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Show ! STATE HORTICULTURAL INSPECTOR WILL LECTURE TO VAL VERDA OWNERS ON "MAN AND AN ACRE" I , J. Edward Taylor, horticultural inspector in-spector for the state of Utah, will address ad-dress the men and women of Salt Lake who have purchased acres at Yal Verda, the beautiful tract of su:re-homesites lying ly-ing seven and one-half miles north of Salt Lake, at a meeting of these owners own-ers to be held at the Commercial club at 8 o'clock Friday evening of this week, to which the general public is cordially invited. This was the announcement made yesterday yes-terday by tho officials of tho Bettilyon ' iiome Builders company of this city, owners of Val Verda. The Bettilyon company has arranged for a series of four lectures for owners of Yal Verda acres to be delivered at four meetings of these owners during February and March at the Commercial club. The Bettilyon company is anxious that every man and woman who has purchased an acre of ground at Val Verda with the idea of making that acre produce sufficient fruit, vegetables, chickens, eggs, milk and other produce to keep the family table throughout tho year, while the man of the family continues con-tinues his work in town, shall have all the good advice that it is possible tol secure in the matter of laying out their acres, together with the proper planting of vegetables, the setting out of fruit trees and the right sort of care for their gardens and orchards. It is proposed to have the first- lecture lec-ture to Val Verda owners cover the subject of proper fruit trees to set out and their care, together with the proper planting and care of garden vegetables and other produce. The second lecture will be on chicken raising at Val Verda and the third lecture on the proper irrigation irri-gation of Val Verda acres with water from the modern waterworks system on tho tract. The fourth lecture will be given on the general characteristics of Val Verda soil, and the speaker will be a farmer from the immediate neighborhood, neighbor-hood, of Val Verda, who has had years of experience with the soil there. At the first of theso lectures, to be given Friday evening of this week at the Commercial club, Mr. Taylor, the state horticultural inspector, will give Val Verda owners the benefit of his years of state-wide experience in the proper care of orchards and gardens. "The state horticultural department Is interested in any move that tends to build. up such communities as Val Verda, and for that reason I Bhall be very glad to give the owners of this property h pi 1 - v ' i ! : i ' V. 1 1 " v i La tei - . t l j ' ' r i I i ( J. Edward Taylor, state horticultural ins Dec tor. whatever advice I can," declared Inspector In-spector Taylor yesterday. Scores of Salt Lakers have purchased acre-homesites at Val Verda with the idea of following the example of thousands thou-sands of families in California, who have purchased an acre of ground near j one of the bigr cities, where the bread- i earner of the family can go to and from ; his daily work in " town dv street car! and at the same time put his acre under cultivation and make it produce practically prac-tically everything the family will eat throughout the year. Eight hew homes have been erected at Val Verda and are now occupied, and the Bettilyon company com-pany officials state that plans have been completed for a number of additional homes to be built immediately this spring. Mr. Bettilyon states that many inquiries in-quiries are being received constantly regarding re-garding Val Verda and it is expected that the entire tract will be taken up by purchasers early during the coming season. |