Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-14
cANNERiEs OF WESTERN GRO.
GER COMPANY BEGIN PACKS
FEW DAYS.
ACREAGE IN CROPS BELOW
AVERAGE; PROSPECTS GOOD
Seasons Pack OF Marshall Canning
company's Plants Hero and Al Rol-
and Estimated to BE Half Million to
Thrss.ouarters Million cases-May
Start on Corn Friday. I'D.

I Beginning either iatc this week, OF
early next week the annual packing
season of perishable products will be
begun at both the canneries of the
Marshall Canning Company, in this
city and at its Roland plant. Friday
has been set as the tentative date for
! the opening of the season at the West
ern Grocer Company Mills here, but it
will not be until early next week that
I the pack will be fairly under way
The acreage from which crops Will
! be packed this year is smaller both
/ here and at Roland than last year.
! This shortage will be offset, in large
measure by the crops, which exceed in
| prospects OF yields per acre at this
time. probably any other year since
the local eanneYy Wa opened.
Peck sss.oeo cssss.
The pack OF the season. most Of
which will be put UP here, excepting
perhaps IS, 900 cases Of corn at the Ro-
! land cannery. Is estimated 10 be from
! 500. 900 TO 10000 cases Of all kinds
This will include tomatoes. catsup, to-
matoe sauce corn. sauer kraut, pump
kins, hominy. pork and beans and var
! !ous grades OF beans.
! The packs first to be started are
corn and tomatoes. catsup and tomatoe
sauce. Tomatoes are now coming into
( the cannery IN limited quantities but
arrivals will not attain volume until
next week.
Acreage Smaller. Prospects Fine.
( The inability Of the mill to interest
farmers 10 contract TO grow corn, TO.
matoes and other crops for putting in
tin, because Of the high war prices for
other farm crops that require less care.
is given as the reason for the shrink
age in acreage this year. But probably
never in the history Of the cannery
mas the prospect for early ripening and
a large crop Of corn and tomatoes been
so good The hot weather and frequent
rains Of the last TWO weeks have en-
tirely assured a big yield Of sweet corn
and tomatoes. Manager r. ". Nc
Creery estimates the acreage shrink
this year as so per cent of normal
Tomatee Pack Small.
Comparatively speaking, compared
l with other years. the tomatoe pack
will be short. An estimate Of the prob
able number of cases could not be Civ
en-. Altho the tomatoe pack will be
smaller there will be nearly an aver
age pack OF catsup, probably 10000
two-dozen bottle cases. In addition the
mack of tomatoe sauce is estimated at
Is 900 10 10000 gallons. This sauce is
used later in the season in the pork
and bean packs.
The sweet corn acreage. both here
and at Roland. is under last year
Twelve hundred acres OF the crop Will
be packed at Roland, probably
amounting 10 5000. two-dozen car
cases. Here the crop from LOO con-
tractcd acres and 400 acres of LAND
leased by the cannery will be put il
tin. The local corn pack is estimated
to be ITO GOO cases
Other and Later Packs.
Other and later packs probably als'
will be under the average. The saue
1 kraut pack is now estimated to be n
from 10000 to $4,000 cases and tn
pumpkin pack at from 5000 to 1900
! cases.
Other packs that will come on late
are hominy pork and beans and bean
i alone that will run the total outpu
this year somewhere from half mil
lion TO three quarters of million
| cases.
Standardizing Packs.
A standardization of the entire pacl
under inspection of the National Can
ners' Association is a departure in tn
conduct Of the business this year. Tn
inspection. which determines grades
will make the pack conform with tn
standards. as established by the ma
tional association and will insure tn
= grading, as to corn, tor example. as I
fancy, extra standard and standa RI
Universal inspection and standardiza
ton Of this kind Is now being adopte
by all the larger packers in Iowa.
, In the last year the cannery has in
stalled special machinery for washin
and inspecting corn while the ears ar
being conveyed to the machine whic