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Show PEA CANNING FACTORY I AROUSES GREAT ENTHUSIASM - Much enthusiasm was manifested at a meeting of farmers and business men which was held at the Commercial Commer-cial club rooms at Ephraim Sunday , afternoon to hear the report of the committee which had been sent to Morgan to investigate the pea canning can-ning industry. The committeemen who had been the most skeptical were ardent advocates of the industry, indus-try, and even the most conservative gave a report which convinced those in attendance that peas will be the redeeming crop of this community. This view was taken because of the price which it was reported the Mor-gon Mor-gon county farmers are receiving for their peas, as there has never been any doubt that the crop can be successfully raised in this countv. One reason for the favorable prospects pros-pects of the industry is the fact that under present farming conditions there is almost invariably a shortage of water during the latter part of the growing season of crops that are now being cultivated, although there is an abundance of water for irrigation in the spring. Peas, it was said, will enable the farmers to use this early water, and the crop will be ready for harvesting before the water supply is low. Another argument advanced in favor of the crop is that it does net exhaust the fertility of the soil. The committeemen reported that they had been reliably informed that the Morgon county farmers are receiving re-ceiving from $60 to $110 per acre for their peas. Those who were least enthusiastic were willing to base their estimate at $40 per acre and still maintain that peas would be a profitable crop for this community. com-munity. The members of the committee were F. H. Rasmussen, C. Willard-son, Willard-son, and Charles Johanson. These with D. W. Thompson were appoint-e'd appoint-e'd to raise funds for the erection of the canning factory. Ephraim Enterprise En-terprise July 31. |