Show local farmers to grow acres of peas sign contracts today with pacific distributors of san jose to get same price as last year picking to be done by contract parowan carowan tanners farmers signed contracts today to grow acres or green pod peas this season lor for the pacific produce Pro due distributors inc ot of san jose california this la Is an increase ot of acres over what was grown here last year by local farmers and it include the acreage to be ba grown by rose roae and santas who grew peas tor for this same company here last year it is understood that the latter gent gentlemen leanen will plant enough peas to bring the total up to acres in this valley ralph and matthew coelho of the pacific produce distributors tribu tors spent yesterday and today here getting gelting the farmers together and the contracts dhawn up and signed farmers who signed contracts tracts and the number oil of acres eacle will grow are as follows S A halterman 45 gurr farms 45 W clair claar rowley 15 horace evana 15 warren pendleton IS 15 crawford and sons 15 16 albert 25 C J stubbe 10 herman E bayles 15 clifton Had halterman hadderman terman J B dalton farm arm 10 roy moore 10 C L robinson 20 26 dark clark aroxi orton 15 and david richards 15 25 ahja list hsi includes a number ot of new growers who will enter the pea growing business for the first time while several of the older operators have increased their acreage considerably these farmers have heretofore grown their peas tor for the san diego fruit and produce co but this year it seems that connections between the growers and this company co could uldaL be nade last tall fall they offered ott ered to continue to grow peas tor for thern them at a price ot of i lc A c a pound but bul representatives ot of the company come up to sign the contracts as was agreed so go a oon contract tract was waa made with the pacific company this outfit will pay bac a pound on a pack out basis which means tor for peas actually loaded on the cars alter after sorting last year the tanners farmers were paid the same price per pound subject to a 5 6 percent shrinkage I 1 the change of companies compan lea also means that the belks grown here will all be sorted and graded at cedar city instead ot milford as the san diego co did I 1 the picking of 0 the peas will be done by contract according to the representatives ot of the company who were here today and they stated that local pickers will be used as much as possible it if they will organize and be ready to contract the picking ot of as many ares as they manhandle can handle these gentlemen intimated that with approximately acres ot of peas being grown here pickers would be needed which means that some outside help will have to come in any outsiders who come in will also have to pick on a contract contra cit basis it Is understood that already a move Is being made by i group ot of local men to organize and igind out what requirements will have to be made in order to take the contract coat to pick at least a part ot of the acreage |