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Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1917. 



Total Dry Matter in Samples Canned Corn Examined 



When the inspectors obtained the samples they asked rela- 

 tive to the addition of starch. In rather more than half of the 

 samples the packers stated that starch had been added. It is 

 claimed that starch is only added to make a uniform looking 

 pack and that it is added to immature rather than mature corn. 

 The percentages of dry matter found in the samples are given 

 in the two tables that follow. In the first table no starch was 

 claimed and in the second it was stated that starch was added. 

 In both tables the samples are arranged in accordance with the 

 amount of dry matter beginning with that containing the least. 



Table shozving the per cent of dry matter in samples of canned 

 corn packed without the addition of starch in canning. 



18.26 



20.91 



22.60 



23.10 



23.62 



25.14 



18.61 



22.33 



22.84 



23.15 



23.79 



25.38 



20.19 



22.43 



22.87 



23.26 



24.22 



26.35 



20.22 



22.50 



22.89 



23.49 



24.99 





Table shozving the per cent of dry matter in samples of canned 

 corn to zvhich starch zvas added in the process of canning. 



19.33 



19.94 



21.34 



22.16 



23.13 



23.98 



19.64 



20.28 



21.84 



22.36 



23.15 



24.14 



19.66 



20.67 



22.00 



22.51 



23.20 



24.48 



19.69 



20.74 



22.01 



22.62 



23.41 



24.87 



19.77 



21.09 



22.09 



22.78 



, 23.61 





19.89 



21.17 



22.13 



22 .S4 



23.72 





Corn on the Cob Canned 



Two samples from the same factory of corn that was packed 

 on the cob were examined. The net weight of the cans was a- 

 bout 37 ounces. The free liquid found in the cans was the water 

 added in canning. It contained small amounts of the more sol- 

 uble portions of the corn dissolved out in processing. The liq- 



