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Show From Mt. Pleasant Pyramid. A fruit packing plant is the next industry of importance promised for Sanpete County. N. H. Omanscn o' Spring City has determined to crcrt such a plant at his fruit ranch at Spring City and announces that In will have it in operation soon. Mr. Omanscn proposes to both cx- port and import fruit of all kinds1. He will handle that which he grows himself him-self and as much more ias he can gef control of of that raised by others in 1 this section. He -expects to purchase I it in bulk, have, it delivered to him at I Spring Gty where he will pack it and 1 then ship it for market. All fruits and 1 berries are to be handled that way. If 1 tl'-er-c is demand from within for out- I side fruit of any kind Mr. Omanscn 1 will purchase same and ship here for 1 a market. He is strongly of the 9 opinion that he can build up nn im- 1 portant wdustiy for. himself by his I . venture and at the same time ma- terially assist local fruit interests. The building to be used is now in course of construction. It is 50 feet S long of suitable width with basement fl and cement floors and will be cqtiip-m cqtiip-m ped according to modern ideas. Mr. Omansen expects iet summer to install 1a1 canning plant at Spring I City. He lias much fruit Himself H which can be handled to better ad- vantVipo by thcC;inning prooess and he believes he can get many growers to can their product. The plant will be of small capacity to begin with, buc it will be succptiblc of enlargement at small cost. A fruit and vegetable canning plant from 1500 to 2500 cans capacity daily fa to be secured to begin be-gin with. . From Ephraim Enterprise. W. H. Omcnson, the well-known fruit grower of Spiing City, one of the few men .who have placed fruit growing on a scientific basis in this county, attributes hisNsuccc&s along this line to the fact that he has used every possible discretion, in the selection selec-tion of fruits!. He says that he Ira? found the conditions in this county well adapted to the raising of small fruits and certain kinds of apples. All of these fruits must of course be adapted to this locality, and Mr. Omcnon maintains that Sanpete would be a good fruit growing county if the farmers paid more attention to, the selection of proper varieties. Too many of the farmers who attempt to raise fruit in this county, he says, buy varieties that arc adapted to warmer climates, and this account for the fact that the industry is not as great in this county as it might be Mr. Omcnson exports approximately 2,000 cases of raspberries -each season. He. expresses the opinion that this ;s an industry which cam be developed so as to be a source of considerable revenue to the county. |