. 



" The Portland Packing Company 

 operated seven factories. The table 

 below gives the location of these fac- 

 tories and the number of acres grown 

 for each in 1882 : 



ACRKS. 



Cumberland Mills 250 



Sebago Lake 360 



iNlaples 400 



Fryeburg 225 



Wiuthrop 250 



Vassalboro' 200 



Wells 350 



•' The total amount of corn packed 

 by this company was 90,000 cases of 

 two dozen cans each, or a total of 

 2,160,000 cans. 



** Burnham & Morrill, Portland, oper- 

 ated in 1882 seven factories, the fol- 

 lowing are the places where located and 

 acreage of each : 



Acres. 



South Paris 400 



Minot 375 



East Baldwin 50 



West Scarborough 



Denmark 350 



Harrison 400 



South Norridgewock 400 



" The total amount put up by this 

 firm was 96,000 cases of two dozen 

 each, or a grand totil of 2,304,000 

 cans," 



Thus it will be seen that t^- "^se three 

 companies put up over seven millions 

 of cans, and took the product of over 

 six thousand acres of sweet corn. The 

 agent states that within the past few 

 years a large number of such establish- 

 ments have sprung up, so that he gives 

 the total number of cans j»ut up in 1882 

 as 10,881,400. The prices paid to the 

 farmers is two cents |K3r pound, which 

 in favorable seasons, and with good 

 cultivation, averages forty dollars per 

 aci-e. The varieties most grown are 



