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Show State Canneries Provide Llore Year-Round Jobs The canning industry during the past half-century has provided provid-ed not only more jobs for Utahns but also more continuous year-round employment, according accord-ing to H. E. Michl. economist for American Can Company. In 1905, he explained, Utah canneries provide only about 16 cannery jobs during the low month of January, and the January Jan-uary level of employment was a mere 4 per cent of the year's average of some 369 jobs. In 1951, on the other hand, the low-month level of 606 cannery can-nery jobs was 31 per cent of the year's average employment of over 1,900, explained tha economist for the can-making firm, whose research laboratories labora-tories have developed methods of packing such products as tomato to-mato juice that have helped lengthen the state's canning season. sea-son. "The season for Utah's $30,-000,000 $30,-000,000 canning industry has been greatly extended through the packing of a greater variety of products," said Dr. Michl. "The state now cans about 65 aifrcient varieties of food products pro-ducts 5aQared with ' only a few varietiesmalf-century ago." In addition, he pointed oul7 canners now pack many specialty special-ty products such as apples, poultry and carrots at almost any time of the year and thus keep expensive equipment busy while sustaining .employment. Scientific breeding of certain crops has made it possible for growers to influence maturing dates and thus extend the harvest har-vest season. Improvements in storage techniques have made it possible to hold certain crops for canning during slack season". |