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

cities OF the United States, and can
thus place the fruit where It is in most
demand 1t has also the further advan-
tage Of learning the reliability Of buy
ers information the individual grow
ers cannot obtain.
Only those fruit growers who have
had business training and adaptability
TO market their fruit to the best ad-
vantage are making thorough sue
cess of this industry. Other growers
are handicapped and lose 25 TO so per
cent OF the possible returns from their
orchards every season. Cooperative
selling, under efficient management, as
practised both in the east and west,
would enable all growers to realize 90
to % per cent Of the proceeds from the
products Of their orchards. With bet
ter and more certain marketing faeill-
ties. Utah orchardists would be en-
couraged 10 take better care of their
fruit plantations, and better fruit in
much greater quantities would be pro-
duced.
When growers are thoroughly organ
lied into cooperative shipping associa-
tons, they can control the situation:
they can ship In carload lots and
take advantage of different markets.
Much can be saved by this method,
Small shippers are hampered In hav-
ing to pay high express rates which re-
duce their profits, az they are usually
obliged to send their products to small
markets. which are often glutted and
over supplied.
NUT GROWING IN UTAH.
On every highway in the state, bor-
derlng every irrigating ditch,and mark
ing the division between neighboring
farms, also In nearly every farmyard
in the state, will be found cottonwood,
poplar and other practically useless
trees, numbering the ground and occu-
plying valuable space without return
Ing any profit to the owner. 1t is safe
to figure that were all the poplars and
cottonwoods grown In this state sup
planted by nut bearing trees, the an
nual returns therefrom would enrich
the state by tens of thousands Of dol
lars. The soil and climate of this state
are well adapted to the growing OF
nuts Of various kinds. Walnuts, chest
nuts, almonds, f1lberts and pecans can
be grown very successfully. Walnuts
and almonds, especially, thrive In near
ly every section of the state The
yields from well grown nut tree are
enormous, and will increase for many
years after It begins to bear. An in
stance is given by Thomas Judd, presi-
dent OF the state board Of horticulture.
in Its last biennial report, of
Santa Clara farmer planting an
English walnut 10 years ago in his
dooryard. The tree which grew there
from is now fine specimen of its kind,
and this year yielded SEA worth Of
marketable nuts. The owner remarked
that II he had 100 such trees, they
would be more profitable to him than
100 good COWS. As the returns quoted
are practically all profit, the claim of
comparative value Ia not altogether
an idle one as 1t takes a pretty good
COW to make an annual net return of
s24 above cost of feed and care. There
is much farm land in Weber Davis.
Boxelder, Salt Lake and Utah counties,
worth from 5000 to $500 an acre, which
Is encountered with useless trees and
which, II planted to walnuts or al
monds. would pay good interest on this
high priced land. The chief drawback
In planting nut trees is the compare
lively long wait between planting and
harvest returns. A peach tree or a
grapevine begins to make returns in
three years, but nut tree will not do
much under eight to ten years, but will
make good very soon after coming into
fruitfulness for all the years of watt
ing.
There Is but one good reason for
planting poplars, cottonwoods, box
elders and other useless trees about the
farm house or bordering the roadways,
and that is for shade. For this, how
ever, they do not excel the walnut.
which makes a stately shade tree, while
It's beautiful and symmetrical form IS
an ornament to the landscape. far sur
passing In beauty the other trees re-
ferred to. 1t Is therefore a waste Of
effort to continue tho planting of these
useless and less ornamental trees upon
the farm, or around the farmhouse II
one has suitable soil for growing nut
trees. The more valuable nut trees
! can now be had very cheaply, and. In
fact, II the farmer Ia in no hurry he
! can plant the nuts where he wants the
trees to grow and In due time. II his
soil and location are right, he will
have trees which will yield him hand
some profits as long as he lives, and
greatly increase the value of his farm
uNDEvELoPED FIELDS.
besides nutgrowing, among other
less developed horticultural fields in
this state, Is grape culture, Despite
the fact that many localities In this
state are specially adapted to the
growing Of grapes to perfection. car