The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-03-22
SUGAR CORN PRICES

corn growers of Carroll County at
| Westminster on Saturday, March g.,
| it was agreed after consideration of
| the many factors, that a price OF
/ $500 per ton for Stowells Ever
green and $1,000 for little grain
Stowells would be the price that the
| growers of this county should re-
ceive this year for their crop.
The meeting was called and held
under the auspices of the Carroll
County Farm Bureau and was called
so that all those interested in the
| growing and canning of sugar corn
could counsel together and SO COOP
crate that the industry could operate
on basis profitable to both grower
| and Gamer.
| VIM. Paul Walker of the Depart
ment of Rural Economics Of the
University Of Maryland, addressed
| the meeting. Mr.. Walker explained
sugar corn in the counties Of Car
| roll and Frederick.
| His figures showed that it costs
/ the farmers of this area, for the
years of 1925, 1926 and 1927, an
sverage of $500 to grow an acre of
Stowells Sugar Corn; or 1884 per
ton. That the average yield for
this period was 2.40 tons per acre.
| The net income based ON IN aver
age Of s14.43 per ton paid by the
Gamers for this three year period,
was $1.18 per acre, not per ton.
| Mr.. Walker said, with sweet
corn selling at S14.0O per ton it is
necessary to produce "a tons per
acre in Carroll and Frederick coun-
| ties to cover actual cost of produc-
| tion. At $500 per ton it is neces-
sary to produce 2.25 tons per acre to
cover cost of production.
| DR.. S. H. DeVault, head OF the
Department Of Rural Economics of
the University of Maryland was the
next speaker and explained some of
1.-THE facts pertaining to the problems
and the costs of canning sugar corn.
/ He showed that the average costs
of canning No. 2 Crushed CORN per
dozen cans in 1926 was $500, in
l1926 s.8918, in 1927 $.8775 or for
the three year period an average of
$.S828 per dozen cans.
The average selling price Of No.
2 corn for the three year period ws
$.93 per dozen cans.
Deducting the above cost Of $SS2S
from the above selling price left a
profit for the Gamer of $.047 per
dozen cans, or $.O94 per case of 2
dozen cans.
i \ He showed that the Gamer gets an
average of 1913 cases from ton of
law stock. Figured at the above
Arofit per case of $.094, the Gamer
made an average of $2.75 on every
ItSn of sugar corn he purchases and
packs.
III TAa gamer in Carroll county In
! n 81 lid 1875 per ton FOR corn.
4 AS the figures showed, it cost the
growers 1894 to produce the corn,
it was evident that the growers lost
$.44 per ton produced.
With the Gamers announcement,
since the call of this meeting, that
shey were willing to pay $500 this
year for Stowells (and $1,000 for
little grain StowelIs) it is evident
the Gamers realized the growers
situation and were willing to meet
the growers a little more than half
way by paying an increase OF $l.5O
nor ton This advance meant a cut
ting in half of their profit OF $2.75
per ton on raw stock purchased.
Henry C. Whiteford, of Hartford
county, a large grower and Gamer
of sugar corn was next introduced.
Mr.. Whiteford said they were paying
$4,000 per ton this year for Shoe
Peg corn, and that in view of the
present market for canned corn,
$4,000 was all any Gamer could
safely afford to pay for Stowells,
which runs about $500 per ton
Hover than Shoe Peg.
Mr.. Whiteford stated that if the
acreage planted to sugar corn last
year had yielded normal crop,
there would have been packed more
corn than the public could consume.
i With the prospective increase in
price in 1929 to the grower, he was
fearful OF the growers planting a
larger acreage this year. He urged
the growers not to do this, hut to
bend their efforts toward better
| yields per acre and to secure and
4 deliver better quality.
After much discussion by the
grcwers present, the following reso-
Hutton was unanimously adopted:
Fl EESOLvED-That in view OF The
information and cost data presented
to us this day by a group of disin-
/ terested parties, we the growers OF
sugar corn, meeting this 9th day OF
March. 1929, under the auspices of
i the Carroll County Farm Bureau,
! do express it as our belief that SIS
lfor Stowells (and SIG for little grain
IStowells) is a fair and proper price.
We believe our Gamers at these
prices will be paying all they can
properly afford and we recommend
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