Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-20
ExHlBIr AZ SACRAMENTO.

The exhibit made at the Irrigation
congress at Sacramento. Cal. by the
state board OF horticulture and By uri-
Vate citizens of the state through
which a number Of valuable cups and
cash prizes were secured. Is a source OF
satisfaction to all interested in the ma
terial development of the common.
wealth. Great as are the benefits de-
rived from exhibits OF this kind as a
means of advertising, still greater
benefit is the encouragement given the
grower to produce only the choicest
fruits.
We cannot too strongly urge upon
our people the Importance of holding
county fairs and making exhibits at
the annual state fair. AT these fairs,
while prizes will and probably should
be offered for exhibits put In for mere
show, the commercial product and the
commercial orchard should he empha-
sized in the distribution of prizes. We
believe If this We're done 1t would
give encouragement to the planting of
commercial orchards and the produce
ton OF commercial fruits and veget-
ables
The growers associations in this
state are, to a certain extent. in the
experimental stage. But where they
can be organized with a competent
board of directors, capable managers
be employed. and these officers In turn
receive the loyal support Of the pro-
duers We believe they viii become 1
strong factor in building IN our repu-
tafion IN the markets OF the world
But no association viii be success
full I'm establishing market reputa>
ton so long as its members insist on
having inferior fruits put on the mar
ket, nor can its members he held to-
gether except on strict business pr n
cioles.
The average acreage production OF
irrigated wheat In the state will prob
ably not exceed 80 bushels alfalfa hay
from three to four tons, sugar beets l.
tons. Sixty bushels of wheat, SIX tons
of we'll cured hay, and 30 tons of sugar
beets would be an unusually good
Weld; vet thousands OF acres planted
to these crops arc some OF the hnest
fruit lands In the state. NOW MAKE
calculations on the returns from the
wheat, sugar beets and nay ana COM
pare with the following;
RETURNS FROM FRUIT
A peach grower in Titan county from
ten acres OF elberta peaches, after pay
ing for boxes. paper and nails, received
over $4,000. another grower from 1f6
alberta trees, sold 5000 worth OF peach
es; another grower sold 5000 worth OF
peaches from 1870 trees; still another
grower from a little over three acres
Of alberta trees sold a little over $1,000
worth of fruit Had our reputation
been established as that OF Grand
Junction or Palisade, Colorado, returns
would have far exceeded these figures.
what is being done in the peach busi-
ness is also being done with apples,
And mark, you these are not isolated
cases. for other orchards in Utah. Box
elder and other counties have done
equally wen,
The question Is often asked the speak
err: with the acreage being set to
fruit, is the time not near ut hand when
there viii he an oYerproduction and
consequent losses I'm the busness9" /
believe we should look at this matter
conservatively Markets are being
opened In foreign countries for our
fruits, our own population Is rapidly
Increasing, and fruit Is becoming n
more common article of diet hence a
greater consumption. From these
sources markets are furnished for a
large percentage OF the new orchards
II should also be remembered that
old orchards and districts which In
years past furnished large quantities
Of fruit have become reproductive.
But Notwithstanding all Of this, there
may como n year occasionally whom