Roosevelt Standard | 1952-03-20 | Page 8 | Utah's Pea Crop Major Source of Farm Employment

Utah's Pea Crop Major Source Of Farm Employment ; Cultivation and harvesting of, Utah's 1951 crop of green peasj for canning and freezing provid- ed an estimated 240,870 hours of work on farms throughout the state. I This estimate, made by American Amer-ican Can Company, is based on statewide production of more than 28,000,000 pounds of green peas for processing. The can-making firm, whose development of improved container con-tainer and canning methods helped to stimulate demand for Utah-grown vegetables in markets mar-kets in nearly every state in the nation and thereby created additional agricultural jobs here, pointed out that virtually all of Utah's green pea crop is sold to processors. The state's pack of green peas totaled 1,540,797 cases last year.