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Show TOMATO GROWERS HEAR GOOD REPORT i A very enthusiastic and .well attended at-tended meeting of farmers who are interested in the proposition to glow tomatoes, etc., here extensively for the early northern market was held Monday night. Walter Cannon reported the result of the visit made about three weeks ago by himself, Edw. R. Frei, W. O. Bentley. and B. Jarvis, Jr., to Hurricane Hurri-cane to meet with Mr. Smith, of the firm of Smith & Hancock, Commission Commis-sion agents of Salt Lake. Said that Mr. Smith recommended the growing of green tomatoes for the early market, and, incidentally, some ripe ones; did not recommend extensive exten-sive planting with the idea of shipping ship-ping ripe bnes. The tomatoes from here can be put on the Salt Lake " market from two to three weeks earlier than those growing elsewhere in the state. After putting the early tomatoes on the Salt Lake market it would not pay to continue shipping them. Those that were grown after the high price market closed could be canned at home to big advantage with some of the canning outfits extensively extensive-ly used individually. In the late fall shipping to Salt Lake could be profitably profit-ably resumed, after the north ceased growing them in the open. Mr Smith offered to advance all materials, baskets, boxes, etc., for shipping the crop up to the extent of $3,000. which proved conclusively that Smith & Hancock feel assured of was pleased that B. Jarvis, Jr., had the success of the move. Said he gone into the business of growing the young tomatoe plants, and further advised the obtaining all seed from one reliable place and all of one kind. The committee's report was enthusiastically enthus-iastically received. (Continued on Page Five) TOMATOJROWING (Continued from Page One) shed-like structure resembling a greenhouse except that the covering was' muslin, etc., instead of glass. Iry this he will have his hot heds. The size of this structure can be readily appreciated when Mr. Jar-vis Jar-vis says he can grow 100,000 plants one and one-half inches apart in it, and this is the number he will grow. Many of our farmers have taken hold of this move with the greatest of enthusiasm, and The News would hate to be accused of being pessimistic pessimis-tic of the result, still we feel, justified justifi-ed in advising caution in what is so much of an experiment. Go slow and watch results. At the same time it is necessary that we grow sufficient this year to justify the great interest being shown in Dixie by the Salt ' Lake commission agencies. Something has to- be done to bring icney into Dixie. Fruits, vegetables, vege-tables, poultry and intensive cultivation cultiva-tion of our soil is what will do it. While this start in extensive tomatoe growing is largely experimental, it may prove the means of demonstrating demonstrat-ing beyond all doubt that a large cannery here would prove very Profitable. Remarkable profits in onion grow-"! grow-"! hiive been made all over this state f -. ' Jdaho. Utah alone shipped ''i ''-ioads of onions this year, j O'jf in the Dixie country are re-1 re-1 m-J fly prolific, the soil and clim-I clim-I ftitadmirably suitable for their Slx fi. They are easily shipped andV seenf to us that there should be Ag profit p growing them in Dix-le- Probably n growing onions for market the samJ,lle would apply to tllem as to the ornatoes all one grown in order t0 secure a Pri-table Pri-table market. A cl'ange js coniiing to Dixie that ' better for ar1 concerned. The ' will glms devoted' mainly to alfalfa ter cult?vd in theijj Place wiu be bet" much grea.sniallS farms yieldi"S a work connects Pt0it- While more intensive, hem wUI ,thave to get up V 3 lock '"I 'be morning and w orkunt,1; n,Sht, as some of oui- alfalfa faiv0 nw do in the busy season.. In ado", ''on, The smaller, more profitable tarms may be the mean's of keeping r young people at home to- attend Jnem instead of so many of them having for other places, as they have "one for a great many years. . A nig change is abou' to take place ln Dixie, but it will be 'or the better. ? firmly believe. A demonstration w lS given of a canning process for t.matoes which i w been successful proven, the I- nt beig an inexpensive one. P The editor saw what B. Jarvis, Jr., , wing toward growing the plants, 1 New Years day. Mr. Jarvis and . lh S011s were then finishing a large i i |