Show acres of peas tobe grown here next year fac pacific produce distributing corp leases day and hulet farms other growers increase acreage and get more money from san diego co both to hire local labor upwards ot of awes acres of green pod peas will be grown in parowan carowan valley next year all in the pump well district this Is an increase of 0 between and acres overl oven the amount grown last year two companies will be operating here next summer one ot of which is leas ing the ground and water to grow their own peas the other company will operate as it has lone done in the past by having the local growers produce the peas for them under contract the new company is the pacific produce distributing corporation 0 san jose california it has leas ed acres ot of land rom from the day farms and the entire hulet farm arm mr air day is to furnish the water tor for them for or tour four months which will be ba all the water on the farm during this period except a small amount for a garden and other incidental we use when they start using the water we learn on the hulet farm arm they will have everything under their lease and the hulet family will not even live there what the cultivated acreage acrea ge ot of this farm is we been able to learn peter 11 II gurr has taken a con tract to furnish lee ice to lee ice the peas produced by this company the contract calls tor for 1500 tons ot of ice and mr air gurr la a digging a pit that will on his farm now in preparation for the ice harvest the company deposited the money to pay for tons in a local bank ito to be drawn as the ice Is put up tip the lee ice will be taken tram from here to cedar city where the peas will be be emrany iced and shipped the producing company has leased a portion ot of the U P freight depot and a place will be arranged there to do the ice ce ing it if the company does well this year they will renew their lease on tha ground aud and probably will try to lease more all their work will be done with power machinery and local help will be employed to do the manual labor the san diego fruit and vegetable company for which local farmers have been growing peas the last three years also has an increased acreage signed up all ot of those who raised peas for them last year have signed up again but the day farms and most ot of them increased ed the acreage to be grown two now farmers also came in and signed up tip to grow peas for them tile ti company will pay 13 lc ac a pound tor for the peas grown here ii instead istead of one cent as it has done in the past As almost all ot of the growers realized iced a good profit other years this thia increase will be a big advance in net profits those ose producing peas tor for the sit sac diego company and their acreage aro as follows albert esou 30 wm win marsden 15 arthur jos joa aph sam halterman 30 clair rowley 15 daniel crawford Craw tord I 1 peter 11 gurr 25 warren pend ill ton lon 10 sari and horace evam 10 1 I he last two named are the th P new growers tor for next nex year J B dalton may be another rew new grower but the secretary of f the pea growers aas n want sure whether lie he decided deI ded to join or not the tha peas grown by these farmers wil ai bo be iced la in milford as they have abeen been in the past because of the lica ct that the company has a large acreage ca contracted in the milford pump I 1 will district but they promised to in use local pickers and other help as far ar as possible with the increase in price to be paid growers and the increased ac acreage in III the valley the income front from this business will be materially increased from the hie re delved by the farmers and pickers from the acres grown laba year |