Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . 917, or an average of 128 pounds ofsugar per ton of cane. The average yieldof cane per acre in 1917 was tons,and the estimated area harvested forsugar making was 244,000 acres. The first annual report of the Bureauof Crop Estimates on cane syrup inLouisiana shows a production in 1917 of5,652,000 gallons. The production in1916, according to the Louisiana CaneGrowers Association, was 4,133,274 gal-lons. The cane used for syrup in 1917was tons. CLERKS IN SWIFT CURRENT, SASK.,FORM ASSOCIATION An association of the clerks of SwiftCurrent, has been form
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . 917, or an average of 128 pounds ofsugar per ton of cane. The average yieldof cane per acre in 1917 was tons,and the estimated area harvested forsugar making was 244,000 acres. The first annual report of the Bureauof Crop Estimates on cane syrup inLouisiana shows a production in 1917 of5,652,000 gallons. The production in1916, according to the Louisiana CaneGrowers Association, was 4,133,274 gal-lons. The cane used for syrup in 1917was tons. CLERKS IN SWIFT CURRENT, SASK.,FORM ASSOCIATION An association of the clerks of SwiftCurrent, has been formed with the fol-lowing officers: — President, Mr. Mc-Mahon; vice-president, J. MacKay, andSecretary-treasurer, N. E. Pletch. It wasdecided to approach the retail merchantsof the city with a view to securing aweekly half-holiday. The Stayner flour mill, Stayner, Ont.,has been sold to the Georgian Bay Mill-ing Company, of Meaford, who are instal-ling new machinery and preparing for anincreased output. June 1918 CANADIAN CROCKR 29. A Record Tomato Pack in Prospect Prince Edward County Plants 3,000 Acres—Will Have Huge Production Under Favorable Circumstances—Other Sections Also Show Satisfactory Conditions REPORTS from Prince EdwardCounty, Ontario, indicate a verysatisfactory state of affairs. It isroughly estimated that there are 3,000acres of tomatoes under cultivation onthe island. That is a bumper productionfor that section and gives promise ofsome remarkable packing results, if nountoward circumstances intervene to in-jure the prospects. At a rough computa-tion an acre of tomatoes, at conserva-tive figures, should yield 300 cases ofpacked tomatoes, or a total of 900,000cases from the county alone. Last yearthe total pack of the county was 1,250,-000 cases, and that represented a veryheavy pack of other lines as well as to-matoes, this section being about the onlyone that came through last season witha creditable showing for production. Thisyears tomato production bids f
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