| Show world s L aref s t pea cannery in W 21 7 7 low ier I 1 11 4 mi kf A georgev george V rountree jr correspondent for the coming ago agea a magazine published in new york city made a evecia trip to smithfield to get firs first band hand information about the morgan canning factory among other thing things mr rountree said experts all over the country are agreed that the smithfield utah factory of the morgan canning company any lai Is absolutely without parallel conict it ia is difficult to determine which branch of the institution arouses the grei greatest test enghu basra the farm management the imposing structure itsell the equipment or the personnel the smithfield plant was designed and equipped throughout by employed emp loyes of the morgan canning company its personnel arso anel one hundred per cent american re r an exhibits loyalty and fidelity to the institution of their building that ets sets an example for every industry of the country the inspiring genius is james A anderson president of the morgan canning company and the recent president of the national can ners as association comparatively few canners have the opportunity to visit utah and few have seen what is generally consid ered the most remarkable ft f toly of its kind in existence so it is the pur pose of this article to bring smith fied field to the rest rost of the country ohp chrt t canners may r receive ceide as much benefit and inspiration from the experience canning progressive americans are never satisfied with as they are but happily this ti tion stimulates them to bigger and better things the cor opler of its citizenry is one of the reasons our country leads the world in so many lines of endeavor records are broken each year in sports in business and in almost a all 11 human pursuits the canning industry hax has cevelo developed ke d with other leading industry industries e 3 and has surpassed many while it is a far cry indeed to the crude little can nery of forty years ago the special zed systematized packing establish sh ment merit of today dates its development to a period much more recent for which the space of a dozen years is enough to account the contrast is strikingly tr exemplified in the smithfield utah factory of the morgan canning company which with its nine complete lines may be considered the largest and most modern c canning anning factory in the world today A stub study ly of a few of the unusual features fe of this remarkable enterprise will disclose not only the high state of the develop ment merit to which the industry has been brought but will suggest new ideas and greater possie possibilities fittes that might be employed to advantage by even the most advanced of the more eastern and besides ea canning centers golding pea holding interest aos a ca canning ining factory brimful of methods method is no not often encountered the morgan canning company personal achievement of a degree little short of sensational the smithfield plant is loc located sted in a veri veritable pet pe canners paradise at gods saw fit somi prehistoric tim timm the to ath the aside and leava cache valle a IL strip of the most fertile land in the intermountain int mountain region this valley begins thirty mile northeast of ogden extend extends thirty five miles north in into to southern idaho and is approximately twelvie miles wide a at t its centar centera a huge bowl of opportunity surrounded by the snow clad wasatch range tf lf the rocky mountains about one otie third of the valley is under a comIl complete lete system of irrigation and is highly I 1 cultivated another third is devoted to dry farm ini 1 and the remainder is low the chief hief products of the ted land c fr irrigated soil are sugar mug ir beets pot potatoes 1 and other es the dry farm bench lands where the rich loam moisture hold remarkable F possesses 0 assesses to wheat at alfalfa given ing 1 g qualities are and other grains to is perhaps second dairying and cache sugar beets in the valley average e of county count produces an pounds oun Z a of anil milk k dally daily the p unimproved fand grazing and thill land is excellent for bett her with the available sugar i together ft irl ideal I 1 pulp a id A oil silage age makes an beet bee tj l ire sugar combination fee feed challow oli allow while peas are feeder feeders i deep ele certain 16 and each deposit deposits feeders feeters the growth of the menta ments essen essential bial for these of other therefore rotation 13 t advisable and profitable crop TOPS great care must be taken wil wita A the seed to alibin a crop of uniform qualities and it is in line with the most advanced canning technique for he canner to develop h his is own teed seed 11 stocks tocks when the scale of his operations so permits thus we find a department of the morgan canning company especially devoted to this purpose and it if an any canner needs proof of the serious attention given to this end of the business bustness at smithfield 1 1 e can profit from a glance at the seed room v malch aich contains every ever modem modern device and facility for selecting g the iced seed stock used in growing the raw product pio duct in the first place the original seed has been carefully selected for variety rarie ty grade and quality it if it ben milled and hand picked and next run through a fanning mill after thiu this it Is a run through another fanning mill in n the top of which a screen is tilted fitted with holes that prevent oversized peas from rom passing through another anther screen Is s provided at tb bottom tt ic r ing ng all undersized peas chis leaves the uniform evenly graded peas to go 0 o through