Show fRUIT R 7 t TIR WAR Though Prices nave Been Lo Low for or Most fruits Large Sums nave Been Realized from Crop in NearlY ery Section ot of the th State Conditions of the Industry B By J 3 H Parry Secretary State Slate Bard Board or Of Nineteen hundred and four has bee a banner year ear for tor frit fruit growers in al all sections of the state except in the I southern countes counties where late spring frosts destroyed much of oC the fruit and amonds almonds Pi Prices g however have lIeen loW low for tor most arid much of i it was allowed to go to wate waste for tor want of or organized organized efort effort to ship to outside mar markets markets or otherwise care for i it In see sec tons where there ther were ship shippers rs to hande handle the fruit and factories to take care ot of the surplus little was wate wasted ad and fair prices ruled for aU all fruit fruitA t A partial report of the exports of fruits frOm a few of the leading sip sipping ship shipping ping point points wi will show the growing im importance of this industry In n 1901 1904 Box ox Elder county sent out carloads of fruit truit which netted the gowers growers besides Ide larg large quantities sent out to nearby ma markets ets by team Weber county ex cx exported ported straight cars or of fruit valued at besides filling large local or order der dens and supplying twelve canning fac factories factories tories wih with frit fruit sufficient to put ut up cases or tons of canned frit fruit car shipments from Weber in clu ed six cars or of fresh tresh grapes probably ably bly the first shipped out gapes of the state state Uth Utah county sent seat out cars of fruit fruit valued at S 00 and supported on one canner cannery Moat oa In Grand county cele celebrated celebrated for tor Its fine fruit and noted for forthe time the enterprise of its fruit it frit growers sent seat out from It its orchards eighteen carloads or of apples and pears and by local ex cx pres press boxes of summer fruits al all ot of which had to be hauled mies miles by team over oyer one of the roads in the state This little town usually sends to outside markets a like or geater greater quantity of peaches and other stone fruit but the frost de destroyed destroyed this season the shortage of the fruit crop in the greater part of vash ing ington on COnton County on account of late spring frosts some fifty wagons have been en engaged engaged throughout the seaon season freighting fruit to the surrounding mining camps fruit being the chief revenue producer of this count county In other counties not notably notably ably Tooele Box Elder Weber Davis Salt T si au Utah U Lau Emer and Garfeld Garfield the shipments of fri fruit by wagon wl will far ex exceed eed that sent out in I cars from railroad points I Extensive plantings or of new orchards I I have been made in the past two years e rs in most of oC the fri fruit gowing growing districts I of the state Young orchards of large areas ars ar just coming Into bearing and bearing i it Is sate safe to that time the output from the state wi will be Quadrupled in the next five years ear Land in the north mIddle se Uon of the state in the countes counties ot of Box Elder Weber Davis DaYis Salt Lake and Utah Is becoming to too valuable to produce hay hay grail grain and other farm crops profitably Truck farming sugar beet producing and fruit growing ar are taking the place of former crops and the land made to produce more valuable alu ble under the Intensive culture these b ter crops require Many Ian old orchards whIch through 1 neglect have hae outgrown their useful usefulness ness have been taken out The con t nuance of time the wor vork of grubbing out these old trees Is essential to the sue c ct c t rs S of oC in this timis state Old neglected orchard orchards do more injury to the industry than Jy any other one thing as nurseries s and breed lug ing place places for oUng moth wooly woly aphis San Jose scale bl blights hL and other pests and diseases which make fruit growing a continual war fare In every er section wherever thes these old tres trees exist The horticultural la law to together ether wih with the rules and regulations of the state board of horticulture formulated there under are ae macre ure observed than herEtofore heretofore by both nurserymen slid fruit gower growers throughout the state Tho Those e who the value of a I health healthy orchard and the worth of clen clean fruit nee need little urging to observe the fr for the of orchards against diseases and Insect pests The ravages of pur pear blight It has already wrought the destruction of many par pear orchards throughout time the n northern halt haIr of the state and man many I others are doom doomed Vigorous efforts are are beig being made to eradicate the dL dis disease ease The he only metho method of checking it its spread is vigilant and per persistent persistent cutting oUt and burning and no cure has been discovered San Jo Jose scale seale has ben been found in a number of o orchards in the north end of the BUte state and mea ure have ben been taken to dest destroy i it wherever ered The experience nce of horticulturists in this statu state as as elsewhere has dem demonstrate that thorough winter spry spray Ing with the lm saI salt and sUlphur s so solution luton lution now o wel well known wi keep this pest in check Number Numbers or of tres trees cund to b be badly t d ave ben been condemned and taken out arid and burned Frit Fruit Growels Association Needed That fw firner fruit gower growers are successful in Iii the market end of the frit fruit gaWIn growing industry however sue suc they m be in the growing or of good fruit was evidenced by the get great waste of good fruit which Occurred in nearly nealy al all fr sections of the state in the eason ason just past The crop was note noted as the largest ever eer gown grown in the state of peaches aches That which was sold returned in some instances les less than per cent of It its market value alu Frit Fruit growing lons are among the most urgent needs of the frit fruit grower growers of every ston section or of the state Only thos those gow growers r who I have business training and adaptability Iy ity t to market their fruit to the best advantage ar are making a a tha ugh suc success success cess or of thIs InduStry Other growers i are handicapped d and lose from 25 per percent percent cent to to 50 J pet lant cent of the possible r ye turns from their orchards eer every sea season