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Show TWENTY MILLION CANS TOMATOES H Itecord-Breaking' Crop to be Prepared For the Market by the Oan- H tiers of Ogdon and Neighborhood All the Help Obtainable Will H Be Required to Handle the Big: Output Yield Per H Acre Will Be Heavy. H Theltamoto men, both canncrs and H groweru, sap- tbo crop will be tho larg- H est In recent yearn ond It Is expected H that It vitl be tho greatest yield per H acre yet known to this section. Tho H quality of tbo tomato 1b better than H usual. H 8pakJng of the situation InBt evon- H ios, William Craig, of the Salt Lake H V&II07 Conning company, Btatod that H there Is no question that thera will bo H more tomatoes .o handle by tho local H canneries than in a number of years H and it will require more holn in ban- H dtrag the crop than ever before. H Mr. Craig estimates that there will H 1)0 canaed at least 800,000 casus of tq- KSH matoas, each case holding 24 cans. B Th crop "n haTQ to be handled , r ready for tho markot by October Tha first tomatoes will be ready i for gathering and canning about August Au-gust 20, at wnich time all the factories of the country, which means nearly all tho canneries of the atate, will be ready for operation. The canners aro preparing for the bumper crop and thoy will -be taxed to their capacity to tako care of it, Tho canning men aro of ttro opinion opin-ion that it would be a good Idea for the county schools to permit some of the larger stuonts to aid In tho tomato and pach harvest in tho early part of Soptombor. Tho peachca will be coming com-ing on at that time and It will add a doublo load to tho fruit gathorers for the first two weeks of Soptember. Not much of the peach crop will bo canned, but It requires many handB to gather It for the shippers and thoro will bo groat need of all tho help that can be securod. |