Mr. Hegerle: We pay from 3/4 of a cent up to 4 cents a pound. Sometimes a man brings in some that are almost too good to throw away, they are big and stringy, and rather than send them home we think we have got to take them and pay him something for them. We would rather not have them, and we usually dump them. Starting from that we pay up to three and four cents. Four cents for well sorted and mostly small beans. They have got to be graded, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Number 1 is the smallest, and they bring the best price. We pay in proportion to the number 1's and 2's in the load.
Mr. Sauter: What tomato do you find the best for canning?
Mr. Hegerle: Well, the Earliana.
Mr. Sauter: Do you have any trouble with those bursting the cans?
Mr. Hegerle: No, sir.
Mr. Sauter: We had that trouble in canning for our own use. They burst the can, they expanded.
Mr. Hegerle: That is the fault of the man, not of the tomato.
Mr. Sauter: They were picked and canned the same day.
Mr. Hegerle: Probably not sterilized enough. Sterilizing fruit is the main thing. A tomato is really one of the easiest things to can.
Mr. Sauter: In other tomatoes we don't have that trouble. It seems to hurt the sale of them to the women folks.