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Show Agreement to be 1 fo.de vsth U jCa-H'ier?, G?cvcrs Growers of canning crops, can-ners can-ners and government representatives represen-tatives will .formulate a program pro-gram accemable to all concerned, concern-ed, G. Alvin Carpenter, extension economist at the USAC, predicts. Mr. Carpenter recently returned from Washington, D.C., where he attended special meetings which considered ways to increase production pro-duction of tomatoes and peas to meet goals established in the "Food for Freedom" program. "Growers are relue.ant to Pledge increased acreag2 of tomatoes toma-toes and peas unless the government govern-ment inaugurates a price-support program," Mr. Carpenter explains. ex-plains. Canners will not make any dtfimle commitments until they know whether the government govern-ment is going to open competitive competi-tive bids on supplying 8,000,000 cases of tomatoes and about 4,000,000 cases of peas, or allocate allo-cate those amounts to the various va-rious canneries, Mr, Carpenter further explains. Increased production of these two commodities requested by the government is approximately 40 per cent. Canners and growers will meet in Utah on December 11 to consider the program further. fur-ther. Porter Taylor of the Surplus Sur-plus Marketing administration will attend this meeting. Commenting upon the Washington Wash-ington conference,' Mr. Carpenter reports that key men for the canning industries announced that the United States had a 10-month 10-month supply of plate available for making tin cans. Labor representatives rep-resentatives announced that while the labor situation was acute, the problem could be solved by the farmers and processors. Growers reported that many farmers have expressed their intentions in-tentions of shifting from growing grow-ing peas and tomatoes to other crops or to dairying because these industries are more profitable and less hazardous from the stand point of growing and marketing. |