Show DIXIE RAISINS BOOMED BY JUDO Horticultural Board President I i Proposes New Industry LARGE REVENUE POSSIBLE V OPPORTUNITY OP IN INCOMES COMES FOR SOUTHERNERS Grape growing and raisin making in um southern Utah should in the near future become one of ot the most profitable In iii Industries in the state according to the bulletin b just by President Thom Thomas as Judd Juda of oTt the state board of horticulture ture Mr Juda fudd has baa for the pest pat two years been conducting practical experiments menLo ments In this line at the experiment farm The results of his labors are fully set forth in bulletin No o 1 which has been issued and the possibilities o this Industry explained to the public Grape raising raining in Dixie has been canted on for years on a small scale but no effort was made to realize any cash returns from the product to the great distance to the nearest railroad it was impossible to ship the grapes to a market so they were made into wine The wine wa of little com coin value and most of it was con consumed by ly the makers and no attempt made to export It By making the grapes into raisins it itIs itIs Is possible to grape raising a profitable Industry Prom From the tests made at the experiment farm it ha ia been shown that as high as SHW profit ran can be realized from an acre of ground that can be bought at present for 69 50 or 60 V The cuts or sprouts can be obtained from the experiment farm free of coat and in three years time will be bearing grapes One very Important feature in favor of this industry is the fact that can be irrigated with from to the amount of water re required by agricultural products The soil in the Dixie country is vW viii canic scoria the Ha me as the soil ef the best region of Italy and the grapes grown id the former place have as line fine flavor as those grown in the country across the sea Some of the grapes grape raised in southern Utah were sent to the government chemist at Washing Washington ton D C and an analysts analysis proved that they contain more saccharine matter than the grapes of California By drying the grapes and making raisins it is possible to ship them some distance to a s market for sale They can be transported to the railroad by wagon without vantage at a nom nominal inal cost It Is said that worth of raisins can be ho hauled in one wagon load It is cl claimed that grape raising ca caa J be made to the of southern what the best beet industry is to those of the middle section or the dairy business to those of the north |