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Show ISmall Fruits May Be Added To Pack I PLAN ALL-YEAR I PRODUCTION IN I LOCAL PLANTS I Utah Canners Take Steps to Increase Development Of Farms PUZZLING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CROP UP Linking of Farm Bureau and Horticultural Society I Considered I Realizing that demand for cannei I foois would not be as extensive is 1920 as the previous j car, largely be-cause be-cause the government planned dlspos-al dlspos-al of its surplus stocks, Utah canners began their campaign of the past twelve months with conservative ateps an to acreage signed and output plan-ned. plan-ned. However, the highest prices ever paid for cannery crops prevailed, (lis contracts with the farmers bring in-creased in-creased in dollars and cents because of advancing costs that prevailed a year PUZZLING CONDITIONS. Puzzling economic conditions have been constantly before the canners for months but as the new year has come. J most of the packers find that these Lf ! are being solved for them. Despite, the large holdings of canned foods at I the various plants, it has become quite 1 clear that neither the consumers. th retailers or the wholesalers have j large supplies and that the period ot ; absorption of the cannery slocks La I near at hand. Tho demand is now In-creasing. In-creasing. Utah reached the maximum of ii j cannery output in 1919, when therr i were approximately two million case . pat i-red tiie exact figures as reportec" to the Utah Canners association of-; of-; fice being 1.951.825 cases. There Wat la decrease in 191t, owing largely to the drought which affected the pea ro and then cahie the additional j decline of the past year. Although HBl plans have not been fully formulated. HHJ by the canners and the grocers the JB 1 prospect, of somewhat of a. decrease HJ of toe coming year is also considered. HBl 1)B OTHER CROPS, Canners have, however, suggested HBl another opportunity for development HBl of Utah farms in growing cannery HBl crops. They have proposed that in- BBJ stead of limiting the agricultural side BBJ to growing of tomatoes and peas that BBJ the farmers launch Into some other BBJ lines w hich will bring "all-year'' pro- Bl ductlon. Among these proposed crops BBJ arc strawberries, raspberries and other BBJ small fruits. BBJ Ogden is the center of an ideal area BBJ for this kind of crops, tho ridge, just BBJ south and west of the city being cs- BBJ peclally adapated lo such crops. Sla- BBJ tlstlcs have been gathered by fevcral Bl canners from the Yakima valley and BBJ Puyallup valleys of Washington, the BBJ Hood River and illamettc valleys BBJ of 1 iregon, pointing to the profitable H tops of this nature that can be grown. BBJ Puyallup Is especially famed for this BBJ kind of products. BBJ PLAN Ll BLOPMEN1 S. As a result it is expected that this BBJ feature will be brought forcefully be- BBJ Lore both the canners and the farm- BBJ ers. Linking of the Utah State farm BBJ bureau and the l'tah Horticultural BBJ society, is considered a step that will BBJ b ad in this direction. Such develop- BBJ ment, it Is reported, cannot come with- BBJ in ne or two years to any great ex- Bfl tent. However. It can bo brought about BBJ as reclamation of new lands is arrang- Bj ed by building of new Irrigation pro- BBJ jects. A feature of this development BBJ is that tho" Irrigation of these crops BBJ emla early lr! the season, thus permit- BBJ ting (he water to be diverted to other BBJ acreages later In the year. Thus, first BBJ strawberries, then bush berries of var- BBl lous kinds, peas and tomatoes can be BBJ cultivated satisfactorily on the samu BBJ farm with some root crops. Including BBJ sugar beets added to the list. H Because of the growth of the Utah BBJ Canning industry, companies that fur- BBl nish cannery supplies are selecting BBl Ogden as their plant location, two of BBl the greater establishing ts for Ogden BBl being directly allied with the cannery BBl business the plants of the American BBl cn company and of the Kicckhcfer BBJ Paper Box company of Utah. Tho BBl former company's factory' at Twen- BBl tleth street and Lincoln avenue, has BBl been In operation for several years. BBl and its equipment is being constantly BBl enlarged. The Keckhcfer plant Is BBl on Thlrty-flrst street. near Lincoln BBl avenue, has been in operation during BBl tho past year and Is now preparing. BBl for Its 1921 run.". Bj Ml If M MINI BY. Tho Ogden Iron Works has been BBl handling much of the machinery and BBl equipment building for the canneries. BB turning out new devices that are of BB importance in the enterprises. Gnu BBl of these pieces of equipment Is tho corrugated box building machine. In- BB vented by James Leavitt. superintend- HBl ent of the Utah Canning company. BBl The boxes come to the plants In BBl "knockdown" style, former methods of BBl putting them together for packing put -poses were crude, but tho new equip- ment designed to meet the particular BBl needs of a cannery has solved tho BBl problem making box making method both comparatively simple and Bat BBl factory. This equipment has been BBl placed in practically all canneries of BB the state, for the corrugated and BBl fibre boxes are taking the piaco of fin BBl former wooden boxes, which were util- BBl lied for shipping eases until recent BBl BBB |