Payette County ID Archives News.....Payette's Big Cannery a Communty Asset December 13, 1928
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Payette Independent December 13, 1928
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, December 13, 1928

Payette’s Big Cannery a Community Asset

One of the industries which has been an outstanding benefit to the Payette 
Valley, and which ranks with the best of the kind in the great Northwest, is 
the fruit and vegetable cannery of the Idaho Canning Company.

This institution was established in Payette in 1903 and has grown from a small 
beginning to large proportions and had achieved a commanding position in the 
markets of the country.  The active management for 23 years has been in the 
hands of Col. L. Patch, and through his energetic efforts and keen business 
judgment, coupled with a board of directors who are all good substantial 
business men, the cannery has forged ahead each year until today it covers a 
large tract of ground.

There are two large buildings, one for the canning machinery and the other for 
storage and the office of the company.  More than 125 people are employed for 
several months of the year, and a large number of the farmers of the valley are 
engaged in raising peas, corn and tomatoes for the cannery.  Peaches, prunes 
and apples are also canned in large quantities and the average yearly output is 
about $350,000.

In 1925 a branch cannery was established at Wilder, Idaho, and this also has 
grown from the very start and employs 80 people and has an output of nearly a 
hundred carloads a year.  Fred M. Moss has charge of the Wilder branch. 

In addition to the cannery the company has erected silos which have a capacity 
of 2000 tons of silage each year.  This silage is sold to stock growers and 
makes the finest feed.  Each winter hundred of cattle and sheep are fattened on 
this by product and this alone is a wonderful asset to the community.

The officers of the Idaho Canning Company are W. A. Coughanour, president; Col. 
L. Patch, vice-president and general manager; F. M. Moss, secretary and 
treasurer and A. S. Hincks director.  


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