Show unnecessary waste t the members of the state k oard of horticulture came to provo prepared to lay before the demple some important facts relating to horticulture and the preserving of fruits but unfortunately the farmers and fruit gro growers W ers lound found ir themselves too busy t to come out and hear what the members of the board had to say in conversation with president judd he made the surprising statement that imported fruit is now being sold even in dixie preeminent for its ruit fruit last fall the fruit grow ers hauled their dried peaches to milford and got only 21 cents a pound for them after bringing 0 them by team over a hundred and fifty miles of course they were badly dried dried and rattled like chips today dried apricots and apples from california aae being sold at the st george stores far 2 cents a pound mr judd said he traveled through nearly all the sout southern bern counties and found cali california for dried fruit as well as canned fruit in all the stores that is really a sad reflection on the people of utah their fruits are equal to the best beat grown in california in most instances the flavor of the fruits of this altitude are superior to 0 o those of the low lands we have any amount of idle labor and all that is needed is a little well directed ef effort fortin in preserving and drying draing 0 our fruits to place them on the home market the california methods of drying fruits are simple and quite inexpensive and it is not nat much of a science to can L fruit the tin or cans can be laid down in this state as cheaply as in california and sugar at about the same price we ve have plenty of labor and all alltha that fc is required is the starting of the industry upon proper lines just what amount of fruit is imported by this naturally oruill growing state can not be ascertained to a certainty but when it is remembered that for more than halt half the year all our stores are handling large quantities of imported fruit it is safe to say that the surn sum runs into the thousands of dollars annually something ought Z to be done to stop it ii for as long as that ruinous policy is pursued the people of utah will be the 11 hewers of wood and the drawers of water |