Sn son COo CooperatIve selling under ef busin s management as practiced in the surrounding states and in eastern frit fruit growing center centers would enable al all gr to realize 90 per cent to 95 per cent of the net returns from the sale ot of the products ot of their or ch and be allowed to togo togo go to wate waste With Y the advent of bet better better ter antI and mote certain marketing ta In cites duties or orchard u owner owners w would uld b be en encouraged to take ake beter better care ot of their frit fruit and beter better fruit In much grater greater would be the resul result Canning Factories Caning Canneries are re n successful operation in Box Elder Weber V ber Morgn Morgan Davis DaYis and Uta Utah and have added greaty greatly to th the wealth eath r f the state and increased the value of land Jand on contiguous farms and should receive every encouragement nt from the fruit growers of the state The h output of the twelve s or of Weber sho shout the value alue of ti these e t t the e ni nit Their b 4 bid i ei k 1 i 26 irl ut U ug 0 tUna tons C c S 4 tons tons CIS eases equal t to 1444 S 30 cas cases Ien etts eua equal t los t case cases fn eual equal to 1 4 tn lons 2500 cases pumpkins S eual eual to 60 2500 tons iO cae ketchup el to There is great et need of canneries ad and shipping oa ton and ot other r mean means ir fr ta taking care cr of fruit In Salt Lake ke an and oh other cn coun counties tes ties to save the the prodigal waste ae or of frit fruit noW now s so u uon ever every Ye The canning in th the counties nam l are a treat t boon n to th the horti horticultural ort cultural Int of the selon where they ae are loc d creating a e ar hot ket at t home not only for surplus fruit or of aU all kinds but for pa peas sw sWeet cu corn beans and pump pumpkins 1 Ty Tyer They very er l durent augment the or of the ppl he supply them with the thet products of t the lr ad and gt greatly In Increase crease the value or of the lan land in tir theIr immediate vicinity and could b be Io fou with advantage in in many ot other countes counties of the thc state capitalists wi wIll nn find in the canning t In Industry a sC safe investment for tor catl capital excelled as a p by few other Indu Industries rin with the one O that the they do Jt not JY pay more than th they are worth St Salt Lake county lies has lo long ne needed a a enne canner to take tak cate of surplus tl fruits and vegetables Th The proposition to ane build one is no now under by a number ot f eR energetic of the county and there is 15 o eC a a factory at an dR day 5 There is alk alf also of establishing a second fac y in Utah count county YUh is its facilities and andrich rich grden garden soil i half a doen dosen o or me canneries ln n county woul would b be given al nil th they 7 do aCer after the they were started With wat water transportation to Its ts nearest railroad pint point AUr assured a cn can cannery ner nery at would afford a hoe market market for great eat quantities o of fruit now gong goIng to wate waste eve every yea year Through this means this district though a sm small 1 one woul would soon o become the richest in the state ate agriculturally t at least fhe enterprise or of Il frit linit growers in so much f floe frit fruit under such d ve as surround It insure the S success e or of any auxiliary int thre there Eath Each of the counties 9 of Em Emery To Tooele Juab ad and Sante could lie give handsome support dens ders to canneries wIthin n their her Souther Southern Uta Utah Experiment Fr Parm I ITo Tu To aid in hi bE he 0 uC fit fruit growing in Uth U the state established one n live It yer years ago a an ox ex experimental ruit ann nea near S St Gec George Georgein in Washington r nty T The wok work f demonstration in 1 planting cultivating and the orchard and vine vineyard an yard ard plots under the be direction lon tion of of the tate br board of and under the unde tle of the mem of C the southern dit district Thomas Judd Jud hs has furnished Invaluable object J s to the fruit grower growers rh h s and the di minato u at new and valuable va varieties riete of grapes pache peaches and oher other frit fruits suitable gp o that semitropical clime are 18 ig munch towar toward pal placing the fruit indu Y in Uta Dx Dixie upon a a Intelligent and paying basis In Iii r rape culture Alne alone sh such an an impetus b has he been n given this branch ot of b through gen th the influence of the work of oC he he experiment farm that tens of of vines were this year ear set et out throughout hut th this fion ver very largely t raisin ga grapes I It Is 18 safe to to predict that at no diant distant dy day the raisin industry will m b be to t the p people or of southern uther UtAh th the same bene cent nt economic fa tr th the sugar gr gris business is to to the or of tae the or of he he st Hea sur sure a and unCaP Pig ini surce source f revenue Sta Station on Needed Ta In view of oC th the great go good alre already cc c y the southern Vt Utah ex experimental farm and o of its farch lug in n prot promoting a and lP up uplifting or of that re regon regina lifting the fruit ru industry gina th the nope ante h is expressed th that the gon present le will m see t the advis advisability ability of anh another hl horti horticultural cultural exp farm ann er r station tuto In Inthe the nth north contra sectIon tou of Ue the ste state to b be an auxiliary to the state stale ment station zt Ln Logan and u under r the J IC it its director associated noard or of horticulture with the stae I The need of such uch an auxiliary station is isI ne geat greatly felt in the principal fri fruit go grow li liin I in lag mf the state The work that cam ca b be b by another eX fruit fn I would b be In its itt in promoting the h fui fruit Interests or of the I whole state rl ii California where the I fruit industry I is paramount six ex exI experimental I are I al all under on one directorate I In or our own state stale Is rapidly becomIng I Our OurI I the tho ledin leading agricultural I peculiarly favorable climate and other oer conditions combine to mke make k It sch such the nt ert that that our irrigated farming ari land 1 Is becoming ng to too valuable o 0 produce ch cheap cro crops profitably ny flY movement therefore directed to th the advancement of this in industry will th the Interests f the state at irge It its wealth the make possible and producing power sustenance sustenance ef f a gaty greatly augmented population |