The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-06-20
GREEN CORN.
Prospects for the Canning Season
of $50.

There appears to be no material changes
in the business in this State for the present
year. except that, while there are few new
factories, yet the old ones will not, as a rule.
pack so many acres as were packed in 1887,
so that the trade need not fear an over-pro-
duction of Maine corn, provided the quality
shall be maintained atfts former high stand
ard, of which there is very little doubt. ex-
cept from the danger that too many people
may be going into the business without suf-
icient experience, or without proper regard
for the Importance Of maintaining the high
standing CT their labels. Among the chang
es we note the following: Mr.. Hartley c.
Baxter, formerly of the Portland Packing
Company, has leased the factory at Oakland.
formerly occupied by the Winslow Packing
Company, and has secured about 160 acres.
He has also bought the outfit of the factory
and leased the building at Hallowell, hay
ing secured a fair acreage at that place, and
has purchased the factory at Brunswick
hithertofore owned ana operated by Capt.
+. G. Jordan.
A new factory has been built at Yarmouth
vile by Mr.. York of that place, and is to be
operated jointly by him and Messrs. Merrill
Brothers of Cumberland Centre; and a new
one has also been built at West Minot by
party of capitalists, which is to be under the
charge of Mr.. j. II. Ingersoll, formerly fore
man for the Winslow Packing Company at
Canton. Simon Merrill, of Fairfield, has
leased the Winslow Packing Company's fac
tory at that place, and will run the same on
his own account. Hon. Fred Atwood, of
Winterport, has organized company to be
known as the Winterport Packing Company,
and has purchased the plant at Winterport
belonging to the Union Packing Company,
and will pack four or Eve thousand cases Of
fine corn. IL. M. Bearce, Esq.,, Benjamin
Tucker and other residents of Norway have
recently formed copartnership und er the
style of the Norway Packing Company, and
have leased the factory at that place hereto
fore occupied by the Winslow Packing Com
pany The citizens Of Waldoboro have voted
town aid for the establishment of corn fac
tory in that town, and the factory Is now in
the process of construction.
Some of the smaller packers, who have
heretofore been packing in an irregular way,
will not run this year. There are a great
many packers in Maine who pack without
having any regular brand of their own, and
are therefore. very much dependent upon the
fluctuations of the market, and have. in
times past, packed without selling in ad-
vance. An experience in this direction not
having proved satisfactory, some of them
have withdrawn.
No one can, at this early date, predict the
amount of corn that will be packed in Maine
this year. The planting season for corn was
the latest of any within the recollection Of
the oldest inhabitant, with perhaps single
exception, which after all proved a good corn
year. 1t may be assumed that If the late
ness of the season does not lessen the yield
it will improve the quality, as whatever corn
does sufficiently mature for canning will have
received rapid growth necessarily. Some
lar, and thereby its quality is affected by its
being very uneven. The corn which has
come up so far this spring is very fine in ap-
pearance, and nothing can prevent an extra
quality of corn this year except severe
drought or early frost.