Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-18
BEAR RIVER VALLEY
PEERLESS FOR FRUIT
F,r Annie Crop Alone Ten Carloads
or Lumber for Boxes Airc"dS
Ordered

David ITolmrrou. of Trcmonton. BOX
oldsr county. manager of the Farmers
Cash union. 90 cooperative community
concern numbering over 300 stockholm
en- farmers of that prosperous commun-
lty. the firm handling the produce
OF its members and supplying them
with farm implements, lumber anu
supplies of AN kinds. az close 90 cost
and showing total annual business
OF from 100000 TO SlZ3o0O. was III 9alt
Lake on business Tuesday afternoon
and reports that for a small new town
be believes there Is uo other place III
the state chat is as lively. as prosper
GUS and can show the volume OF Dust
ness as the little town Of Tromontoh'
1T is situated in the center of won
dorfully rich agricultural. horticultur-
al and stock country, where the past
few years have shown startling
growth" said Mr. Hoimgren. Take
our beneficial cooperative store pan.
for instance. 90 has been established
hut three years ana last season we
supplied 81 carloads of lumber alone,
which shows little building boom IN
Itself
And to show what eastern Box
elder county fruit men figure on in the
way of this seasons apple crop alone,
N'| tNEIH nav NN.HAl 1ANN'aA'IH HAaA'N va
10 carloads of apple box lumber which
made up viii make 10000 bushel boxes
~ apples. which last season brought
from SIPS Co $3.50 "a box, or total
value OF over $1Z5,000 N the antcipa-
lions of the fruit growers are realized
AT COO filled boxes Go the car, that
would represent 1866 cars the farmers
are preparing Co ship out OF the county
this season. our apples gu To- all parts
of the United states even down into
Texas. which L found when down there
recently is the best market Boo the
country for Ttah's first class apples.
"Fruit growing Go the Rear River
valley ls spreading at am astonishing
rate. There must Doe between 2O and
'n men iu our vicinity with orchards Of
20 acres or more. mostly apples. And
when a 20-acre orchard come into
bearing IL is mo- small proposition. 10
means the handling of several thou
sand bushels or fruit annually
To-day Rasmussen Hansen Ga prob
ably the largest apple grower IN the
county. Last season DC handled be-
tween 5000 and 5000 bushels. j. NJ
Jensen and sons have the greatest
amount of acreage, but most Of this is
iu young trees that will not be In bear
ing condition for several years yet. But
they have 14o0O trees set out about six
years ago. which viii be- ia bearing for
the hrst time this season. Eight or TO
years ago j. y. Johnson. then OF Brig
ham city. set ont % large orchard The
land cost him about 49, am acre. and
last week De sold ~ acres for $500 an
acre. or $500 for the tract Tie sim
retains 20 acres OF good orchard which
Of itself IS sufficient Co keep him In
7fnucuce the rest of his days The most
popular and profitable varitics Of
apples are the Jonathan. Wincsap Ben
Davis. Gano Missouri Pippin. Winter
Rauana and Winter Pcarmain
"To show how Interested the growers
are I'm up-to-d8te methods recently
our store got boz a carload of the
smudgo pots. the first carload shipped
into the state They sell from 80 TO
a9 cents apiece. and one charging with
coal Keeps mp am orchard fire for six
hours. These were put into use two
or three nights during the recent cold
snaps Many farmers declare that only
through their use were their crops
saved. some fruit men who neglected
the smudge system lost their entire
seasons Yield The northern Utah
fruit growers are now alive 90 an mod
ern methods. and the DAY is close at
hand when The Industry I'm northern
Utah win be established on big scale
and on firm commercial basis"