Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-18
CANNING PLANT
TO BE REBUILT
Fame Canning Company To
Spend 100000 On Lady
smith Factory
WILL LOCATE VINING
STATION AT TONY
Peas Are Highly Profitable Crop in
Wisconsin and Local Market Will
Now Be Provided

The Fame Canning Company, owner
of Ladysmith's pea canning factory,
has decided to reconstruct their plant
IN this city throughout and will operate
on a substantial basis each year from
how on
This welcome news was learned def
tely this week from nj. A. Dunham,
'umberland Wis, state manager of
anne Canning C0mpany's Wiscon-
factories, who was here to COM
te arrangements for sufficient acre
age for the 1919 run. Mr.. Durham
also spent some time in Tony, where
the company will install a vining sta
ton to accommodate the farmers in that
section.
Last week one of the officials of the
company was here from Chicago to in
spect the local plant and before leaving
assured business men that it a certain
number of acres was obtained for peas
for 1919, the company would thorough
ly overhaul the factory and spend
$4,000 on new equipment. In order
that no delay would result in securing
the required number of acres both the
Rusx County Bank and State Bank
agreed to assume the responsibility OF
lducing the farmers of this section to
liant peas next year and told the com
ny's representative to go ahead with
II improvements.
Means Much To Farmers !
That the pea growing business will
e big thing for the farmers in this
ectiOn there is no doubt as it has made
ood in such sections as Cumberland,
lear Lake, Barron, Rice Lake, Amery
nd Turtle Lake, west of here, where
the soil is no better for pea raising than
llere. A glance at what the farmers in
Cumberland and Clear Lake realized
II will give a better idea to those
not acquainted with the re-
obtained from this branch of
ming The following figures were
acured from NJ A. Dunham, manager
both the Cumberland and Clear Lake
factories who will willingly open the
cooks to anyone interested to show the
amounts paid out to all farmers and
the amounts realized from tracts of one
ere TO twenty acres. Cumberland
ners put in 1880 acres this year and
allied $65 900 Clear Lake farmers
<nted $50 acres and were paid SAT-
The average net yield per acre
. we'll over $50 in both places the
NSast net acre yield being $160.
Advantages To Ladysmith
Mr.. Dmham has assured us that a
ntendent for the local plant will
dysmith in not later than two
d will Immediately take
We reconstruction of the
Nes installing new ma
lout, a 3-story addition
the east end of the
lder room put i'll, an
Ter shed. cook room
md all buildings
formed that begin
up to June 1st of
II of the local fac
han $500 weekly
lot less than $500
to October 1st
20 weekly and Oct.
$500 weekly. The
II at the start five new
city including superin-
warehouse man, and
{. prices to be paid for
nave already been estab-
4lows: cents per pound
ass peas 21a cents for sec
nd . cents for third quality.
hformed that Rusk county is
dapted to production of first
lie peas.
Canning Company A Strong One
The.l'ame Canning Company is one
:. the strongest canning firms in the
6untry' being a subsidiary of the Will
on & Co Packing Co., of Chicago,
rhich gives assurance of reliable and
ubstantial management. A local man.
)ick Huxtable has been secured as
eld manager and in order to expedite
he securing of at least 800 acres for
ext year farmers are requested to
all at either of the banks above men
ioned for particulars or at the office
f Attorney O. ]. Falge or to get III
ouch with Mr.. Huxtable.
The Tony acreage is in charge OF
ohm Helm, Jr. of that place.