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Show - : 1 ttTlT III ' . . . l wy'MB-pWI.WM.i. ll llll. IWF . '-, " -)' " W . J ' ' ' "Tl , -TT'-r--1 ' V I'M TOMATOES BY THE TRUCKLOAD Utah's annual tomato harvest is at its peak this month, with thousands of tons of the popular vegetable vege-table being delivered to canneries daily. A typical lineup of trucks loaded with tomatoes for canning is pictured above at one of northern north-ern Utah's canneries. Reports from growers indicate 1953 production will exceed 85,000 tons 12 per cent more than last year when Beehive Bee-hive State canners packed 39,000,000 cans of tomatoes and tomato products, according to American Can Company. Research economists for the container-making firm report that 99 per cent of Utah's tomato crop is grown for processors who paid the state's farmers almost $2,000,000 for last year's crop. |