Show A UTAH BOY IN COLORADO deseret farmer we are in receipt ot of a letter floell one of out our old friends who Is now lit in colorado the letter is interesting 1 giving as it does docs the view point ot of one 0 of our utah boys ile he says As ou oil know the possibilities of fruit cul tille and especially the profits of growing the diberta peach is mole fully appreciated heie by far than hall it is in ill utah I 1 leo i egret gret to have io 0 o say it too that the farmers ot of colorado are much better organized and therefore have more up to date method methodi 14 i than have lie farmers of utah while there c are many individual farmer la lal utah ULah who are a br r or C ilia clift fillies yf y ye f thi fratt of drand valley cirii show us many practical results flout our operative cooperative co co erzt ive theoties for instance on the question of frost fighting laid a fruit farmer in this valley can call be found that does not have a telephone and ana when the weather bureau at grand junction predicts a every phone in the valley is at once connected and argeneral frost alarm alarin is given tile the fault growers at once get busy preparing the smudge material that 1 by the smoke blanket thus caused the he temperature pur pera ture may lie be kept irom from tailing falling lower but when the thermometer ihei begins to approach dangerously dangerous lynear near the lit freezing point distress alarms are arc given every whistle in ili the whole valley shrieks its warning and every bell clangs out outfits ilis urgent call for help such a din is made that tha no one can call sleep bon boll fires cres sue are lighted and everything available is made to those who like the virgins of old have oil in their lamps or chaid heaters apple the torch and soon a rising temperature is noticeable when the temperature goes below 25 5 1 de I glees r P only those who are prevailed to heat their orchards can hope for any ally crop crol at all that these methods are arc effective is biery liery cry evident to the most casual ob server I 1 could present tables anti nd statistics on tills this matter jul but I 1 am 1111 quite sure that it would bo be useless ifcic it at palisade situated for all the world vc ird like the farms at the mouth ot of fiovo Cai canyon lyon the theima melar etc did not get below 33 degrees dining the lie night of the die handest hl idest frost this fact has increased the value or linds lands very materially lit in this I 1 iel lIfty for instance three and hilf aws belonging to lo mr wn wm pi ice locate light in ill tile the inaudi il of the ho canyon tor for which mr ali price last veir vear liand 1000 1900 recently sold for 6 0 1 jo interesting lit in connection with till this 1101 however veler Is he file fat fact that last year lie he sold woith of oc fruit and he be still has boxes of apples in it cold storage I 1 hail had tile the privilege leec leae of examining his accounts account with tile the fruit growers in ill proof of the above statement continued next week |