Iron County Record | 1920-12-24 | Page 7 | The Farm Developer

THE FARM DEVELOPER No cause has contributed so directly to the development of the small farm, with its resulting prosperity to tho farmers, than has the canning industry. in-dustry. A few years ago, in the height of the season, it was practically impossible im-possible for farmers to dispose of their vegetable, berry and fruit crops at any kind of a figure. These crops were simply a drug on tho market, as they could not be consumed in their fresh form as rapidly as produced. The growth of the canning industry, with its advertising campaigns, introducing in-troducing canned fruits and vegetables vegeta-bles in all parts of the world, has changed all this, and today, under ordinary or-dinary conditions, the local cannery can consume practically all vegetables and fruits in tho busiest season of the year and pay the farmers a price which enables them tp develop farms nnd,.mnke a good living from smnll tracts of land. In our scheme of farm development, let us not overlook the canneries and vogetnblo and fruit packing plants. e