Show BOX ELDER FRUIT INDUSTRY W 0 knudson county horticultural fruit inspector written for the deseret farmer individual experience is the most expensive but it Is the most alu ablo able as it makes lasting impressions when I 1 first commenced to grow fruit for the he market it had to be hauled long distances in wagons and ft then lad had to be sold in competition with california fruit at that time the thought never occurred to me that we could ever have as nice fruit as the california product latter the he railroad came through our section and went to montana sir ali lars hailing opened up ill a shipping house and cicat was the rejoicing among the people because they could sell theli their fruit to 0 o him at that time the fruit was brought in fit by the buckets aud tubs in sacks ani and bushel baskets as boxes wore were scarce in those days I 1 well remember that we used to ship tault to Alon montana tana in dry goods boxes in barrels and sometimes in sachs hacks after the advent of the railroad the hie people began to plant more fruit all and soon there was more inore fruit produced than mr air hailing could handle the cry went forth that the fruit industry was unprofitable that there was no market wo we sent our representatives to alon montana tana and found that dutte and helena could easily consume more fruit than the whole il V ole I 1 of dox elder county could grow wo we staged in fit those sections for eight years anil and up ill an excellent for the utah product and all this time lime we were encouraging the people to plant good fruit to pack lc it right and to ship only that of good quality soon other films dims commenced shipping standard boxes were adopted the markets were looked after different varieties of oc fisit trees were planted and fruit growing began to prosper the people awakened to the he fact that utah fruit was equal to and in sonic some instances super superior tor to the california product when the fact was discovered a number of people planted several acres of standard varieties and began to grade ind and pack their stock properly eastern buyers came into the market examined the fruit and be began an to r request our peaches deac ies by the carload car load and as lie he fruit moved east the lie demand came for more and more lately we have hale been encouraging the people to plant fewer varieties and more acres to use more care about packing and grading and the results have been very satisfactory true we have made many mistakes but we could not become discouraged in as much as the business was growing and there had always been more or less profit in it our people now are fully fulls cognizant of the fact that our fruit Is superior to that of 0 many of tile the states we ship hundreds of train loads 3 early bearly it appears to in me e that the greatest obstacles have been overcome there is now no doubt about the market nor the quality of the fruit the dox box elder fruit has taken first prize on oil the great markets of the country and the one needful thing left is for the fruit growers to get together and cooperate to make the business a further success it is essential that we work to a uniform system adopt the finest pack be honest in grading and grow nothing but the best commercial varieties it is essential that tile the successful fruit growers study the experience or of U agneys in ill aln 41 this article 1 JIW to say that it Is my firm conviction that there is no line of business that furnishes greater promises and higher ei value for the labor and capital invested than land devoted to fruit culture fruit growing involves intense cultivation good spraying methods thorough pruning and when these essentials and the proper attention given to marketing our fruit will make its way either on the home or foreign markets fruit growing gives great promise in our county and as a matter of fact in the whole state stale |