Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-20
TO UTAH FRUIT MEN.
When Will They Organize for Mu,uaI
Benefit?
a FRUIT GROWERS SUGGESTION


cultivation Of fruit can be made prof.
liable Industry In Utah, and many
thousands Of dollars that 10 out Of IA,
Territory annually can aud ought 10
DO kept at home. The question il how
- best accomplish this desirable result!
Utah has the climate, the soil, the
facilities. How and by whom will
they be made available? or will the
people 70 on IN tho haphazari way
they are now going, and be- content
with Inferior fruit from the outside at a
great cost, instead Of raising superior
fruit at home ami making money out
ofits
These are some OF a volloy Of idea.
and questions that were niei at the
newspaper man today by .. w.
Warner, the veteran fruit raiser Of
Moab, Grand county. Mr. Warner
knows whereof he speaks on the fruit
subject, for lac has made success OF
the business, and has a magnificent
orchard In the Grand Valley. Though
q Utah mRn, he has entered the
Colorado fairs and carried on prlzes
there with ease. The latest event Of
this nature was at tho horli-
cultural exhibition IN Denver
last season, when two OF the
prizes ho took were secured with ordi.
na.y fsuil, while his competitors had
selected Colorado fruit ugaius, him.
Mr.. warner has had n goou market for
ycars la Colorado for his fruit, anu to.
DAY tho sail Lake market received
nom him n shipment o. 100 crates OF
Unh apricots aud peaches.
Mr.. Warner says; at seems 10 me
bud policy 10 let things 40 uu ~ they
are when we might 10 a. much better.
We have good object irsssLs before us
continually. Look AT COluraio. The
people there afe doing something with
their NUT They are RAISING aud shin.
ping out thouAands VI u0llafs, worth
every year. but the facilities of Colo.
fadg ate not near 70 good - those OF
Utah. This Territory has better
climate, better toil, anu better
every thing except the faculty
" pulling tugs her 70 build VI
Tho csur.ry. "a this q loruu
beats u. There they combine anu
wof. for their own productions.
"hDw do tue fruit msn tnsrs do?
They organize. They have horticultural
t.cirtiyH lu every county, anu meet.
ings atO held at which the ftuit growers
tell Of their experience, the diiiiultirs
they meet nuJ how they overcome
them, anu tins best metnOGs of fruit
culture. Then the proceedings are
published lanu each member gets d cory
10 take ami stuuy.l
81 have been member OF one Of
these societies for several ytars, nnd 1
get Information from there that In
VI more value 10 me several hundred
llmei over thun my mvmuership cOsls.
Ihtn there ~ the stato organic alton,
anu tho hUriiculturlsti arc IA power Ina
tue lam. Iney have got legislation q
dement, their Interests by iuquirlus
tuvo people 10 nght against pests thar
uamhge orchards, a. u man VINO
owns the orchard will NOT take up a
light against a post himself, tho state
dOes 1t aud lac has 10 pay tho bill. Ia
that way the mutt growers are pro.
tooted aud materially aided.
SIN Utah We haven't anything of
tue kind, though u horticultural or.
gauization would be VI vast benefit
The nut growers aud gardeners could
combine and by makiLg propsr rop-
resentations TO Tie Legislature could
secure In their interest lsRisla atom
which 10 10 much needed. There could
be IA plan provided ~ fight posts guc.
cessiuliy. Why, went up to Bountl.
iul yesterday and found the peopie
worrying over and suffering from
grassnoppeIs, but no organlzed work of
defending Themselves was going on.
What would the Colorado people doP
Just what they did this wear
through their horticultural s6uie.
ties. They sent mau out 10
kill the graushoppors, and lie directed
the peoples labors 90 that the work
was well done, anu tho grasshoppers
didn't amount TO much IN the way OF
damage. There were chopper. killersU
made and used. TOTS continuance Ia a
seml.clrcular tin trough twelve or six
teen feet long, partly hlled with
petroleum. Al the back was stretched
. piece VI canvas, with n little slope
and reaching to about four
feet above the trough. The whole
was on runners. This was drawn
through n field, and Into the trough
the grasshoppefu went and were killed.
Field after field was tieated In this |
way, till now there are only a few |
hoppsrs left. This know from DOR |
sonal observation, for / left there ON |
Tuesday morning. H. this had not |
been done, there would have been no |
peaches In that part Of the country 10 |
but now there will be- big
crop.
"Couldnt the Governor take
his matter "? He Is
ia the welfare Of all |
,ho people, and II the papers would
aok him by showing the benefits that
would accrue, this thing would be- a
uccess. The Governor could call "A
Territorial convention, asking each
county to appoint M delegates one or
more practical hOrticulturists. This
,onven could arrange flr the Organiza-
ion OF county horticultural societies,
md the whole thing DO fixed up aud
work as smoothly and prohtably az II
Toes In Colorado, California, or any
,thor state where such societies exist.
Then there would be concerted move.
nent and money In fruit raising for uB.
What's the use OF always giving the
liher fellow the sugared end Of the
tick?
az ,,o aboul this eItv and sea tha