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Show TREES MAKE LAND VALUABLE. Not Infrequently when nn orchard proposition Is put before men the answer an-swer Is ' f) 1 don t want to wait n lifetime for results ' This remark Is Inspired bv tho groundless thought that durlrg the early cirs of the orchard or-chard there will bo no returns In fruit nn 1 hence it lorn of the use or tho land, In nd llllon to the expense of curing for the trees This Idea Is erroneous, first, because the ground between the trees should be utilized ln the production of some croa requiring cultivation and the trees will be the better for It, but principally prin-cipally Is the Idei nf prolines wilting wilt-ing wrong because every enr of growth of each tiee ad Is one dollar to the iirtuil v ilue of th" In ml on which tho treo stinds To explain, It has been accepted In the courts of Utah tint fruit trees of commcrclil sorts, planted on soil ndiptcd to the tree. In-creasid In-creasid in nluo Jl for eich jeir of growth up tn nnturlt), or ten jenrs Nrt onl hive the cnurtu held the rule equitable. In the cold-blooded proposl-Hon proposl-Hon of flxlne dnmaffiot In right-of-way for a railroad In Utnh. but the same rule was npplled and for C-eir-old pear trees tho company paid the owner j; for each tree Thus In two Instances wherein strictly buslress sense nnd no ifntlmcnt prevailed, the alue of fruit trees was tlxed Urom tho above It should not be taken that this value nttuches without there shall havn been Intelligent enre exercised 111 the selection of both Imd ind trees, with duo regard for soil lo-cation lo-cation varieties nnd prospective markets mar-kets and all this followed up by thorough thor-ough cultivation nnd mnmgcment of thc orehircl rigurri might be Uven to show that from a strictly revenuo view the matter of vahntlon ot thc treo Is eonservitlve, but this Is not necessii If ftt any t ne there Is truly a desire to get at tho facts, Just ask .1 dozen of the right Kind of or-elnrdlstn or-elnrdlstn If they will permit ou to dig up their JO veir-old trees for S10 per tree and tee what the unanimous answer an-swer will be |