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Show Growing Tomatoes For Canning Purposes As the Lehi Commercial Club is, offering of-fering every farmer some freo tomato plants to try out their land, the following fol-lowing article Is printed to tell how others grow them: Nearly every farmer or Bomo member mem-ber of the family has probably raised tomatoes for their own consumption each year, but tho raising of tomatoes for canning purposes differs somewhat materially, nnd for Hint reason i lengthy treatise upon the growing ot lomatoes Is coiiBldered worthy of publication. pub-lication. As with all crops for canning can-ning purposes, tho variety must bo right and tho seed pure, If a large yield Is desired. Among tho different varieties which are considered bosl for tills purposo oxporlcnco has proven that tho "New Stono" variety bonds the list, being a strong grower nnd a large, smooth, firm tomato, which ripens rip-ens very early. The other varieties in general use nro tho "Perfection," "Fnvorlto" nnd "Pnrngon." In securing secur-ing seed for the raising of tomatoes it Is nlways best to sccuro it nt tho canning can-ning fnctory, whero it will bo Bold to you nt cost and you nro sure of getting get-ting seed which Is puro nnd fresh The transplanting should bo don6 ns soon ns tho ground Is thoroughly warm and after all danger of frost 1b pnst. Tho plants should bo set in rows about five feet apart in tho row nnd the rowu from llvo to six root apart. It requires from 2,000 to 2,600 plants per ncrc. The plants should bo set deep In the ground nnd the ground mndo firm about them, and In dry weather the) should bo liberally watered when set out. In somo sections tomato growers grow-ers arc using the ordlnnry tobneco planter for setting out the plants, nnd It is giving gonernl sntlafnction. Thoro Is a I bo u hand planter mndo which can bo secured from either tho canning can-ning company or implement dealers which retails for about $5, which is said to give good satisfaction in the planting of either tomatoes or cabbage. cab-bage. In the cultivation of tho plants, If the ground Is In good condition nnd freshly hnrrowed nt tho tlmo of plnntlng, plnnt-lng, it will not be necessary to uso the hoo nt nil. Two or thrco cultivations nro neceBsnry, but they should bo very light, Just sufficient to stir tho top soil, but there should bo no cultivating cultivat-ing dono after tho plants have made a good growtli and hnvo commenced to blossomr as continual cultivation onuses continual growth of tho vino nnd retards tho ripening of the (rult. No other attention of tho plant la necessary ne-cessary until tho fruit commencos to ripen nnd Is ready for delivery to the. factory. The delivery should bo made in tkr-ulnr tkr-ulnr bushel crates the crates will be furnished the grower by the canning company nt actual cost. The Cramer folding crnte is considered the best nnd Is used by nil tho lending canning companies. It is customary for tho canning factory to own a set of crates and an exchange of crates is mude at the factory - tho grower Blmply exchanging ex-changing his full crates for empty ones, Tho fruit should bo handled with care, und by rights It should bo hauled to tho factory on a wagon which hasB prlngs, bo as to avoid bruising. Thoy must bo delivered to the fnctory In a thoroughly ripe and red condition, as all green portions of the fruit must bo cut nwny, making It moro expensive to peel mid prepare tho fruit for canning and tho grower miBtulna a los3 in such fruit. In fact, tomntocB miiBt bo lit good marketable condition when dellvorcd. Tho nverago yelld of tomateoa Is from 2.ri0 to COO bushols per acre. With 2,000 plants to tho acre, and a Yield of one peck of tomatoes to the plant, thoro will he a yield of fiOO bushels to tho acre. The average factory price Is from eighteen to twenty-tbreo conts p r bushel and this mnkea tomatoes ono of tho most prollliible crops that can be grown unoii a farm. It is the history of all the now fact? oiics that It Is n hard matter tho llrst bcusou to sccuro tho required acreage of tomatoes, owing to the fact that Inexperienced growers do not care to grow tomatoes on account of tlio supposed hard labor required, but tho racts nre that there Is no crop plnnted that Is more sure of a good, profitable yield, nnd n there is a period of from bIx to uovon weeks In which the'mnrkctlng can bo done, It does not crowd the grower for tlmo or help, The grower enn secure se-cure the crop gathered where he has not the necessary help himself, by paying by the bushel tho uume hb for gathering Btrnwbenica or other fruits. Somo farmers have mi Idea hat the growlng'of tomatoes will Im-notorlsh Im-notorlsh the land, but such Is not tho case; It will Improve It. Ono of tho largest tomato growers In Indlnnu nys "You nuiy take an ucro of old, ,nrnout laud, plant mid cultlvnto nnd raise thrco consecutive crops of tomatoes toma-toes and you will hnvo brought tho soil back almost to Its virgin purity und richness, nnd -at tho same time keep your land from washing. |