Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-28 | Page 7 | reduction Noted in Canning Crops

ITSilfiSips i Tomato Acreage 30 Per Cent Less Than in 1918, I Report States. tc Seduction in the contract acreage for Y canning crops is noted in a recent bul-I bul-I fletin from the bureau of crop estimates, S irecnived by M. M. Justin, field agent jfor Utah ami Nevada for the bureau, lyy Acreage of tomatoes contracted, as re- ported to July 11 by 812 factories, was rAl 3,550, as compared with 161,041 Y acres from the same factories last year. On peas, factories reported So,- 619 acres under contract this year, as i compared with 90,338 by the same fae-j fae-j f teries last year. There is a similar A reduction in the acreage of sweet corn, 71 though there is a slight increase in f.he oeieage of suan beans reported from I ( 231'. factories. j I "The returns from tcmato canners," j I tho bulletin says, "indicate a reduc-f reduc-f ton in contract acreaqe of abo:it '') A p.T cent. This reduction is undoubted-)y undoubted-)y due to the reluctance of packers to contract at the prices asked by grow- ers, preferring to depend upon the open i market for a larger part of their sup-1 sup-1 plies than formerly. "As this percentage represents only about 56 per cent of the total acreage t$ contracted in 1918, it cannot be con-Osidered con-Osidered as a final figure, and may be slightly increased or diminished when y a larger number of concerns are heard from. The figure certainly represents i I a larger reduction in the pack than is , I likely to occur, as it appears that a : I much larger tonnage will be purchased I " in open market than usual. "