SWEET CORN 



(Found on back of contract) 

 CONDITIONS 



CORN — To be planted carefully, cultivated thoroughly, 

 and kept free from weeds and all foreign growth until ready 

 to harvest; to be picked (short, stubbed ears known as 

 "nubbins" excepted) and to be delivered, each variety 

 separate, during second party's canning season, in the husks 

 and while the kernel is in the milky condition (not allowing 

 it to become creamy), on the same day it is picked, in perfect 

 condition for canning purposes and before foliage has been 

 frosted. It being further agreed that second party may 

 decline to receive more than two tons averaged corn to a 

 contracted acre. 



It is agreed that the quantity of corn delivered under 

 this contract shall be determined by the process known 

 as "averaging." That in such process of averaging, all 

 husks, silks, ears without corn, ears of corn with colored 

 kernel or kernels of any kind other than sweet corn, all 

 corn not in the milky condition and short, stubbed ears 

 known as "nubbins," shall be thrown out, and tips and 

 butts of ears having no corn on them shall be removed. 



Care should be taken not to mix different varieties of 

 seed. Plant each kind separate. Arrange, if possible, to 

 have at least 10 or 15 rods between sweet and field corn, 

 if growing the latter. 



WASTE — It is agreed that all corn husks and corn cobs, 

 as well as other waste delivered with products named in 

 this contract, belong to and are the property of the second 

 party. But second party may, at their discretion, during 

 the canning season, allow first party a reasonable amount 

 for immediate feeding. 



SEED — For all crops under this contract to be furnished 



by second party at its factory, at , N. Y., at the 



following prices: 



Corn, $2.S0 a bushel; Bags, 20 cents each. 



Second party gives no warranty, ,expressed or implied, 

 as to quality, variety, or productiveness of seeds furnished, 

 but uses every effort to secure the most reliable grown. 



BAGS — Must be returned previous to July 1. To assure 

 credit, receipts should be taken when left at factory. 



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