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Show Handsome Profits Raising Vegetables Vegetables, properly cared for and given attention, are proving one of the great assets of the valley for the farmers who are engaged in diversified diversi-fied farming. Last week mention was made of the abundant growth and successful celery raising in the valley, val-ley, mention being made of the Kidman Kid-man experimental field. A visit to tne home of S. Kimura, one of the progressive pro-gressive and successful Japenese farmers and beet raisers, will convince con-vince the most skeptical of the success suc-cess that can be achieved. Kimura experimented with cauliflower ' this season. He planted some 2500 plants' and by care and attention he forced a' production close to 100 per cent. Not only did he get an abundant crop, but he is pulling down a handsome sum as a reward. He has taken several sev-eral auto loads to the Salt Lake market mar-ket and he always finds a ready sale at the top price. Mr. Kimura had on exhibition a head of cauliflower at the Peterson Meat & Grocery yesterday yester-day that would have captured a prize at any fair. The' champion head weighed seven pounds and it was absolutely devoid of color other than i pure white, the bleaching process ! having been carried out by wrapping the large leaves around the head. The cauliflower on exhibition 'attracted considerable attention and more than likely it will be sent to the State fair for exhibition, to show our northern north-ern friends what can be done here. Not alone has Kimura been successful success-ful in raising cauliflower, but he is developing some of the finest cabbage cab-bage seen anywhere for firmness and taste. The expert gardner has a little more than half an acre of cabbage ; and the heads are all firm and uniform. uni-form. Joseph Christensen, who with Mr. Kidman, is also experimenting in the growing of celery for the Ephraim Sanitary Canning company. Three years ago Mr. Christensen began converting a veritable salt grass patch into a producer and today it is blooming bloom-ing with healthy and prime celery plants. The celery, according to John Greaves, field man for the Ephraim Cannmg company, is superior to any he has seen in his travels about the state. |