Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-12-30 | Page 5 | Report Shows Value of Spraying and Cultivating

REPORT SHOWS VALUE OF SPRAYING AND CULTIVATING Significant Figures on Production o of Orchards Or h Submitted S by Horti Horticultural cultural cult r Inspector John P county count Inspector yesterday tiled filed his statistical statistic report of ot the fruit industry Ind Of ut Salt Lake Uk Lakeith with ith the th county commissioners rs Mr Sot SOr Sote enson Onson e son says In Iii the county outside of o Salt Lake City there are about 1577 1677 acres In fruit pro producing producing producing To particularize p acres sprayed d and cultivated produced or per acre 33 acres cres sprayed and not cultivated c ed produced or pet pel acre acres mostly peach on east bench berich and nd only cultivated produced 37 4 or iSI 81 per acre acres not cultivated and not sprayed produced or V per acre UJ acres flerS ar or of berries mostly strawberries produced pr per acre The trees are further tu classified as as fol follows follows lows acres from one to six years old 2 94 acres ac es from six to ten years e rs old s 1 acres a res ten v years y ars and abort rAlso Also classified 5 follows r Six hundred and a d nl nine l acres of ot apples acres a res o ot of pears acres of ot is 10 acres t 01 ot of plums 14 aCres of f cherries s 16 acres cres of cf f apricots acres of berries multi arid SS acres s sot of ot miscellaneous old trees which ar r mostly inosU useful as an example exa of what hat should not be but nevertheless exists That thi production is considerably undervalued there is no doubt as a most people seem to fear that an honest state stat statement ment would Increase their taxes and all al althe the assurance assUr n WP h could give I ie to tb t the con can contrary cantral trai seemed see ed mostly to fall on deaf ears cars