| Show caare FAI FE OF OUR ANNUAL PEACH PAY DAY tile the following article complimentary to brigham city and her annual peach day was mailed to us by james M burkham manager of the utah farmer farm era ind and was wai published in tarm farm and ranch nanch a tarm farm journal published in one of 0 the southwestern states brigham a small town in tho the mountains ot of utah holds a county tair fair and one day of 0 lite f fair air Is set aside tor for an annual fruit feast at this feast everybody attending can have all the peaches and melons they care to cat tree ol of cost our fairs in the southwest generally si 1 ly set aside days for various argand organ 1 Izat lons but bat never a day when all cani can enjoy the f fruits ot of the land perhaps I 1 the little city ot of brigham way up in the mountains ot of utah has offered the I 1 I 1 fruit growing sections a new idea in advertising many cities in the south 1 west where fairs are held could get up a fruit feast day and not only ad vertise their section throughout a large territory but encourage the growing of more and better fruit I 1 make lake it the h e people acquainted with the products of your section and make them like them the utah farmer fanner comments on tho day in the following language peach day is no longer regarded merely as a holiday in brigham city it is now more like a permanent institution founded 0 on n an industry of primary importance to the state of utah beginning as a celebration it has become an annual festival which attracts thousands of visitors who come not only to till fill heir tummies with buclous fruit but to mingle with the hardy folks whose labor makes peach day possible there is no tree fruit that has done more than the peach to give utah its high rank as a fruit state I 1 and there is no single event that has hasi done more than peach day to focus the eyo eye ot of the world upon our barti cultural possibilities |
