Show I VAt VAL ACRES ARE MONEY MAKERS I 1 d r S 5 t h i r I A view across Val Verda Vercia acres looking east across its property toward its ts S foothills That every acre homesite te at Val ValVerda ValVerda II Verda the beautiful tract of property located seven miles north of Salt Lake and reached by the Centerville car line will be placed in the hands of private I owners within the next few months was the prediction made by V V. A. A Bettilyon Bettilyon Bet- Bet of ot the Bettilyon Home Builders company which has has' Just recently placed Val ValVerda Verda acres on the market Mr 11 Bettilyon says his prediction is based on the number of homesites acre already sold and the deep interest manIfested manifested man man- by y in the prop prop- erty In disclosing the money-making money op opportunities op- op of at V Val Wi l Verda an acre for the man man who whY wants want to establish OP-I OP his family on this property and put the balance of ot his acre Bunder intensive c cultivation and still continue with his work worle in town townS Mr Bettilyon said yest yesterday yes yes- I t rd y To begin with we have spent thousands thousands thou- thou sands ands of dollars in providing a splendid splendid did id modern and adequate waterworks system at Val Verda A fine mountain stream tream and two springs supply water for or the new reinforced concrete reservoir reservoir reser- reser reser reer- voir which we have constructed with witha a capacity of ot gallons From this his reservoir water is piped under a pressure of pounds past every acre- acre home on the tract so that all residents will have plenty of water for their houses an and l for irrigation As to what can be done in a moneymaking moneymaking money money- money money- making way with an acre of this ground can best be told by the tle men who own farms adjoining Val Verda on the north and south George Wood owns the farm immediately adjoining on the south and nd he has thirty acres in grapes which he says net him an acre He gets crates of grapes grapes to the acre and they average 90 cents a crate Mr 11 Wood states that one of ot the most profitable features of his farm are his rows of English walnut hazelnut and almond trees He states he takes two bushels of shelled nuts from one almond tree and gets 19 cents a pound for them These nuts will run two thirty-two pounds to to the bushel which gives a a profit of over 10 a a tree Mr Wood had twenty acres in w watermelons last year and got on an average of melons per acre These melons weighed on an average of thir thir- ty-five ty pounds pounds' apiece One of Mr 11 Woods Wood's sons states that from froin an acre of ground just over over- the fence from Val Verda he lie made n net t in corn i ione one season fA f S SA A representative of the Bettilyon company will be at Val Verda today td show the property to visitors |