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Show CANNERIES FIND USE FOR WASTE FROM VEGETABLES Experience of several canning companies encourages the TJ. S. department of agriculture workers work-ers now active in finding ways to make use of the parts of canning vegetables that normally have been wasted or used inefficiently. One canning company did its own pioneer work along this line, starting 15 years ago, it has reported re-ported to the department. It devised de-vised equipment for drying tomato wastes cores, skins and culls at one of its plants. In the first years its selling agent had trouble in selling the product at $15 a ton as livestock feed. Last year the agent found ready demand at $50 a ton. Meanwhile the concern has been well enough satisfied with results to install drying machinery at another of its regional iplants, it reports to the production and marketing administration. PMA officials also know of at least six other vegetable canning concerns that are now drying some of the wastes from their plants, and at least five commercial drying plants are equipped to handle such material. |