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Show Farmer, Workmen Benefits Seen in Canning Factory's Seasonal Run f. underway, there are about 200 women wo-men and at least 100 men em-, ployed. The plant also provides work on a yearly basis for about 20 men. In addition to the crops mentioned, men-tioned, the canning factory has about 20 acres of carrots under (Continued on page two) i A source of income, possibly larger than most people realize, to workmen and farmers in this area, is the local canning factory operated oper-ated by Eddington Canning Co. Inc., under management of W. Mark Eddington. Presently completing one of the major phases of operation, that of processing corn from some 600 acres of local farm land, the cannery can-nery has provided a payroll of some $15,000 to employees alone every two weeks during the heaviest heav-iest part of the canning season. In addition to this amount, payments pay-ments on contracts for peas have just been made in the amount of about $50,000 to farmers in the Springville-Mapleton area; also in Sanpete county and at Kamas from whom about 635 acres of peas were contracted. The cannery has also processed in the neighborhood of 1000 bushels bush-els of cherries earlier in the season sea-son in addition to about 5000 bushels of peaches. The peas, early corn and cherries were all frozen, while peaches, the later corn and the tomatoes will be done regular pack. The cannery has contracted for about 200 acres of tomatoes and for about 200 acres of later corn, Besides regular canned tomatoes, toma-toes, the factory also makes puree and catsup and these products along with all others from the local lo-cal concern, finds a ready market throughout Utah and in many other states. At the peak of employment at the factory, when corn is being canned and the tomato pack is |