Show Davis County Harvests Record Cherry Crop A f l record-breaking record cherry chelTY crop has lias been produced and shipped Prom from Davis county count this year ac ne- according ac- ac according cording to agricultural experts and the facilities of the new Jost I Community Fruit Growers' Growers plant on highway 89 39 cast of llIe Kaysville I arc are being taxed in handling Hie I peak load Leo Lee Le Jost owner and operator of the plant reported Friday that tons of cherries have been packed and ami shipped from the I plant some by train tram and others I by truck The cherries go to lo a local canning company where they wit ul be requisitioned for fOl gUY gov government purchase and ail to lo large metropolitan areas in all parts of or orthe the country Royal Hoyal Ann Amt cherries bring the eleven cloven cents per Iel pound black cher cher- cherries cherries cherries ries bring jug per pound pou nd while hill the laney iam pack sells at per pound F F. 0 U. 0 D. D IJ Kaysville i Cherries arc aie delivered at t the i plant from the Una farms of ol the sur sur- surrounding rounding area aiea where w they are i sorted and packed in boxes The boxes are arc then placed in a crated vault with n temperature of 39 m degrees where here the thc they are aie tooled cooled prior to packing The cool cool- cooling cooling ing vault contains the newest lIe of equipment and has hus a three car ca ca- ca capacity With the aid of the rapid standard lard roller conveyers a rail rail- railroad railroad road car can be loaded in four hours Mr Jost said Forty persons are working in m inthe inthe the plant at present with Mrs Eleanor Isakson a daughter of Mr 11 Jost assisting as officer manager and persons are working in m inthe inthe the fields harvesting the trait truit Among the pickers arc are 40 German prisoners prisoner of war who work each day under the watchful eyes of armed guards Approximately Davis coun coun- county county county ty farmers have brought their cherries to the new plant where packing shipping and marketing problems arc are solved for the grow grow- er The record cherry crop was confirmed by DeLore Nichols county agricultural agent who said aid 42 train cars of cherries had already been shipped from Davis county compared to a total of 14 cars for the entire year of 1944 |