Show I v n 11 I f n I e j e 1 a le e CONSUMPTION OF UTAH PRODUCTS ON INCREASE Utah growers of apples cherf cherries cher cher- ties des peaches and snap beans have helped push U. U S. S consumption tion of canned varieties of the four foods to record levels A recent report of the U U. S. S Department of Agriculture revealed re reo that per capita consumption tion of the four canned foods reached new highs last year According to the departments department's study the average American now eats annually these record amount of canned foods 22 pounds of apple products 18 pounds of cherries 58 pounds of peaches and 34 pounds of snap beans The Increasing increasing- popularity of If the four foods is in line with the doubling of the per capita consumption of all canned foods In the past 25 years reported the American Can Company which perfected the convenient metal container which makes seasonal foods staple year year round round Items terns Another example of the upward up ward trend In consumption of canned foods is Js tomatoes Utah's No 1 vegetable which has reached cached the highest mark since 1943 1943 with a rate of 51 pounds per person Federal crop reports list 1951 production In Utah at bushels of apples tons of cherries bushels of of peaches leaches 2600 tons of snap beans and nd tons of tomatoes I |