Show economist discusses canning crops before conference although the im pack of can ang ir ng crops in utah was 20 per cent below that of 1938 the present supplies are only about 12 per cent below the level of the total canned vegetable supply of last season and indications are that canners in 1940 will be willing to contract for a larger acreage and at a somewhat better price dr 0 J wheatley extension sion economist told delegates to thet fourth annual school for canning crop growers and canners fieldien field men which was held january 5 and 6 in ogden however due to the unusually large carryover carry over into the current year of the 1938 canned vegetables the canned goods available will be higher in 1940 than is customary these supplies lieF which are 12 per cent below the total stock of canned goods available last year at this time will do much to reduce the abnormally heavy supplies which have been so price depressing during the past two years doctor wheatley explained industrial production is now at the highest level it has ever reached in this country and the consequent improvement consumer incomes along with the prospect of reduced supplies in 1940 is stimulating the demands price for canned and processed vegetables he said the present stock of peas on hand is nearly six million cases less than the total supplies available a year ago lifting of the price depressing influence of the abnormally large 1937 38 packs is already aiding prices and prospects appear favorable for moderate additional price gains doctor wheatley predicted the 1939 pack of canned toma toes was about equal to the average pack of the past ten years moderate price increases over last season have already occurred however and it is likely that an increased increased tomato acreage will be contracted acted during 1940 |