The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23
|ACK To FARN'
IS THE SLOGAN
"a Movement Toward Ru-
n Localities in Utah Is
Noticeable.
DROPS PROMISED
FOR PRESENT YEAR
ything Grown in or OH
Ground Is in Great
Demand.

ect reports on the number OF
being sold in the choice farm
,cfions of the state cannot be OBJ
but there is undoubtedly a
movement TO the farms of Utah,
Nv from the homcseekers coming
he state. but from Utah towns,
there is a strong sentiment to-
tnrning TO farming as a means
King a living.
re is no question that farming in
has received an impetus that Will
an increase in the products OF
ate from the farms that will be
hort of wonder when the har-
arc gathered in the fall. The
aoficeable condition that is caus-
feniion to be directed to the ag
|ral industry is the increased
|e this year in some of the larg
slding crops of the state. There
e an increase in the acreage uf
beeis amounting TO 80 per cent
'e, Persons in a position 10 know
e acreage Of wheat was increased
N and all the other grain crops
h in the spring show heavy acre
,creases. 1t is difficult TO csti
he effect on the resources of the
when the increased crops begin
on the market. The least that
said Of it is that the value OF
Itural resources III the state of
will be increased in 1911 to the
OF several million dollars.
+. Acreage Increases.
eased acreage in crops is report.
Ia The irrigated districts as well
h the dry farming sections. All
Fnents of agriculture will be ef-
by the sudden remarkable turn
+ The farm. Fruit growing espe
has been benefited in the last
nd a better market is promised
tlD11 crop. Leaving out the pos.
image that came from the recent
the fruit crop in Utah for 1911
& picked from thousands more
than last year. for the reason
|ach year young trees come into
aring class and add their crop to
owing industry.
'n figures are cast up on the 1911
crop In Utah there will be some
1bt their accuracy, as from al!
of the state included in the fruiT
rs there come reports of the in
D yield that must come from the
richards that viii bear for The
me to any extent this year. What
Of apples is true of peaches and
,f the berry crops. The luscious
erry in Utah will cut Il figure
ar in the Eyuit crop Known for
ellency Of flavor the Utah variety
Iwberry rapidly is gaining favor
markets in the east and on theI
Strawberries in Demand.
3 are many locations in the state
bly, fitted for the growing of
crries where they can be picked
Enough to compete with berries
north of the southern states on
With Texas. Indeed there are Ger.
|Tored sections in the southwest
10 of the state where the berry
Der ahead Of the Texas berry.
spots are marked for early de-
lent and in few years the first
on the market will be labeled
Southern Utah instead OF
Texas. -
peaches already have place
II own in the middle and extreme
sections Of the country ia
with a climate with enough Of
81 to add favor to the fruit. and
mparatively safe from severe
In early spring, this fruit is in
and constant demand.
direct result Of the increase in
& the small grains, cattle and hog
will grow TO become an indus
Itself. Present prices on range
make the business profitable. A
narket for hogs exists far in ad
of the supply. These two depart
of farming do not need to es
4 for themselves an open mar
Ilt already exists. In setting up
to compute the value of the
)foduets of Utah for 1911 there
needed an extra column TO ac-
'Iate the figure away TO the left
column that will represent the