Show Small Percent Of Utah's Crops Are Marketed Fresh The fresh market sales o of f Utah's four top canning vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables snap beans sweet corn coin green peas and tomatoes amounts amounts amounts a- a mounts to only about 20 per pei percent percent cent of the total revenue re received received re- re by Utah farmers for these crops clops This was brought out by the figures on last years year's bumper crops as released by bythe bythe bythe the U. U S. S Department of Agri Agri- culture The USDA reports that Utah growers of the four vegetables mentioned received for tons of the four crops last year The smaller crop the previous year brought the grow growers ers ens I In contrast to the almost five million dollars paid for the crops by cannery canner and freezers fresh market sales of these vegetables amounted t tonly to only about last year There are approximately Utah farms growing the vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables in mention and their in increased increased in- in creased crops are arc in line with increased demands throughout the U. U S. S Consumption of canned canned canned can can- ned vegetables in the U. U S. S has risen to pounds per person per year according to Dr II E E. Michl economist for American Can Company which supplies millions of containers for Utah I crops I |