Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

other great advantage which attaches
to grpe growing, especially significant
in ard Utah,ls that half the water other
farss crops require Is sufficient TO ma
tucu grapes, This consideration alone
ought to be sufficient incentive to more
extensive vineyard planting. Grapes
have been grown on some Of Utah's
without any irrigation and
with very little cultivation, In some
of the old world countries grapes are
grown on the steep and barren hill
sides, where there is so little soil that
a hole is scooped out and soil carried
in baskets and place made to plant
the vine, With a little added moisture
the hillsides Of Utah could be covered
with vineyards, adding thousands to
Utah's wealth.
HOME CANNERIES.
Canneries In the fruit growing GEN.
tiers of the state are doing much to
They have provided a ready market
for surplus fruit, as well as vegetables,
such as peas, beans. corn. tomatoes
and asparagus. Wherever located
these commercial canneries have
brought prosperity to the people, very
materially increased the value OF farm
holdings and furnished remunerative
employment for all surplus labor.
A cannery is projected for Salt Lake
county, and number were established
In Utah county this year. All have
every promise Of success.
In many sections Of the state. too
remote from the railroad to think Of
marketing the fresh fruit, as in San
Juan, Kane, Wayne. Garfield. Uintah
and Grand counties small home can
neries could be established to take
care of the surplus fruit, that which is
not consumed by the farmers families.
outfits costing from $40 up to 800
can be put in by Individual farmers
and they can he manipulated TO take
care OF an immense quantity of fruit
and vegetables few such domes-
tic canneries would supply the home
market and that of the nearby min
ing camps with the finest products OF
the orchard and garden. The farm
ers would have the advantage OF the
freight rates and could make the bust.
ness success from the start. II they
put up good article. The safer way
would, of course. be to start on a
small scale and build up the business.
as experience was gained. The grow
err could import the cans, and labels,
and with the cheap outfits now 20 be
had, he could put up, with a little ex-
ira care. better article than that put
up by the large commercial canneries.
In a few years. by palnstaking care,
the farmer could work up such a re-
putation that his products would be
In demand.
Where much fruit and garden truck
such as tomatoes, corn. asparagus
beans. etc. are grown It would pay TO
establish a larger canning factory.
Not counting the boiler and tho build
ing for the plant, an output will cost
from SIS to $1,000 according to the
capacity desired. The s75 plant has
capacity Of 1000 three-pound cans
per day The $1,000 outfit has a ca
raclty Of $4,000 cans per day. These
figures are prices at eastern factory
IN hAf s-tu
steam boiler or the factory building,
nor the freight from the mandatory.
FRUIT DRYING AND CURING.
Where fruit cannot be prohtably
marketed in its fresh state, owing to
distance to markets. II can he sun
dried or evaporated and handled at a
profit in this manner, the freight then
will not cut much of figure For
sun drying little In the way OF an out
NJ is needed but for eyaporating suit
able outfits must be had. A family
cvaporator can be had for $3.50 and
up.
That there is a ready market for
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the fact that all the grocery stores Of
the state carry loads Of imported dried
fruits. Aprlcots, peaches, raislns
and prunes from California, and ap-
Piles from the east are retailed in Utah
at from 12h TO Is cents a pound,
while the cured products OF Utah or
chards are seldom seen. II has been
demonstrated times without number
that dried fruit can be put up In Utah
of as good a quality as the imported.
and IL It pays California and eastern
growers to ship the product here and
pay middlemens profits on thelr dried
fruits, Utah growers can do IL. and
by supplying their own market can
obtain better prices, as they will have
the freight margin In their favor Utah
Is adapted 10 the growing Of the
choicest fruits. and with intelligent
effort In growing the best varieties.
drying, curing and packing the same,
this state should be an exporter OF dry
fruits, not the heavy importer 1t now
is
Dried and evaporated fruits could
be made a source OF great profit In the
warm. sunny counties OF San Juan,