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Show Utah Bear Industry Likely: . , Jr 1 Agitation Is Started Among Farmers i i Canneries Take Steps to Induce Farmers toj Plant Crop. Supply in United States Al-I most Exhausted in Filling War Orders Also! Held Another Factor in Favor of Promotion. .Agitation to Induce the farmers in Utah and especially thoso of the Salt i Lake valley to start a bean growing Industry, that the crop produced here might bo a step toward foiu-' stalling a bean famine in tho United States held highly probable as a re- j suit of tho drain on the supply oc-1 casloned by tilling largo export orders or-ders from European nations has ber:i started, by olllclals of the canning Industries, In-dustries, according to Herbert L. Herrlngton, secretary of the Utah Canning Company. Mr. Herrlngton said recently that whllo the canning companies had not laid plans for negotiations with tho farmers for entering into contracts with them for tho growing of beans for canning purposes in the coming spring and summer, that olllclals had talked the matter over with them and in the discussions had pointed out tho fact that tho soil of Utah and es pecially that of tho Salt Lako valley, val-ley, was especially adaptable to tho production of beans as an addition to other crops. That It would be a profitable prof-itable industry, Mr. Herrlngton said Is evidenced In tho fact that there is -always a market for tho canned product and tho increasing demand occasioned by tho enormous consumption con-sumption slnco tho outbreak of the war in Europe would mako It moru profitable. j U, A. C. Takes L'ead Mr Herrlngton stated that ho h.id received a request from J. Edward Taylor, secretary of the Utah Horticultural Horti-cultural Society to prepare an article arti-cle on the bean growing and canning Industry, covering tho subject in de tail, for circulation among tho Tanners, Tann-ers, thjvt ho had not found the tlmo to perform the task fiom nvillablo statistics, but had slgnllled his willingness will-ingness to comply. He asserted tha the Utah Agricultural College at Logan Lo-gan hail taken the lead In the state In the matter of promoting Interest In thoUean industry nnd that by ex-porltuMIta ex-porltuMIta at the Cdllege had demonstrated1 demon-strated1 that Utah soil was especially especial-ly adaptable to tho growth of beans that would bo suitable for canning and cooking purposes. Mr. Herrlngton stated further that the Utah canneries supplied tho local lo-cal demands for canned benits thru beans shipped hero from Michigan. The kind of beans raised In tho Wolverine Wol-verine state, ho pointed out, are practically prac-tically tho same as thoso raised In California, but of a llttlo better kind. This, together with the fact that the freight rates from Michigan, aro slightly lower than thoso from California Cali-fornia make tho Michigan beans more desirablo for canning purposes hy tho Utah canneries. Mr. Herrlngton's conclusions regarding re-garding tho possibility of tho establishment estab-lishment of n bean growing and canning can-ning Industry In Utah are similar to thoso contained In nn article nrepar-cd nrepar-cd by W. II Clin, commissioner of agrloulturn for tbo Denver & Hlo drnndo Rnllroad Company nnd tho Hlo Grando Southern Railroad Company. Com-pany. Tho article deals particularly with tho situation In tho western part of tho United States and Is as follows: "Tho writer has received rename Information that tho demand for beans for export during tho past eighteen eigh-teen months has absorbed all beans obtainable from ono end of this coun. try to tho other. Even tho normal do-mand do-mand for beans for the next twelvo months can not bo supplied, and the added call, occasioned by the European Europ-ean war, will tend to make tho demand de-mand even stronger. "This Ib tho year when a farmer wIMi several acres in good tilth will do well to plant this crop. neans contain as much protein ob meat and becauso of their low cost, palatablllty and hlsh food valuo, they have ho-como ho-como an Important article of dally diet for tho soldier at the front to tho prisoner In confinement, among all nations and It Is impossible to overestimate their present oxport valuo. "Today wholesale drnlors aro offering offer-ing VI and $5 a hundred In carload lots for beans. Our annual supply In tho United States Is from 11 vo to soven million bushels only. This Is hardly enough to supply homo consumption, con-sumption, to say nothing of tho pros-ont pros-ont enlarged export demand. Tho great majorl'y of tho beans of tho nation na-tion ore grown In Michigan, New York, California, whllo Maine, Wisconsin, Wis-consin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, 'Florida, Virginia, and West Virginia arc important bean growing states, "The average yield taken by tho United States crop statistics department depart-ment Is COO pounds to the acre. Under Un-der Irrigation, In Colorado, as high as 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre have been obtained, A person who will cultivate his beans as ho would lur corn, planted on an thing llko reasonable reas-onable good soil, should bo able to obtain from 900 to 1200 pounds per acre. Tho market will JUbtlfy him counting on obtaining better than 4 cents per pound, or (I n hundred. "This crop Bhould not bo planted until all danger of frost has passed and great caro needs to be given to irrigation of tho crop. Consult your county agent or tho stato collei;o crop man, In reference to both proper prop-er cultural methods and irrigation for his crqp. Choose that type that your local seed dealer or tho special crop man of tho college recommends Is best ndnptcd to J our locality ami local market, "Tho principal thing Is, plnn first of all to plant at least a few nereis, as ono sldo lino cash crop. Second, plant In rows sufficiently wide for uso of a horso cultivator. Third, keep the crop growing vigorously from tho start. Fourth, harvest In the Irrigated section early In tho morning, beforo the Intense rays of tho sun render the podB so dry that the beans shell badly. Do not harvest har-vest In the field during tho heat of the day. Tho crop should bo alio, ed to come to full maturity to pro-vent pro-vent any shrinkage of tho bean. "Mexican beans, tho Martha Washington Wash-ington (a type of small navy bean) ami me Kiuney ucun, seem to ua western favorites. "The amount of seed required to plant nn acre, varies with tho variety, vari-ety, from 40 to 7G pounds. Probably the best harvest returns havo been obtained when beans wero planted in drills rather than hills. For thU an nverpi'" grain seeder can ho used for planting, stopping up as many seed tubes In the grain seeder ns you find necessary to glvo tho average width for successful cultivation. "The "seed should bo planted In medium shallow, with Just enoui;h dirt to cover to give a moist seed bpd and Insuro quick germination. Ono of the requirements of a good bean crop Is quick, sturdy germination, germina-tion, producing a good stand. "Tho writer believes that beans can bo successfully cultivated nnd irrigated ir-rigated In rows 2R Inches npart "It Is to ho hoped that In small orchards whero trees havo not yet i como Into bearing, ground ran bo oc- cupled between rows with this crop, without Injury to tho trees and with profit to the grower. "Let us consider a few acres of beans for our farm crop plans for 191C." Ogdcn Examiner. ' |