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Show Ia i ... I f The best feature of Irrigation Congresses is If that they bring the people of different states toll to-ll j i gether to exchange ideas. Utah fruit raisers need- ' ed the shock of losing the coveted cup in the '& fruit display. It was a good thing. Within five j j j miles of the center of this city there have been i j1 old orchards for twenty years. The land on i which they stand would bring several hundred dol-f dol-f a j! lars Per acre. The owners have been urged for 5 twenty years to prune, graft cultivate and spray fc 1 j the trees. But they, year after year, have been 1 bringing In half grown and wormy apples and I ' " have fought any improvement as they have fought J h vaccination. On the other hand, Idaho has kept L if , abreast of the requirements of the age and she mh carries away the cup. The owners of the or-B or-B it$i ii" chards near here have not only refused to ad-B ad-B I !ll 1 vance but have kept their wormy trees as insect B ifn producers, making it impossible for any one hav-B hav-B h 51 nS fruit near them to keep their orchards un-mm un-mm il 'if )! tainted. If the snub they received at Ogden B J! 'f (! shakes them out of their stubborn stupidity, It B j k,, j was good that they lost the cup. |