266 CORN CROPS 



and set it up in small shocks. Before night, haul in the 

 corn and put it on a slatted floor. The floor is made of 

 lath one inch thick by two inches wide, spaced one inch 

 apart. The com is taken up in baskets, and each basket 

 is turned upside down on the slats, and taken off carefully, 

 so that the ears are left like a pile of " jack-straws," crossed 

 in every direction, many of them standing in a nearly verti- 

 cal position. Each basketful of corn is emptied in a fresh 

 place, and when all is done the slats are covered with com 

 about a foot deep, but so loosely arranged that there is no 

 obstruction to the passage of air between the ears. In 

 this position it dries very quickly and may be put into 

 barrels as soon as all moisture is out of the cob. Each 

 barrel may be covered with a piece of cloth held do^vn by 

 the top hoop, and then the barrel turned on its side. 



This plan applies more to the regions with humid fall 

 weather than to those regions in the West where fall weather 

 is dry. 



GROWING SWEET CORN FOR CANNING 



195. Canning corn is grown under contract with the firm 

 in many corn-growing regions. The canning company 

 sends out a contract similar to the following : — 



Sweet corn agreement 



(Place), (Date) 

 This agreement made with the Canning Com- 

 pany, by which I hereby agree to plant and raise for said 



Company acres of sweet com, the same to be de- 



hvered at factory from time to time as required by said 

 Company, in proper condition for canning during the 

 season of 191- ; for which said Company agrees to pay 

 seven dollars per ton, said Company to furnish me at their 

 factory seed corn at the proper time for planting. For 



