The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-27

- Of ,,sr,sr or cardboard. On the end
of each box should be label statlhe ,iIe
variety of apples. the number OF applss
in the box. the place they were 6lNSH
ard the name of the association On the
box should also be stamped or stehell,so
the name of the grower and MS postoIfiilgie
address Make each grower feSPOliSlStS
in that way for his box NHeh ne uaS
his name on every box. no grower Is go
inE to be careless about his sorting anu
ina cl,ine. These labels advertise the as
trict. the association, the growers ana Tue
ss,rba whole success Of the fruit business
de-ends uDon clean and thorough WoFk-
See to it that your fruit Is put up N IOI.-
est and attractive packages tIet a IeYu Pr
tstion that buyers and consumers VIII
know that when they get q box OF your
fruit they will be assured that the az
niles on the top tier are just as Eoou az
those on the bottom ana that t.t.oS -,
the middle are Just the same as those on
ton and bottom: that any one apple ~ 1i .i
nov is lust as good as any other apple IN
the box 49,, ..1,- aud
tben for three-duarters Of an hour MI,
sf,enard answered questions he tolo
sboi,f the details of his association, nov
money was raised, how apples NeIs
nicLed and inspected. etc, ana prOnllsst'
| before the close of the convention 10 give
some interesting statistics Wnlcn ne GIG
not then have with him lie .Ol9 OF III IN
various kinds of packs ana , olltst ~
! GHanf0 boxes U5tQ IL NtAA~AN''N
ne ..1t sS has been found that the same va
r;sfv- of apuies grown In different local.
/ tiles require different packs. Inc aPplSS
vary in shape. That IS me reason that
| sTo1erz i'm different districts rind that
/ 9hev need a different shaped box from
/ tai used for packing the same KIND OF
| fruit in some other district. -
I when Mr. Shepard had finally concur
| Cd q motion was made that committee
/ Of seven be appointed by the ctaF 70
/ consider changes and adoltions ussI ne.
{ desirable in the state horucultufai 10 y
I and to take such steps as were deemed
/ .ecassarx- There was some debate as TO
/ whether such committee should De ASKED
1 +, report back to the convention beLoIS
its adjournment or Dc gwen lng oSe+ L.
/ itv to take their findings olreetiy o. LOT Or
| tbe legislature 1t was finally deci0ed the
/ committee should report to the eQnVsH-
/ ZION an outline concerning the leglsiatloh
needed and then go before tne l@s. sIs,1d-
ments as the convention should approve
Evening Session.
The evening session was not so largely
attended as was the aiteInoon ssss.J,.
/ meeting. Professor E G. Titus. entoIncl-
ogist at the State Agricultural coiiess {,
[ gave a long talk on Troublesome lhsscts
Of 1gaS - treating particularly Of the pests
/ 81 orchards in Utah and the various
WAYS of dealing with them eNpialnlLe
tbef7 habits Much Of his talk regarded
various kinds Of sprays. how to mix them
and when to use them to the best acVah-
faCe. He said that during the last sea
son these pests were not 50 troublesome
in this state as they had been on former
coca sious and urged the oTchardistS &c
get together in the fight for eXterrnina-
ting them. He answered great many
Questions after his address proper Wa
T-noch Farr. a fruit grower Of Ogden
gave an interesting talk on his very sue
SeSsfuI efforts to save his fruit trees a
time OF frost by using oil pots anu ar
electric alarm system calling him WheI
/ the fer1uerattrre had fallen TO certain
| decree The nots we're used to burn crude
| oii Tnev cost him % cents apiece and n
! rSad forty to an acre. Each burned a5ou
! three quarts Of oil. The oil, Re said, COS
him "a per gallon. He was followed D
: discussion on frost prevention oy J
TavIor. secretary OF the state board o
. bo-tier,ftqre. and John r. Moore. VIII
showed samples OF numOsr q OF D1In
[ ers and coal burners used by fruit grow
ers At Grand Junction. The burners wer'
. Shown and it was explained how tnel
! .eere used. the costs Of each, the price
! of oil com pared with coal A demonstra
: ton of any Of the burners IN action Wouis
have been welcomed BY those present, ]
ONLY for the purpose OF raising the ten
perature in the aTmory to comfortaol
z degree. -.
: Before adjournment until 10 o'clock tht
morning the chair named the Commute
Of seven to consider needed legislation q
follows: Moroni Mortensen- c G. Adley
DR.. e D. Ball. J. z. Taylor, r. d. Wzd
2 ley, Charles Smith and Mervel Knight