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Show oo i TOMATO CROP LOOKS PROMISING TO SMITH Ctah canning factories are looking forward t" an exceptional tomato crop this year and a big business is anticipated according to Heber C. Smith, deputy 6tate pure food commissioner com-missioner Said Mr Smith yester-dav yester-dav : In view of the facl that Utah far tones are equipped with the most modern machinery made, the tomn toes canned and catsup bottled should be second to none In the country The season will open about August 2, and the outlook is indeed bright. "People in this part of the country who pay fancy prices for eastern-made eastern-made catsup, supposing that it Is superior su-perior to that made here, would be surprised to learn of some of the methods employed by thore factories as compared to those of the Utah concerns It Is a fact that many of the western west-ern factories save the tomat-i pulp and ship It in barrels to the eastern concerns for catsup making Now the facts are that most tomato cit BUp and good catsup too In made from the trimmings, while the larger portion of the tomato is canned. "In the Ctah canneries, because of the rigid Inspection, these trimmings must be very choice Here we have no barrels of pulp shipped In "I( Is quite reasonable to suppose-that suppose-that factories which make it a busi ncss to save the pulp for shipment to catsup concerns and are paid for It by the pound, should be careless as to what kind of trimmings are I used. Many eastern catsup makers ' who g t fancy prices for their prod- UCt, make it out of pulp that the I tab ' makers would shun." In speaking of the machinery used in catsup making, Mr. Smith asserts ' that all the canneries of the state ,hae done away with the old style i scalders and have at great expense I installed the new sanitary devices He says that with the nlr washers, pure tomato catsup was an impossibility because the washing vats in which the water was changed only twice a dny: became almost mud and much of this water found its way into the catsup cat-sup Bj the new system, the water is constantly changing and impure catsup is Impossible. There are thirty canning factories In the state wiheh will start tomato work this month. Of this number, about seven make tomato catsup |