Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
~ HE possibilities OF an acre Of ir

rgoted soil in Utah devoted TO
fruit growing and intelIigently
handed viii surprise most PEG.
pie. Figures OF the actual returns from
various sections OF the state are hard
to believe. II devoted to the production
Of Strawberries am irrigated acre VIII
yield an annual crop worth from S5yV
to $500. ruspberrlc3 from $500 TO $500.
peaches, SEQ TO $500, cherries. $500
apples $3.50 or more, grapes $500 to
$500, either as fresh table fruit or con-
vertel into ralsins An extensive app
pie grower In Salt Lake county with
so years experience TO back UP his
statement says that 300 apple trees of
bearing age, well cared for VIII yield
their owner so q day every day 90 the
year, including Sundays and holidays
As very great part Of the irrigated
land IN Utah is especially adapted to
the growing OF fruit Of the very best
quality, every thinking person must
ccncede that orchard culture should be
the leading agricultural industry Of the
state. It should not be difficult TO cone
vince the farmers themselves OF THIS
hlct, even though they have directed
their chief efforts iu the past To the
growing Of hay aud grain. IL Is am M
Jury to the farmer ana a WrouS TO the
commonwealth 10 use valuable iwlgat-
lng water for pa tdC.ug these ana other
cheap crops where something more
valuable can be grown, with the same
or less water. From the figures given
above Il is clear that am acre OF FRUIT
will purchase 800 bushels of wheat on
60 tons of hay owners of good irri-
gated farms can well afford To let some
one else grow hay and grain, While
they use their land and lrrIgatlng water
10 produce something more valuable
and just as sure
ELEMENTS FAVOR FRUIT IN
DuSTRY,
There can be no serious question OF
the prontablcness Of fruit growing IN
Utah. The soil. climatic and other con-
dltlons are 80 harmouiZod mat scarcely
any branch Of horticulture fails IN this
state when lnteligently and energetic
ally followed 1t Is the man behind
the tree that rs the determining factor
OF success and profit Profitable irult
| growing always results where the SOL,
the lTIgatIng facilities, the climate, the
crops and the farmer pull together ana
IN the same direction, Where there Is
not proper coordination between
these five factors IN fruit production
failure Is sure to follow. The four con-
ditions first mentioned are all that can
be desired In the greater part ot the
arabic area Of Utah, and all that Is
! lacking 20 place Utah In the very front
rank Of fruit producing states Is the
proper make up and training Of the con"
trolling factor man,
FACTORS IN FRUIT GROWING.
Three sets OF factors determine the
success Of the fruit grower. the per-
! sonalIty OF the grover, his environ
n,ents, and the conditions Of the mar
ket.
THE MARKET FACTOR
II would be claiming too much TO say
that the fruit market Is and VIII ever
remain Unlimited, because Il Is MOI,
but at the present growth Of the M
dustry, and the rapidly increasing de-
mand for fruit Of all kinds, from Sec
tons Of The country whore little or no
fruit s grown, II will perhaps be gen
eratons before the growing OF fruit wlu
be overlone. Even IN years Of heavy
production, with the shipping facilities
now az The command Of the fruit grow
or markets can be had for all the frst
class fruit that Utah can produce The
skill TO make his plantations bear IN
the years OF least heavy crops must be
acquired Ly the fruit grower TO aV0ld
Inc pos1ible effect Of production,
Leading hortIcultursts tell us this can
certainly be done, Another means cur,
be taken TO guard against the eNIs VI
over production or OF a possible hlhu-
rance or delay IN shipping and that II
the growing Of such fruits as rea1liy
Weld themselves 20 the greatest numoer
OF secondary or manufactured produciN
such rs canned or eyaporated GOODS
iellles, sauces and liquors, Had the
pcach growers OF Brigham city been
alive 10 their opportunities the past
season. Instead Of letting their uneN-
celled and unprecedentedly large crop
OF peaches rot on the ground when
thew ran out OF shipping cases they
would have turned TO and evaporated'
canned or otherwise preserved them
Another way to make sure ana uh-
falling market is TO grow something OUT
N the ordinary, 20 grow the best, for
which there IS always demand no the
highest prices. Tint kind Of fruit usu-
ally sells the best of which there is the
least There IA never an oyer-prodlc-
ton. or glut on the market OF the
best of anything.
THE MAN BEHIND THE TREE.
or the environments that make for
success in fruit growing II has been al
ready stated that they are all that can
be desired IN most OF the irrigated areas
| Of the state, 49,,
The remaining factor TO be considered
I'm the successful growing OF fruit Is
the personality Of the grower In trult
growing. as IN every other calling, rev
realize how personal a thing success
is. Yet Il is everything. A tree Is
rec for all intents and purposes one
IL as good as another, but the profitable
handling of that tree is determined by
the man behind IT, There IS no room
10 question whether fruit growing pays
IN Utah, numberess instances may be
cited Of successful work done IN nearly
every county, from Cache IN the north
10 Kane and Washington on the south.
The question for every farmer to an
swer Is "Can make II payy' Every
one recognizes that no two persons
with equal chances I'm every respect
win arrive at the same result I'M any
line of business. The directive forces are
matters OF character and personality
of which the most important requisites
seem to be love Of the occupation. In
domltable energy business training,
good common sense and honesty. Apro-
10 10 this thought is the aphorlsm
of prof. Bailey Of Cornell university;
III is more important therefore, that
the Rrst tillage and fertiliaing and
pruning and spraying should be applied
10 the man and not to the land nor
the crop
FRUIT ASSOCIATIONS RECON-
MENDED.
poverflnq opain Ia the business end