The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
WILL. DO MUCH GOOD.
The Utah County Fruit and Agricul-
turaI Society.

turaI Society.
Something more than a year ago
few of the enterprising and far see
ing farmers of Utah county, formed
themselves into an association for the
purpose of promoting the interests of
agriculture in all it's branches, and
kindred industries.
The original enrolment shows but
| eleven names, but the bylaws
adopted on March q, 1894, speak
volumes as to the determination of
those few members to solve the prob
lem of a profitable and sure market
for Utah county produce. With eli
mate, soil and water facilities equal
to the best, and surprising many
other localities in the territory, Utah
county practically had no market, and
goes at her agricultural work blind.
The day is passed when every farmer
should plant every variety of grain.
fruit and vegetable which he may re-
quire, or that every farmer should
raise grain, which has become a drug
on the market. There are such a.
variety of soils, each especially
adapted to some particular crop, and
farmers do better as specialists, at
least SO far as growing a sufficient
quantity of one article to make ship
ping profitable. For instance: An
order comes for car load of pie
plant, or onions; they are produced IN
a dozen different places, there is az
great a variety of ways of putting
then up for shipment as there is in
size and quality, and the result is an
unsightly medley, where the really
merihorious product loses it value be
cause of the proximity of poor,
faded specimens. Every farmer does
not succeed as well with one kind of
crop as with another, each requiring
peculiar treatment to bring them to
their best, and individuals are begin
ming to recognize this and become
SPECIALISTS; and also that it is of as
great Importance that the products or
their labor be put on the market IN
good shape. as that they be brought
to market at ALL =.
1t is of the utmost Importance that
the farmers have an idea what TO
plant. He may know that red .po-
tato is as good as white one, out
when he learns that red ones won't
sell he will not force his opinion upon
his customers, except at a pecunlary
loss. Again, red apples, even OF an
inferior flavor, if large and plump Will
sell when green apples won't There
is a large profit in spinach, asparagus,
nie-plant. etc, if forced early, and in
quantities to be sent to consumers by
freight. The association, though
small was very energetic and went
to work with commendable zeal gath
ering facts and bringing them into
harmonious relations, forming eonelu,
sions. and investigating theories, and
at the end of a year such flattering
results appeared as have given great
impetus to business. Meetings nave
been held in most of the principal
towns. where many important items
were gathered calculated to as
sist and benefit farmers, fruit
growers bee keepers, and stock
and poultry raisers. Quite an interest
is now manifest in the various settle
ments, and branch organizations are
being formed. At a meeting at Span
ish Fork held on Monday, April 2,
the statistical account showed that
nearly $4,000 worth of business was
done during the first year and $4,000
worth during March and fraction Of
April, most of which had been paid out
to Provo farmers. NJ. M.