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Show OUR FRUIT INDUSTRICounty INDUSTRY INDUSTR1 INDUSTRI INDUSTRYCounty . - County Agent Joseph Jos'ph Josph ( ' F Parrlsh Parrish sugge suggests ts that the thefarmelS thefarmeis thetarmeis of Grand county might v . well ell adopt as a Ne NewYears New ' " farmelS farmeis - - - - . ? t of , t removing inmauituralL - _ . _ alL Old ind 'lnd lnd znd 'lndunplofit'ibJe zndunprofitable ' indYears the project u - - - - Year Years s lesolution resolution lesoluuon uiv uj unpiofittble unplofit'ibJe unplofitibJe unprofitable ' tiuit flUlt fruit trees thus dealing cleaning theay the , way \ay ay \ foi fOl anew a . maIJn maklng this county a tiuit flUlt fruit ploduc produc ploducing producfng pioduci _ new stalk start toward toward making ! | . , " - " " moth " -i i - and andother andother n codhng codling He points out that the district ing fng undel under control be before before other fruIt pests must be brought In Moab MoaballeY \alleY alleY valley \ and andelsewhere andelsewhere fore , fruit can . . be _ raised profitably V\ V VA * \ A UBk - - - elsewhera elsewhere throughout the COl coo cointy nty my Until all aU old trpes trees treesnatural trpesnatural troes--- troes troesnrn ciumnflled itwould itwould It ItnillUi'dl ehmmated eliminated - - ' - - * nrn pJace place for pests are natural nillUi'dl nillUidl ' nesting iJH t * * Q y ywould - - - to produce clean cleanmarketsble cleanmarketable cleanmarketable well ] nigh impossible lmpoSSlble - -would would - be we markets-ble markets ble marketable - fruit here for the reason that the costof costof cost costof of sprayingould spraying would \\ould ould \ be e excessiveThe excessive excessiveThe cesslve cesslveThe The wisdom of the county 'lgent lgent igent ' gents 5 s advice can cannot cannot cannot ' of ears ago Moab fruit fruitwas fruitwas fruitwas not be be'doubted bedoubted " doubted A number iears Sears famous throughout theI the \I I u \ west est It invariably took tookfirst tookfirst tookfirst was international mternatlonal fairs and andbrought andbrought andbrought first prizes at state and to tothe tothe tothe The distance brought to the iilley vlliey \ 'tIley tIley ' great renown inadequate transportation facIlities facIlitieshowe'ter facilitieshowever facilitieshowever the lailroad lallroad railroad and to raise raisefruit raisefruit raisefruit howe'ter howeter however ' at that time made It impossible lffiposslble died because of the thetransportatloll thetransportation thetransportation The industry industIJ fruit at a . profit transportatloll transportation handicap Naturally no further effortwas eIIort'Was effort eIIort tor for the oichards olehards orchards and as a result resultMoab resultMoab resultMoab was 'Was ' made to care and dI- dI dIseased diseased di diseased - Moab fruit at the present time is so wormy seased that it is unsalable Many farmers have taken takenout takenout takenout out their old trees but there still stiJ ! remain consider consider- con considerable considerable . lder- lder lderable - able numbers in the countyhich county \ which \\hich hich have pa&sed pased passed & tIle the tIleproductive theproductive theproductive productive stage and should be eliminated eliminatedla elimInatedIn have havebeen havebeen havebeen la In the last year or two many new fruit trees been planted and the industry indllStry will no doubt reV1\ reV1 reviv reV1e reV1If reviveif \ e eif If steps are taken to control pests Grand county countycommissioners countycommissioners countycommissioners commissioners tentatively have agieed agleed agreed to cooperate ill in illpest inpest inpest pest control if old trees are eliminated eJlffilnated and the thefarmers thefarmers thefanners farmers evidence a . desire t to < > rebuild their thelr orchardsGrand orchardsGrand orchards orchardsGrand Grand county with its limited l.mited lmited hmited . tanning farntlng farming Jand land landshould Jandshould landshould should produce crops that yield yieJd a . high money return returnper returnper returnper such and trans transportatlon transportation transportatlon per acre Admittedly Adffiltted1y Adnuttediy fruit Is a crop portatlon portation Is no longer a handicap due to the presentday present presentday presentday day roads and modern truck transportation transportationIt It would ould appear that trat the county agent agents s adVlce advice adVlceshould adviceshould adviceshould should be given gl'ten glten ' earnest consideration |