Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
Vast Possibilities Of
Horticulture in Utah.

and business training and there VIII be
no difficulty in marketing everything
good enough 20 send away Fruit grow
crs associations could be formed No
every horticultural center lu the state,
and an the business could Dr. done
through that agency with advantage
to every producer By This method OF
dspoging of tho fruit none need be
wasted and every grower would nave
an equal show II hts ituit comes up To
the standard.
Much nne fruit, especially peaches,
was wasted this season ana more SOFA
too low 10 pay the cost OF production,
through the inability Of the grower TO
sell 90 the best advantage. Fine ponch-
oa we're sold for as low as 10 Cents a
case. and much lost that could not be
sold. Similar fruit pat upon the mar
tct In "a business IKE manner returned
the grower 40 90 co cents "a case net
There was no difference IN The fruit
the difference was in the men. The
peaches that brought 90 cents % case
were from Brigham city and were sent
To Boston, they were II days on The
road and sold there for SL02'a a case.
Another Brigham CITY grower shipped
10 carloads 10 Iowa could have shipped
40 more n he had them-nud notted for
hls whole crop 40 cents q case cash
down az soon as the fruit was loaded
IN The cars.
For want OF better business moth-
DDS. and an association TO determine
prices, etc. Dixie grape growers car'
rIod their fresh grapes Cd 20 10 miles
and then sold them for three cents
a pound az retail whom they should
bring 20 10 cents, II the quality Justl-
fed the long haul
In 81. George the home " the EuroNe'
an grape r1islns aoll r7u1ilyWhen there
arc any IN the market at 10 ana l2l
cents pound while and 4 cents would
more than pay the cost Of production
Had the orcharlsls OF SAT- Lake
county associated themselves for busl-
ness purposes and established q can.
merry. and am eyaporlnp plant ana hod
united TO ship TO outside markets the
best vt their surplus fruit fine fruits
would not have been sold no such rldic-
ulouslv low prices I'm the local market
nor have been allowed 20 waste un-
gathered under the trees, Weber coun-
Nv has cannarIes galore, and ne fruit
growers also sent TO outside markets
somo 200 cars Of fruit. end very little
OF the products Of the orchard was
wasted In that county
SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT IN.
DUSTRY.
While it would be pernIclous to rep
resent that fruit growing SIS the royal
road to wealth IN this state We cannot
shut our eyes 10 the fact that this
industry offers It's devotees surer
competency than any other lne OF
farming, and furnishes one of the most
fascinating Cmpoyments known to
man, placing happiness and comfort II
not great riches, within reach OF all
conscientious workers In this state,
noted for large families. the question Of
subsistence is one that taxes the In
genulty Of most farmers. Another ser.
lous problem IN Utah Is the finding OF
congenlal employment FOR the boys and
girls by which they can be kept at
home. TO grow up with clean, moral
surroundings and become good citizens.
Farmers who find it difficult to pro.
vide and do all that they would wish
for their families. should investigate
what fruit growing offers. II not only
assures them better returns thon can
ba had from any other branch OF agri-
culture but this Industry furnishes
remuneratlye ana congenlal employ
meut on home for their sons ana iaugh-
tera. There Is no need Of the boys so-
ing 10 the mines or To work ON the r1ll-
road TO compete with cheap allen la
hor or Of the girls TO leave home FOR
tho cities 10 nud employment Plant
an orchard or vineyard and give them
something to DO al home where they
can c1rn better wares
Every laborer prefers TO work for the
employer who pays the highest wages.
The farmer is no exception. Hay and
grain producing requires a large acre
age. abundance Of water ana much
hard labor 10 support an ordinary
farmers family. This line Of farming
offers Sl.6O or al best 81 a day. Fruit
growing viii pay the farmer $40 unE.
True. orcharding requires greater skin
and intelligence than some other
branchos OF farming. but the reward is
fully commensurate with the extra
demands uron me intelligence and
SKIN of the worker
I'm this ERA OF intensive ana special
farming old methods " farming can
we'll be- discarded 10 the 7reat adv9n-
taVe Of both the farmer and tho state
In the first place irrigation water IL too
precious cheap crops should give way
10 higher priced ones such as sugar
hccts. gordon truck and fruits OF varI-
oue kinds. We're the irrigated 'iold7 of
Utah transformed into orchards and
VINEYARDS. and such frults grown as are
bsst eultod to the soil and climate ~
tho various sections Of the state. ana
which find most reody solo-cither
frpsh or cured An some FORM IN I'LL the
markets around rs. and within reach
bv ran acrose the continent II need be,
I'm era Of Unprecedented growth de-
yelopment and prosperity Won'd ne
o,erod nm sucb pa r. now undreamed
or and homes and means OF subsls-
tcnce provlded for tens OF thousands OF
farmers and their families
Jos n PARRY,
secv. state Board Horticulture