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Show OUTLOOK 13 BRIT FORMERS Prospects Are That Tomato Crop m Weber Will Be Record breaker Special to The Tribune, OGDEN Aug 16. Whl e several of the plants were placed In operation In a small way last week nearly a 1 of the canning factories of the county will be started up next Wednesday on the annual run of to- tnatoes according to I N Pierce presl dent of the Utah Canning company This win be ten days In advance of any other tomato run In the history of the d strict and means the canners be eve that t e season 8 output of the fa tor es w b eak all records i The contracts made bj the canners and f rowers prov de t ia the facto es s a uy all tomatoes de lvered up to a cer tain date and the ab ty to start the op ratlon of the factories two weeks n ad vance of the usual season means that the eanners w be ab e to put up an enorm ous pack, Usua y hundreds of tons of tomatoes are rendered worth ess "for can olng by the early frosts, but this year searly all of the fru t ehou d be harvest d before the f rst frost appears Although the European var has added to the expense of the canners by reason of the ad ance n the pr ce of tin t a condition v. 1 also contr bute to the r profits on the packed product accord ng to prominent rac ory owners The b g eastern factor es n Mary and where the bu k of the tomatoes are canned, w 1 sh p a most s 1 of the r produc o, Europe leav ng the ra dd e west or M ssouri val ley te ritory open to the Utah canners Tl)o Utah racke s have a ways found the r best mar et In the mldd e west a d sout west states and the absence of the eastern tomatoes from that terr ton this sea son It s believed shou d produce an un precedented market for the U ah pack. |