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Show ' Good Crop Brings $57 to Growers Agreement as to prices to be paid for peas in Utah 4.he coming season was reached at Otrden last week between the committee of the Utah State Farm Bureau and a committee of the Utah Canners association. ; Growers are to be given approximately approxima-tely $2 a ton more than they received Irom their crop in 1927. Prices agreed , upon were as follows: Early peas No. 1, $62 per ton; No. 2 40 per ton; No. 3, $20 per ton. ' Late 8weet peas No. 1, $57 per ton; No. 2, $35 per ton; No. 3, $15 per ton. The question as to the prices to be Paid for tomatoes was not taken up and will be disposed of at a conference between the same principals at the canners office soon. . Coincident with the announcement of the increased prices to be paid for J comes the additional information that the pack will be increased by approximately ap-proximately 200,000 cases. Last year the Smlthfield factory of the Morgan Canning company was shut down, and this decreased the acreage in the local- l y. This year the Smithfield plant will be in full blast and the acreage, as a result will be largely increased. Illrly Peas are not grown In this sec-so sec-so that the price quoted for that lass of peas does not effect the Manti and Ephraim plant growers. Our cropf j conie in the late sweet pea class. |