The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-07-29
AWNING THE NATIONS
crop OF SWEET CORN
INDUSTRY FURNISHES
p sI,n WESTERN FARMERS A
~ EQUITABLE MARKET.

T WESTERN FARMERS a
Pb equitable MARKET.
- wear the American consumer
LAW .'.l. 3600,OOo,OOO cans OF sweet
paul. ~ order to satisfy his appetite
~ !: our most popular preserved
D nSr. While the canning factories
',a 10 100000 cases OF "a cans each
W corn. for which the consum-
''', WV. s60OOO.OOO it takes only a
pay more than 100000 cases OF
| ii 100000 cases Of tomatoes and
r. i o60 cases of baked beans to sup
|Vg,VVU on nT food menu OF the
Ierican consumer,
E F,,roa More Popular Each Year
:. doubtful if in the worlds his
Is uU' one article of the diet
-. an" has enjoyed so continuous
man as.iln.n 1i a popularity as sweet
T TPa fst of food products OF corn
sl.re ~( and more varied than that
On 4s other plant known to man.
|an fod G5ll'' before the advent OF the
ir rnan had more than hundred
II ,;" preparing corn for food, and
w.. 70 Zach wear added to them. We
l sats corn into starch, gluten, sug-
fn a oil and thus obtain the toun-
anu 81 " another cook-bookful OF re-
u And " to demonstrate to the world
| .5 i,'T nses of corn are unlimited,
/. are the corn-product constitu-
i II candy. table sirups, pies, cakes,
limos bread, doughnuts, etc, dis
1 ID BY mixing with other ngredi-
f.oced corn is the result OF the
Science ; of Isaac Winslow, OF
r. He was a sailor, and IN his
Bderings upon the high seas ne WIS,
France and learned the method OF
Irving food by canning. The adj
sge Of such foods, particularly to
rs was obvious. Mr.. Winslow be-
fxoerimenting on the canning OF
n 1899 the first trials consisting
soiIing the corn on the kitchen
ior VARYING periods OF time.
+ attempts usually resulted in
r. but continued endeavor finally
&Ited in a successful method being
fnslow first packed the corn on
&rob. but this was bulky, and he
Fed that the cob absorbed some
he sweetness. He next pulled the
ID off the cob with a fork, and
N he cut the corn with a knife.
Flows apparatus and methods
crude, but he discovered the
kiples which underlie the canning
I'm. He and his successors brought
to Maine corn as a canned prod
and this reputation persists to
time
d canning OF corn is a large in
~ in Maine and other states ex-
Eng from New York to Maryland,
to Iowa. and north to Minneso-
most Of the eastern states the
is grown by numerous farmers
ball patches of few acres, while
al Of the western factories raise
own corn. covering hundreds OF
At Hoopston, ILL.,, two Gamer
Be the produce of $500 acres. The
used is grown by specialists, as
i, and a large part of it comes
Connecticut, a state in winch no
ng Of corn is done.
hand Grows Greater Each Year.
/ American consumer is demand
more and better canned sweet
each year. We have doubled our
nd for this food product since
when the annual pack numbered
200 cases, which increased to
900 cases in 1914, and to l5,-
0 cases in 1923. Today canned
represents about one third of the
amount of all vegetables preserv-
a food for man in the United
and we are increasing our an
order at the rate of about 1,OOO,-
aSeS every year. Because canned
preserved under modern pro-
will successfully withstand the
OF arctic or tropical climates.
lean canned corn is now a ia
article in the diet of people liv-
every part of the world.
pr states produce more than 90
ent Of the entire annual pack OF
. corn. Iowa leads the list, con-
ing about 100000 cases; Illi-
second, with 100000 cases;
and third, with 2,250,000 cases,
lame fourth, with 100000 cas-
BIO cans 100000 cases and New
100000 cases of corn year;
PnSn preserves 100000 cases,
such states as Indiana and Min
put up from $4,000 to 100000
Of corn each per year.
uSandS of farmers have found
Fodulctlon of sweet corn for the
factory profitable specialize
~ OF their operations.
ST FIRES XIII 70.