The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13

religious educational institutions to he found in the
state outside Of Salt Lake City and Provo.
The day of appreciation of Emery county fertile
rigation and other purposes, its hnc climate and limit
less opportunities has hut fairly dawned. Among the
twentysevcn counties of the state Emery stands sec
ond in the number of acres under rrIgaton beng
S 2% h SI HT Emery taS feiG It
that this vast acreage is annually irrigated and Gpl
to the citizens of Emery county that there arc mum.
bcrs of very shifess farmers of the very worst
acre Of Which could be irrpatcd and ed with water
rights held by the owners Yet only fraction Of many
of these large individual land holdings are put to any
is the explanation to the oft heard question why
Emery county, with its thousands of acres of land un-
other is that for the past few years there has
on sT SG % in Emery nd Carbon counties aud
Mt the old and newly established coal camps in both
at apV mo ' they were demanded that many farmers
with many teams and BOYS have boen induced engage
waiting until fan for crop money Many farmers have
R NOR b eng sHT s%ags Sa Gy Rn rs
good farmers in Emery county for there are scores
turns for their labor In fact, the who have
manned home and farmed have at the end of each
the men who have gone to the irrigating and mining
camps with the teams and boys
ALFALFA SEED IS KING.
in CS M Gcy Sd %ps he1 1T &c snS sa that ToeS dxesp
under the special paragraphs relating to tho Green
Valley the crop dc resistance that of alfalfa seed
Corn he the king crop of the nation but alfalfa
Here is the story: Seed twcntyaSrc tract of land to
alfalfa In the second year it is necessary to rrigae
NJ but twice and you harvest from 500 TO 800
per acre from it, Such sums the foregoing
being taken from the alfalfa fields Of Castle valley,
where the threshng season is yet in full swing Eight
aud ten bushels of seed to the is being harvested
and is about the average yield of this splendid crop
The seed weighs eighty pounds TO the bushe and buy
are running through the county with bank books
Castle valleys contribution to the nations alfalfa
seed crop this year will be close to thirty carloads.
of the crop viii be about Sl5o0Oo. Some farmers
summer and are pocketing their $4,000 and $4,000
wads while wearing happy smiles In few years
lars worth of alfalfa seed alone No wonder alfalfa
hay is now selling at $l3 per in Emery county at
ing carloads of flour to be shipped in next month.
WHITE HONEY CANNOT BE EXcELLED.
Then there is the famous waterwaite honey Of
has heard, 1t may be that its reputation abroad is
greater tEln rs reputation at home because most of
the honey is shipped East where the demand for it is
dar IN excess of the supply. When this honey was
sensation because Of its delightful flavor and wherever
1t IS known there is steady demand for it. sample
crop that is easily gathered therefore it is in high
favor with the average Emery county farmer Sew
being in the neighborhood of 5la cents per pound.
Some honey raisers receive from $1,000 to $4,000 year
bees doing all the work but the extracting canning
re I TO man 6m a5 Which ana the clover Sre bios
gathered These plants in wise injured by what
the bees extract from them and the bees themselves
render most valuable service polenzers. A
honey crop is one of the ceanest gains section
produce.
AS TO HORTICULTURE
Now few words about horticulture in Emery
county Everybody knows that Green River is destined
to become of the worlds greatest peach belts,
but few people yet realize that Castle valley is be
coming of the countrYs greatest. ample growing
sections. Sounds like big talk doesn't it? But wait
and the waiting won't be long This year J. II. Be
hunin, the county 8 official fruit tree ins"ector,
brought to Salt Lake IN hand satchcl a few Wolfe
about State fair time. and while showing them to
friend il suggested by the latter that Mr. Behunn
place them exhibition at the fair. He did Re
suit first prize in their class Apples of other classes
grown Emery county might have Jared well, for
better Jonathans, Black Ben Davis, Ganos and
Rhode Island Greetings be found anywhere than
those grown ju this valley Several carloads apples
NJ. Royance Co. Of Provo and others, and some
OF the best fruit the Salt Lake markets today was
grown in Emery county but does not bear the name
Of the county the boxes. Pretty people will
be demanding Emery county fruit and then the
will be rightly credited for the article it produces
The present year apple crop is approximately twenty
five carloads.
According to the tree inspectors report there arc
nearly 100000 fruit trees in Emery county. ging
produces the modest amount of 500 annually and
some trees produce four times that amount Emery
county will be turning out 100000 worth of fruit
and that day is not far off. Peaches, pears, plums
and cherries all grow aDundantly in the
Ono of the enthusiastic boosters of Emery county