| Show CITE INCREASE IN ACREAGE IN vegetables FOR CANNING indications that the 1930 acreage devoted to peas for fo r canning may be 10 percent larger than the acres harvested in 1929 are contained in preliminary reports to the department part ment of AgI agriculture culture from canning firms who are understood to represent nearly one half of the 1929 acreage peas are the earliest of the three most important vegetable crops f for or canning and last year the crop approximated tons although the acreage devoted to peas in 1929 was the largest in twelve years the crop was ab about out 2 per cent less than in 1928 1923 increasing acreage in peas and other vegetables has been in response to growing demands in the united states for canned goods |
