The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-20
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Score Card for Corn.

| Score Card for Corn. l Uniformity of Exhibit-Ten points: Uniform type, size. shape, color and indentation.
 Shape of Ears.--Five points: Cylin- drical, straight rows proportional length to circumference.
 Color of Ears--Ten points: Uniform Market Condition.-Ten points; Soundness, freedom from Injury, ma | turity.
 l Tips of Ears.--Ten points: Filled out with regular sized kernels.
 Butt of Ears--Five points: Kernels swelled out about shank regularly. | Uniformity of Kernels. Five points: In type, shape and color. Shape of Kernels.-Five points: | Wedge shape, straight edge. l Length of Ears.-Ten points: Con- formity to standard.
 Circumference of Ears.-Five points: | Conformity to standard.
 Space Between Rows.--Ftve points: Small.
 Space Between Kerneis.--Five points: l Small
 Per Cent of Corn.--Fifteen points, 1 Conformity to standard.
 :, Rules: 1. The excess and defici- ency in length of all ears shall be ad- ded. and for every inch thus obtained, | cut one point.
 | 2. The evcess and deficinecy in cir conference of all ears shall be added. and for every inch thus obtained, a cut of one-half point shall be made.
 3. For every per cent short of stand | ard in proportion of shelled corn, a cut of one point shall be made. Cannerien in the South. John T. Garner, before Fruit and Truck Exchange, Jacksonville. Tex:
 Canning and preserving fruits and vegetables Is becoming of great inter- | est and profit to the Southern fruit growers. A great many have failed on account of unskilled labor and in- adequate supply of fruits and vegeta- bles. The investment ranging all the way from $1,50o to $2O,000, running from one to three months, the result could only be failure.
 Pioneers in the canning business may have experienced some doubt as to the stability of the business, but l fruit and vegetable canning is now as firmly established as any industry of this country, and the most sanguine enthusiast can hardly overrate the pos abilities of its still further develop ment. With increasing civilization, as we are pleased to call it. the de- mand for prepared food grows steadi- ly. The individual becomes more and 1 more dependent on his fellow man, and the vocation of each tends towards a limited and special line of occupation, His demands constantly grow more and more exacting as his so-called civili- zation increases intending toward a general demand that his time devoted to his pleasure and the service of his fellows, be economized, and that his necessities and luxuries be furnished to his hand ready for his use and en- poyment in such form as to require the ] minimum amount of effort on his part in partaking of them. Given a con- stantly increasing population, carried by necessity to this system of life, the possibilities of the development of the business of preparing food cooked and dramatically sealed ready for imme- diate use stands without an equal in the I certainty of permanency, and the limit of its development can with difficulty | be estimated. Owing to the rapid i'm. provement in methods and appliances for reducing cost, the selling prices of canned products have been reduced to figures which now bring canned goods within the reach of all classes of com sumers.
 The question naturally arises: can the business be established and suc- cessfully conducted as permanent and profitable business at given point? On this point we will say that many failures in the canning busi- ness can be cited, but in the great ma , Jority of cases such failures have been brought about by natural causes which conduce to failure in any line of busi- | ness; but properly started, with all requisites of success taken into con sideratton, the business can be estab- lished and conducted as permanently and as proftably as the manufacture of any other staple goods.
 The best varieties of tomatoes to grow for canning are the New Stone, Favorite, Livingston Beauty, Acme, Trophy and Champion. The New Stone IS the favorite and is grown for nearly all the canners in the Central States and the East. In selecting a tomato for canning purposes you should select one that ripens evenly, with little core good brigh red color and one that has a good tough skin that will not crack from handling, and one that is perfect ly round and smooth.
 The seed should be grown in hot beds and, as soon as the weather will permit and al danger of frost is past, transferred to the field. The plants are usually set out by hand. selecting a day when the soil is moist. Better results have been obtained by using a l HaShlHe ulade TOT tnlS purpose, which not only sets the plants in the hill, but waters and fertilizes them at the time.
 The yield per acre depends largely on the condition of soil and weather. Too much wet weather or too much dry ! weather will sometimes shorten the crop one-half. Good loamy soil pro- duces the largest crops when plants are properly set. Where the ground Is very rich plants should be set from i l-2 to feet apart. If you do not do this the tomatoes will not ripen on account of not having suhiciene sun. Good loamy soil has been known to produce as high as twenty tons to the acre, while some very poor soil has not produced over three tons. Gamers should not figure on an acerage of more than six tons (20O bushels) in selling futures, figuring 500 cans to | the ton.
 When the tomatoes are ripe they should be brought to the factory in clated crates, not more than eight inches deep. and 1t is advisable to have the ends of crates project about one inch above the sides so that when the crates are set on top of each other they Nryfn