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Show 1 PROFIT IN GRAPES. In Suit- Lake county and in the counties coun-ties immediately surroundim this thero aif .house nds of high bench and hill iands especially adapted to grape cul- tirc. On these lands tbc drainngo is perfopf, composition of the soil for grapes is Ideal ami the location with ref- roueo to. tho slupo gives promise of , brat results in graue production. It is 1 a fact that at present not ono-l.enth of ho grapcB consumed in this elate aro yrown within its borducs. While Lhc leading varictios; anch as Muscatel, Hlnck IY.ik'c, Black' MamBiirg, "Rose Vrru and Tokay all Jo well here wheu l!oii a nood I'liancc. that thorc is profit in the grape in-duhlr.v in-duhlr.v in Utah is attested by every '"an v.bu lias civen the matter n fair ti'inl. A grape, grower in this scctiou rcteotl.y made tho statement thai the product of 700 vines to tbc acre yield-ina yield-ina twenty pounds to tho vino and sell-ing sell-ing wholesale at l cents per pound, a conservative estimate, produces an an-H. an-H. mini revenue of 10 por emit net on a nlnatiou of $1000 per acre. This moans Jl'JO not per acre after paying thu cosh of labor, spraying, piekinc and packing, Hi Ecn if the vines should yield but ton Hi pounds tu the vine and with tho product H' soiling nt o cents per pound, tho returns Hj amply justify an investment in this proposition. In tho light afforded by llicsc fipurcs, it seems surprising that carloads of grapes from California are anuually shipped into Utah. With proper election of soil, right culture methods and up to-datc marketing prin-cipls, prin-cipls, thero is no reason why tho Utah product should not supplant California grapes lu the markets of ibis intcrmoun- tain couutrv. ,' With the oprning of the Panama " ranal it is ronfidnUy nxpoctod by Cnlifornia roplc that there will bo thousands of grape growers from south- crn Italv seeking locations in Cali ' foVtnm With tho opportunities to bo fonnd in this vjcmitv for grape-growing, tho suggestion that the attention of these homescokors be directed here is rccommonded to tho consideration of tho officials having charge of rh". fnirs nt San Francisco and San Diogo. |