METHODS OF CANNING CORN 



from that canned several years ago. The 

 effort is to develop a tender, fine-flavored 

 sweet corn. The ears are of two types, 

 those having large, flat kernels arranged 

 in rows and those with small, long kernels 

 irregularly placed. Stowell's Evergreen is 

 typical of the former type and Country 

 Gentleman of the latter. 



"A modern corn-canning plant is a large 

 establishment, equipped with valuable auto- 

 matic machinery to do the work in a rapid, 

 cleanly manner. When the corn arrives 

 at the factory, it is dumped from the wagon 

 upon a conveyer, which carries the ears 

 to different parts of the husking shed as 

 they are needed. Most of the husking is 

 done by hand, but this will undoubtedly 

 give way to machine methods, as husking 

 machines have been almost perfected in 

 the past year. As rapidly as a bushel 

 measure is husked, it is put upon a conveyer, 

 and while on the way to the silking machine 

 is sorted for quality. 



"A high grade can be secured only by se- 

 lecting ears with grains which are uniformly 



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