The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-08


mediately.
excuse for repeating the law. Under the
present conditions the state is forced to
protect one OF her rapidly growing indus,
tries. During 1910 there were 6Ssg
bushels Of apples and 10 nd bushels Eysrr,e ei
There are altogether too many small
neglected blocks of trees (relics OF pio-
nSer hortieGlturs2 sti ., IN t,oes eSis5encS ars o
town lots in the older settlements. Thls
class OF orchard has been dealt with sys.
tematically. as the time and the tunds al
would permit.
County Inspection.
Considerable Improvement has come
| over the county horticultural Inspection
service during the last biennium- the
provision In tho horticultural law, reouir-
ing inspectors to pass an examination
| showing their qualifications properly 10
execute the horticultural law In their re-
spective districts has been OF very ma
tcrial assistance In raising the standaru
OF the work. .
There arc many features of the SER
vice still open to criticism. and under
present conditions 1t is not possible TO
get uniform work over the state.
The county inspectors are stiil paid py
and under the control Of the county
commissioners. However In the larger
fruit producing sections the majority OF
the inspectors are earnest, hard worklnE
mon and doing everything III NHeii po"S'
to better existing conditions
In some OF the counties. particularly
the smaller ones. IL is hard 10 get n. coih
petent men 10 take charge OF 'he %prh,
because the wages paid are not suHicieht
to induce men to take il up. TWO couh-
ties IN the state are paying their ~,
spectors only s. per day: and one coHnIy cDy.
allows her deputies 81 80 a day. only
four counties In the state are paying IN
spectors the maximum Of 81 per day al
lowed by law.
Pack Improving.
"The year 1910 has been noteworthy To
this Industry; from the standpoint oil
voted 10 fruit growing was small II was
a difficult matter TO set carloads, me m
growers had very little experience IN
packing their fruit. In these days much
fruit went on 10 the cars which was not
properly graded or packed. and utah truiI run
fell into disfavor in the market. She mas
paid very dearly for these early nllstakeS
and il was only after systematic eHorl
and hard work the part OF the assocla-
tions and shippers that the Weakness WIS WIS
OF the crop this past year was paeked5
under rigid supervision. and instead OF
the complaints concerning the poor pack
favorable comments were hearo on al
sides. ~
II is not intended TO suggest that all
the Improvement has come In one season,
but Il is n fact that during thls season
our fruit took a long stride toward re-
deemng the prejudices whlch eA's'eo
It is often suggested that the fruit in
dustry is going to be overdone, and this
conclusion is based upon the heavy pant
Ing which Is going on. particularly ln tne
Rocky mountain states, To offset TINS we
have a vast area in the eastern ano mld-
die states Of America. where fruit grow
Ing has proven a failure. and the orchards
have been neglected until they are no
longer a serious factor on the market.
Statistics OF the United States department
OF agriculture show there is an actual De
crease in the production OF apples. ne
population is increasing and the fruit is
becoming q necessity, rather than lux
ury.
| II is true that tho competition on inc
! markets is getting keener all the time, ana
it is a struggle TO maintain commerce.!
| supremacy. But the area in the United
states Is limited that can produce fruit
with the size. color. keeping quality: and
freedom from blemish Of Utah fruit.
Facilities for handling fruit arc being
| improved every year. and thousands OF
dollars are being spent pY the
| railroads. by the government. and by the
various state departments to improve the
present methods, so it is reasonable to
| suppose that the increased consumption
and better facilities for reaching the mar
kets, will provide an outlet for the IN
creased production. The markets for
western grown fruits are going TO be the
entire civilized world, rather than the
cities of the United States.
AT the annual GNUlDlIS OF t06 OHllcu
States nd and irrigation exposition. held
at Chicago during the fall of 1909 and
1910 Utah's horticultural and agricultural
Pros Exhibit %as
possible through the generosity Of Gov
| William Spry. o. j. Salisbury. George
Austin and T. r. Cutler Of Salt Lake and
NJ. S. Browning OF Ogden. who personally
! guaranteed some $4,000 for the purpose of
| making the exhibit. In 1910 D. Il. Burey.
/ general passenger agent OF the Oregon
r-r- Ia1
the expenses and facilities which enab bled
us 10 make a showing from the state.
Exhibits Direct Benefit.
These exhibits are direct benefit TO
the state. In that a large number OF con-
sumers are attracted by the quality of
our products, and the people who antici-
| pate coming west TO make their homes
learn many of the advantages our state
has TO offer. Utah has not been getting
her share of the wstern emigration. and
settlers are needed to develop our latent
resources. There are great many peo-
pie In and around Chicago who have
made large investments in the state and
there are many more who have the de-
velopment of some Utah enterprises un-
der consideration. Our resources must be
kept before these people.
Numerous articles have been appearing
in magazines during the. past few years
back TO the farm movement" IT was
the class Of people who have been at
lDdCled Dy tDeSS drNCleS tnat ATTENDED
the show. The attendance during the
1909 exhibit was 250,00O while in 1910
over 100000 paid admissions. indicating
ar increase of interest among city people
in farm lands From the earnest manner
in which information was sought we
know that the throngs of people. who
visited the coliseum were not idle Curl
, osty seekers
Reasons for Advertising.
Utaf's horticultural resources especial
. " need advertising for the reason that
/ when the present planted area comes
? into bearing. the commercial output Will
be ten times greater than II now is, and
, the way must be paved to market this
Increased production successfully
Special credit is due Thomas Judd o.
ST. George, former president OF the boart
of horticulture for the work he did II
! the interest OF horticulture at the Alaska.
. Yukon exhibit at Seattle, and at the lane
show at Chicago In 1903.
Y Business ability and intelligence mus
be put into the orchard work. both from
! the standpoint OF production and mar
: keting the crop We must have strons