between these screens the seed is then run over the picking tables where off color seed and kernels not true to type are picked out in the sweet wrinkled peas particular attention is paid to elaml eliminating n abing seed thai that r ambles or borders on the dinou tit round type the reaton real on for which is that the 1 latter t t er tends to de celop earlier than the regular strain of sweet wrinkled peas tah t f bourre would produce over ripe rire pea peas at the time when the bulk of the crop is most suitable for canning in the early or alaska variety careful attention Is paid to picking out kernels that are rot not true to that variety or type careful testa tests in frowine these peas hive have proved that the smaller or under sized seed tends to mature earlier than the evenly gra kd peas while the over sized seed haa has a tendency to mature later therefore the object of screening out over and undersized peas and hand picking then them is to produce an article in between that will be uniform in size and grade as well laell as uniform in matu itty and quality after the seed stock is thus prepared thorough germination testa tests are made seed prepared in this manner p a well nigh perfect strain for the early as a well as the late variety the article continues wit with h clear cut d descriptions of the viner station operations extensive grading facilities special convener con venor system w warehouse shipping dipping and concludes with the fol lowing the morgan canning compala is a 8 corporation owned by two brothers othera br james A and joseph M andersen anderson both men were raised on a cattle ranch and farm near morgan utah in 1901 they bought the morgan canning company at ala timo time a small one line plant at alatan Alt tan for which only one viner vas was 11 rj it packed only to 70 cases a year through hard work constant application tion and audd th ability to absorb and use ane ne abst ideas of otner canners they have grown until they now have a capacity in their two factories in the neighborhood of halt half a million case cases thes these factories now pack a I y year c ar in three hours as many peas a as a the original factory packed during an entire canning season smithfield has a capacity of 00 day those not fa cases of peas per culiar with mith the canning processes may clear picture of what hat this ca get a means mr andorson andirson remarked lacity that one time a 1031 1 dy F proudly ou adly t told li aim of her talents in cannin canning gg food for her own household she 5 elated that she generally put up about quat quarts ts fit if fruit fruits and vegetables for the fam ilys supply ard inquired how lone it take the smithfield factory to would i of food he lie I 1 pack a similar quantity answered sered that assuming an output of an f for or each ot of minute too cans per only ay iy to the equal the he nine lines an amount quarts would be canned in 20 seconds the ie spirit siirid d corps of the kompany is s ot at the me result 0 f chance malof management ha bait worked A diligent alv the cement ement the good feeling between to ly of the and work hop shop one office contributing 7 factor factors is the crat main locz located ted on the second fl 11 flor or auditorium mau warehouse T this bi I 1 V ut of if the number of gr uses meeting to a held at frequent inte interval r fals where bucu are cultural loural problem problems can be 1 taken up and discussed by field me ro i scientific experts and by growers grower 3 themselves also there are meetings g 5 0 ol 01 the employee ploy plo yee eeli organization the floor of this hall is polished maple to enable this latr to have their A dances and amusements under their own supervision during the past year employees am so citations ciati ons have been organized at both morgan and smithfield plants for the purpose of promoting social functions inculcating loyalty and fostering harmony harmon barmon mon between the management and emp employees byees bah employee contilo litel one dollar per pell month for the pur pose of caring for fellow in case of sickness or other distress either themselves or their immediate dependents the owners of the company president james A anderaon anderson and vice president josephm ander son ar members of the association and pay their dues as do other members monthly meetings of the anxo elation clation are held in company time here the officials are given a portion of the session to discuss matters fc hf employees and plans for general efficiency so thoroughly ha haim of the company cemented the bonds between the company and employees that strikes are unknown no foreign or ate help is used n any work of any department all be e help is obtained from families of lie ie rural communities nearby and the to os and girls from these thrifty fam lies ties wh which ch almost invariably own their own homes have been taught to ork and economize with very few except all have had a good high school or college all the female help is required to drees dress in white uniform uniforms that present attract live tive neat sanitary appearance these omen regard their work cs high clas cas 1 in every particular As a resell result ct of this feeling of pride and satisfaction and of the fair wage scale in force such professional women as it ach ers mizu mi bruises and others arp aro ial ta to spend a surn summers mers vaa valla t ci en working in this factory and it is true for both morgan and smithfield icid factories fact orica that every man and woman from the own owner e rs down to the foremen foremer and under them w were cru born and raised in the commini ties where these factories operate |
