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Show PEA CANNING IN-1 DUSTRY A BIG THING A decided Impetus will bo given to tho pea canning' Industry In Cacho Volley with tho completion of tho largo brick canning factory now under un-der construction nt Smlthftuld, according ac-cording to Dr. M. C. Merrill, professor profes-sor of horticulture at tlio'Utuh Agricultural Agri-cultural College. Not only will this modern factory bo completed tn tlmo for tho 1920 pea crop, but twenty-qlght twenty-qlght new vlnerg wll nUo he teady for operation. This growth of tho pea canning In-dustty In-dustty comes a particularly pleasing development to tho Experiment stiw jloiV6f1henJ.V.6. ay DrMenlfu r .ti The station at Logan has been carrying carry-ing on cxpelmental work with canning can-ning ci ops for a number of years. It demonstrated the adaptability of Cache valley to tho production of peas and has watched carefully tbn growth In tho acreage planted to pens as tho fanners of tho valley nro learning of the excellence of tho ctop. "The Introduction of peas as a commercial crop In Cacho valley Is of extremo lmporta.no to tho Btablllt of farming here," says Dr. Mo M. "It Is not good agriculture to crop large areas of sugar beets year after year without rotation. Rotation of heota with peas offens an ndinli.tbhi solution of this problem. The peas greatly Increase tho fortuity of the land for beets and tho sugar beet In-dusliyand In-dusliyand pea Industry dovetail nlro ly Into tho agricultural operatlonH ft tho farmers." Cacho valley has been exporting canned peas tor but two years anl ' it, t yet tho Industry lins nBsumcd large proportions. Last year tho factory nt Smithfleld supplied by tne vlnors, canned 25,000 cases of high grade peas. This year with a now and a much larger factoiy and with twenty twen-ty eight additional vlners tho output will probably roach 100,0.00 cases. Tho now factory will be a thrfe-itory thrfe-itory brick structure, well lighted, and fitted with modorn machinery. Tho grounds ate being planned by Mr. Emll Hansen of tho depatrmciit of horticulture of the Utah Ag Icul-tural Icul-tural College. A.flno ofllce building will also be built near tho factory. |