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Show TOMATO CANNERS ASSURED PACK, OFFICIALS REPORT Ogden, May 11. Returning from a trip to southern Utah where a study of conditions under which selected tomato plants are raised, representatives representa-tives of the Utah Canners association report that although there will be a decided decrease in the acerage planted to tomatoes this year, canneries can-neries are assured of all the tomatoes they desire to pack. George Shorten assistant secretary of the Utah Canners association says that tomato plants can be raised in Washington county as early as California Calif-ornia can produce them and that they can be sent to any part of the state within 24 hours after being dug,, which decreases danger of rot. A truck load of these plants were sent to Erigham City for planting in Box-elder Box-elder county in IS hours. The committee that made the trip was composed of Pres. G. M. Barnes, Kaysville; Mr. Shorten, Ogden; J. E. Randall, North Ogden; Supt. Alma L. Wilson, Davis county experiment farm; Heber J. Webb, state agricultural agricul-tural inspector and John B. Marsh, assistant inspector. The decrease in tomato acreage is due to the action of the canning crops committee of the Utah State farm bureau which organization is holding out for $12 a ton instead of $10 a ton oftVred by the canners. Deseret "ews. |