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Show /i,1 ['10" J/i.ftori("al Quarterl), ;lIld carrit·d (In to pkkilll! Iwlts whlTl' \\IIllH'n picked ont and discarded tlw CIIII Iwas, From thl' pickilll! hl'll~ 1111' I', ';IS WITt' carried to thc filler , thl'n to the dosing machilll', and to Ih(' r/lllklT~ , :\ftcr cooking the cans w('n' placed in largl' cooling , 'als alld :Ifll'l' coolillg w('rl' :-;torecJ in the warehollse where tllt'y W('l'I' 10 Iw lalwkcl ;llId hoxed for :-;hipping. In 19JR thirty thousand cases. tWl'llly-four cans to each case, wcre canned of th(' Ycllow and Grecn :\dmir:d pl'a varieties. The Early Alaska variety, ready for harvest bcfoJ'(~ thl' canning plant was completed, was left in the fields to seed. This secd was threshed and stored in the "inc I' shed to be miJ]ecllater, That year tilt' farmers realized a yield oJ one and one-foUJ1h to one and onc-half tons per acre. !\Iost of the Morgan Canning employees rctullled to ~Jorgan that first winter, but Jack Rich and Jack Howard remained in Cache Valley and were employed at the Amal1!amated SU,!.!ar Factory. The new ~lorgan Canning Factory in Smithfield induced CJuite a migration of ~forgan residents to Smithfield. They wcre scasOlwd employees, well qualified in their trades and were also genera] haJl(l~men wherever they were necded,G As building and cc1Jmin~ actidtics of the new company increased, capable men of Cache Valley joined with the Morgan cmployees. In several cases both husband and wife worked for the factory and many times their children becamc ~Iorgan Canning employees. Tht' first officc b'lilding was a small frame shack built as a lean-to on the cast side of the warehouse, "'hcn thl' new officc was constructed, F. L.'H,oy \\'.:st purcJltIscd this small ullin' hllilding, which is still in usc today. ~feanwhile in the fall of J919 the Anderson brothers began drilling test holes to see how deep they would have to dig for a firm footing for the foundation of a new factory, Villadsen Brothers of Salt Lake City, with Tom Knudson as foreman, were the contractors for this building. Everyone worked diligently through winter and spring to complete the new building before the pca harvcst in J920. Ccment was poured all winter by llsing gravel that was heated by steam-fiIled pipes running uncleI' the ~ravcl. This also kt'pt th(' cC'ml'llt from freezing while it was :-;(:tt in~. Also built at this time was a 111'\\' ofJice located just cast of the factory. Hoth buildings were ready for occupancy in July 1920 and arc still in use at the prc.';cnt timc by the California ])ackiJl~ Company. • Ie ..." .. leI I.., illlJlnssiltll' In lIallll' all II ... 1111 '11 ...ho partiI'iJl:III·eI ill Ih,' r51ahli5111111'111 a 1111 elf'\'f'IIII'III"1I1 fIr Ih,' Mnl',\:1II Call1lillJ,{ 1': .. " ",.)'. 111 .1 a rl'''' ;n'llt.rl:1II1 illllidrlilltl~ h"~;flt'5 Ih05" lI : t,llt ,d ill 11 ... tf · ~· t " 'P 1 t' ' \ ' . H F"/ li lU' '' 'lo 1·,.' 1 1.'''' :1 1'.1 l' ·... ·l'It~ . H, :,, !' "", . . . ~! ." ~ " n. F , \" |
