Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

practical experience, that from s400 to
$500 an acre could be made from pota-
toes. All the common vegetables such
as sugar corn, lettuce. peas. beans.
spinach. radishes. parsnips. etc, grow
in profuslon and can be turned Into in
slant profit. Peas and beans are par
ticularly proiIhc-two products that
would prove immensely profitable for
shipment and for canning
FRUIT PRODUCTION.
The soil and climate around Pocatel-
10 are ideal for the production of such
fruits as apples, pears. cherries, rasp
berries. strawberries, currants. goose
berries. prunes. etc, and other small
fruits. The Idaho apple has long since
gained worldwide reputation for its
quality winning prizes wherever en-
tered A 10-acre tract could be made
to produce easily from s700 to 81 900 an
acre by growing the fancy varieties
that bring n high price In eastern mar
kets. The local market is a strong one
for apples, the price never ranging be-
low 81 so box for boxes containing
less than q bushel, and moro often the
price ranges from 81 to $3.50. The fancy
varieties run even higher than these
figures. The same figures practically
are applicable to pears-with the addi
tlonal advantage that pears will have
a value at the cannery. Cherries pro-
duce abundantly. are full, large and
splendidly colored Tho smaller fruits
susceptible to canning also offer large
opportunities for profit making. Owing
to the fertility of the soil they produce
albundantly, and during the season
bring good prices.
CHICKEN RAISING.
The possibilities for chicken raising
on 10-acre tract in this section are
immense-the figures would be unbe-
lievable. But with the productivity of
the Idaho soil under irrigation, the dry,
healthful climate. and abundance Of
sunshine, Ideal conditions are found un-
der which to make u success of this
profitable business. There Is a constant
and growing demand for both eggs
and chickens In this market, eggs rare
ly ever falling to as low as 20 cents
dozen.
DAIRYING.
MIX production may be made pro-
fltaIblo, although 1t would not be 80
profitable as fruit or vegetable raising.
AS q source OF additional income. work.
cd with other things it would yield ad-
vantage0usly. One of the finest cream
cries in the west Is located at Pocatello.
MARKET ASSURED.
Pocatello is what may be termed a
factory town. The immense shops
of the Oregon Short Line railway are
located here, the railway giving en-
ployment to several thousand men. All
of these arc consumers but non-produc-
crs of food stuffs. and arc thus de-
pendent wholly on the market for their
supplies
The city now has n population of 5000
and 1t Is growing rapidly. Its admir-
able location rs a railroad and dtstrl-
buting center. its cheap electric power
and the fact that It Is center Of an
immense area of raw products make It
an Ideal city for factorics-a condition
that will inevitably make It one OF the
largest manufacturing ccntcrs OF the
west, Thus a market is absolutely as
sured.
The public schools. Catholic school.
state academy and school of agr,cul-
turc, offer splendid opportunities for
education.
Tho homesecker, the investor, the To-
boring man or the farmer will each find
Pocatello his dreams realization. his
golden opportunity.