Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 29 | A Model Acre at Val Verda

A MODEL AT VAL VERDA I t l S. S If Jf l I l J Vf V- V ii f Z t H M. r G f fW m. OT j Af A- A I Jh li e I t So Sonic i of the possibilities of an acre of ground at Val Vat Verda seven miles f T north of S Salt att Lake With scores of ot people visiting Val ValVerda ValVerda ValVerda Verda every week and with many acres of this beautiful site of ot acre h bm homes m s seven miles north of ot Salt Lake already disposed of of officers of ot tho the Bettilyon Home Builders company say that a a. great deal of interest is being manifested by prospective purchasers of ot acre aero home homesites sites on the tract as to the most advantageous manner of putting putting put put- ting an acre under cultivation at Val Verda In California and other states where the man and an acre and independence independence independence ence Idea has been worked out suc sue successfully successfully it has been demonstrated beyond beyond beyond be be- yond doubt that any man who is willIng willing will will- ing to work can take care of an au acre of ground planted to vegetables and fruit together with a cow and chickens chickens chick chick- ens and still continue with his position position tion In the city providing he can get getto getto to and from his work quickly by street streetcar j car In as much as Val Vat Verda is situated on the Centerville car line seven miles north of Salt Lake and it requires but five twenty minutes to go from the heart of Salt Lake to Val Verda every condition seems favorable for success for those Salt Lakers who have purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased sites on the property and who will erect new homes there and cultivate cultivate cultivate vate an a acre re of ground while they continue continue continue con con- to Bold positions in the city The Bettilyon company owners of Val Verda are well along toward the completion of the big waterworks system system system tem tem- temby by which water is piped to every acre home supplying enough water for each house and acre of ground The reinforced concrete gallon reservoir reservoir reservoir res res- res- res is completed and pipe laying is well under way on the different water mains The model acre that the Bettilyon company has planted plante a at Val Verda is developing beautifully and the hand hand- some modem modern house being erected on this acre will soon be completed In discussing Val Verda yesterday I Mr Bettilyon laid particular emphasis emphasis' on tho the fact that it is entirely unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary that any man who wishes or expects expects expects ex ex- ex- ex to move to Val Vat Verda shall have had experience in farming in order to tomake tomake tomake make a success of his acre of ground at Val Vat Verda The rules by which man can make mother nature grow vegetables and fruit are simple and easy to learn said Mr B Bettilyon yes yes- Al AI AH that is necessary is for fora a man to give his spare hours to the cultivation of his acre and to those I who are already contemplating the I arrangement of their acre acro of ground at Val Vat Verda I should say that of course the first thing to decide is the location of the house Set your house well back from the sidewalk say forty feet For shade shad trees in front of the house and along one side you will set out peach pear plum and nut trees Between the rows of these fruit trees you can plant a great deal of garden truck On the theother theother theother other side of the house t take Ice a patch of ground a rod or two square and plant enough potatoes to give ive thirty- thirty five or forty bushels sufficient to last the family all year S Just a It little way from the rear of the house I would suggest another patch of garden truck together with asparagus gooseberry bushes a a. row of pie plant and a few tomato plants and several rows of grape vines Then fix a place for watermelon vines cantaloupes can can- and other melons cabbages etc Then plant sweet corn Then take the rest of the acre talk with the wife and kiddies figure figure out ut the things things' you like best and plant accordingly At the end of your acre you will have your chicken coop stable table for the cow together with a a. pla place e for the two little squealing porkers you will buy so cheaply In the spring and sell so advantageously in the fall