Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-02-05
Raising Sweet Corn.

louf CoFrcsp1litut, n L. hs SPOKEN
rlght oct 10 mrsiing Ia the Farmer, j'n
81 lie tells ~ha, mos, of us more thAu
suspected. We have rather mistusled
that The corn packers wsrv makiu. more
than The farmers we're Thvy bay The
corn AZ such . price a. will lnsufe them .
good snd sufe pfonL Ths farmers take
What they can get They know they can.
not make aFythipg In tae buslness, bat
they ihluk TIE crop will bring then In =
little mobsy 10 The fall Thers sre always
enough - raise sweet corn Tor lasi What
ihs packers say. They raised IL 10 Uniiy.
is79, for u cents pouud, AMI many OF
thsm did not get over els per acre. fof.
" bushels OF potatoes per acre. 81 90 cent.
. bushsl. would bring them more money
than that or 40 Bushels 90 oats per acre
would be- worth more. and not cos, more
than oae. third 10 raise them that Il ~0ali
The corn. Farmers ought 10 kuow by
,his time What Il costs 10 raise an acre OF
average corr. and II Il very unousiness
like action - sxree 10 DO h for less than
they know IL will cost them.
The farmer 10 q m,uuisctuferi he takes
The raw materials, sud by the assistance
% nature and oy sclentn, methods. pro
isees The highest types oi Manufactured
articles. There are more uncertainties In
bis basiness than In any Other. Cifeam'
stances over which be has noi The least
ootirol nay render bis summers labor al
NOS, entirely Abofilve. Is IL only BY .
system % mixed h1sbAbdfy that he can
m,ks his basluess q success. IL IL 60
peciaily important then that be make suen
contracts a. will be most sure to make
him good returns on . medium crop; II
be doe- lees than thls he l. pretty sure %
"gst LEFT Bot the farmer. IL IL said.
does 20, know how good crop he i 90.
log 20 raise. 90 be does not know whether
he will make anything or not. lie coz
tracts 10 raise The corn beforehand. SO
90 the packer. contrsei for the sale of
ihsir product before 10 IL canned, and they
siaad for such price that they know will
cover al possible cost, plus good pfonL
n srsry farmer will 90 jlsi this thing they
can have . paying price for thsir sweet
corn. Aui until they % this. they may
ery ''mon0poliss" till they are hosrse, and
he m1uopolists will laugh and grow "a,
over 10
An l. says. the packers will have the
corn, and II farmers would DOT raise u Tor
les than four csnts. they would eau jasi
~ much, or more than they do nov, aud
one cent on q can would not prevent peo
pie buying u. lrthey did not buy u I,
would be better for the farmers, for then
they would no, have 10 raise 10 NJ q loss a.
many OF them DO now. The packers r,ek.
on 20 ounces fOr = can. and pay three
cents for a. TIE fact 10. there II but -
ounces OF corn and Ounces of water 10 .
can. so what they buy Tor ~ cans at
u.lly makes 20 cans oi corn. SO here IL
an actual prCfii OF IS per cent. % start
with. ifthe farmer could raise corn on
such bAsls 10 would be . very good in'
ysstment indeed.
Mr. Editor, will give you the se,usl
dfures OF crop of sweet corn raised In
thi. State Ia lss7. The geu,lsm,n raised
ten scres be contracted with factory To
can seres AZ three cents . osni The 9th.
er acres hs sold To them for ; cent. .
csn The following are the ngures "a
les lbs. OF corn maize 10 OILS cans. EN'
psuse OF canning 81 .O32 Sold 1870 cans
f,f al 95O, leaving s93s, or ptOns OF
sl3l per acre. The other acres sold for
s6l pr .cre. Tue p les lbs. wouli mske
tut l3 GlO cans OF ~ oauee-, instead Of
10 OF cans. They pl, bot - ounces In =
can And boy 20 ounces. IL remains with
the farmers 10 say whether they will sell
corn for three cent OF four.-cor. Maine
Farmer.