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Show Growers Are Marketing Better Tomatoes Schools for supervisors and pickers pick-ers in tomato grading and payment pay-ment of higher wages to workers picking a high percent of US number one grade are combining to raise the quality of tomatoes turned in to Utah canning factories factor-ies this year, according to Dr. Ar-vil Ar-vil L. Stark, horticulturist for the Utah Extension Service. "In past years, pickers have been paid a flat rate per lug a rate that has seen pickers sacrifice quantity for quality. Over a period of several years only about 62 to 66 percent of the tomatoes picked were graded number ones. This year pickers are educated to the various grades and are paid according ac-cording to the grade as well as the amount," the horticulturist said. "This year's price scale for pickers pay $19.50 a ton for number num-ber ones and $10.15 a ton for number twos. From a comparison of these prices it is evident that pickers can afford to take longer and pick the higher grade tomatoes." |