Show Sanpete Attend Meet at Provo Thirty-seven Thirty farmers of Sanpete at attended attended attended at- at tended the Annual Canning Crop Growers' Growers School at Provo January 8 The communities of Mayfield Sterling Manti Ephraim Spring City and Mt Pleasant were represented at the school The Sanpete delegation was headed by R. R R. R Keetch county agent Talks and discussions at the school explained the studies of I Ithe the Utah State Experiment Station and also the studies made by W. W D. D Wallace Wallace Wal Val Vallace lace of Bringham Young University The pea growers discussed the changes they desired in the use of the method of grading Suggestions were made to the effect that consideration be given returns per acre of peas rather than returns per ton of peas It was also stressed that more careful consideration was needed needed need need- ed in securing samples of peas Growers Grow Grow- need need-I ers urged canners to train viner oper oper- in getting a true sample of peas saving Labor-saving equipment and pea weevil control were also discussed Some saving labor-saving equipment will be used in the future to enable larger I sized fields of peas to be grown Fewer Few Few- er growers with an increased acreage is the trend Growers were interested in the production production production pro pro- of canning corn and were in instructed instructed instructed in- in about a cropping program and given results of experimental data on the best varieties to plant The proposed acreage for the two canneries in the County for 1947 is 1400 acres of peas and acres of canning corn Those going from Manti were Eldred Eldred Eldred El- El dred Kjar Audray Ax Axel l Anderson Anderson An An- Anerson derson erson Grant Dyreng and Frank C Garbe p o |