| Show rj t 1 A F Farm arm or Orchard and Independence A waits Awaits ij You in the Fertile Gunnison Valley of Utah rt s t f ft i if Three gee years' years income ate from froma a Gunn Gunnison son Valley farm w will ll pay a for fOl the e land So So o says C. C F. F Westland est an o of Gunnison Utah a leather t Apple The l The Apple Luther liu hk Fn rite lu Oar Or r- r Ii In lu Our Or- Or Y i. i GUNNISON RESERVOIR t rL r t L y v tr t r 3 L t 4 r r rf d a t t i a iS I J rt r 1 j I F Area 1140 acres Capacity acres Capacity Acre Feet Greatest De Depth P th 33 feet Average De Depth P th feet San Sanpete ete count county has for man many years cars been locally known as the Granary Gi of ot Utah Utah It Is one of ot th the smaller counties s situated In the geographical center center I of the the stale state about 1 5 miles due clue south I lot lof of Salt Lake City Ther The Tho r a Y-shaped Y valley seven eYen miles s greater portion of oC the count county com com- ln width h hy by five thirty mUGs s in length wat watered rell by the San Pitch and Sevier I rivers sires I l'- l' Surrounded b by the Wasatch i and Valley mountain ranges ranJes which V havo tor for years furnished wonderful J gru grazing faculties facilities Sam vas was ns rat first t from the town of oC Gunnison Aero Acre Tl 10 HI Yen Years re Time We 0 now have havo over o acres under under under un un- der cultivation and In crop These are for sale in tracts of 10 40 acres and upward at from 85 to per acre cre Terms one one quarter down clown and the balance balance bal bal- ance in ten years ears All of oC this land landIs Is located within rea reasonable haul to railroad The soil soli Is composed of oC a sand and cla clay loam at a n. depth often of ufton ten ton feet with a n. strata of or gravel gravol which allows of ot perfect drainage There arc are arcO areno no O Crocks T s stumps orr or ys of r un any upon r the t the ilp Isle po of I guarantee of sure water under all nil conditions Tho The title to one share of stock Is transferred with each acre of or land The maintenance fee for the tho care of or orthe the ditches Is assumed by the holders of oC the property an ant amounts to tt about 15 16 cen cents s per acre acie yearly earb n Diversity of or Crops Crop Alfalfa yields five to seven sc tons to the acre Alfalfa grows thickly ld and three crops a year ear mo may be harvested It commands commandoS a n. price ranging from 6 36 a n ton up I Oats The Oats The prevailing price o of oats Is from tram to t- t ij h y pe Cl r f. f hu hundred weight It weighs 40 to 48 pounds to the tho bushel and amI the tho straw is always I from Cram four to six feet in height Yields of oC and even 1 O bushels to tho the acre ha have havo 0 been received Wheat heat n a great deal of oC which is ground at the local mills runs 4 45 to SO bushels to the acre and ann does not exhaust the soil With freedom from rust Hessian m flies or the several wheat troubles this Is a 0 most lucrative crop usually selling for from GO CO to SO cents per bushel Pot Potatoes toes reach their greatest yield led ledI I In- In th in-th Q 1 rr mountain m n. n regions s 11 yields Ields of oC WO 00 to GOO 00 bushels are aro con con t commonplace in Sanpete Sanpete count coun coun- t ty After the tubers are fuH fully grown the water Is cut off and amI they are ripened In a dry and mealy condition with the suret surety surely that there will be beno beno beno no bad ball effects from second growth The They sell at from 50 60 cents to 1 I per bushel Sugar beets run from IS to 25 tons per acre and are contracted for before before be be- fore tore planting by the sugar factory factor at Lehi Lehl Sugar beets bring the tho staple price of 5 per ton f f. f 0 o. o b b. b Gunnison Rye He barle barley and other grains small t fruits ll berries I and vegetables ie of or nil all I Is s ah ho u apt nn andt Jf 1 has been proven for years past b by the farmers of or tho the valley vaHey that Gunnison valle valley will raise ralso in abundance an any andall and andall all of the products of oC a temperate cli cli- mate Orchards In Colorado and Utah are arenow arenow now selling when planted with young trees at prices ranging from to per acre and are yielding largo large Interest on these valuations One has only to figure the yield from SO apple trees on an acre of land bearing even as low as two to five boxes per tree thee prices to per box At the low mark markIt It Is evident to any one ono why fruit land landIs Is so valuable Apple Orchard Tracts on tm the Small Payment P Plan Inn We Ve are placing our five and ten- ten acre apple orchard tracts on the market at per acre on the tho payment plan Our terms on the acre Jive tracts L are cash and rind 1500 1600 per perr month for H. 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I o Q 0 L c I I t tw Y w Vc 6 and Fruit Raising at Gunnison r A Gunnison Gunnion V Valley a II cy Wheat Field moue for Its Ils live 11 stock Interests Interest With Irrigation c came mc the cultivation of th Pulley Malley and now over oyer acres are ore under crop dotted with man many prosperous communities Xo Near r th the tho southern and anti western westor n corner corner corner cor cor- ner of Sanpete county lies 1108 the town of or Gunnison with he ite population of ot 1300 people beautifully situated under under uner un un- der er tho the surrounding snow capped hills and mountains and naturally fruitful and prosperous Our lands about ten thousand thousand thou thou- ane sand acres located along the Denver Rio Illo Grande railroad In central contral Utah and extending south and west about nine feet feel to the mile permits f c easy ts application of water 1 Tho The climate of oC the gr great t F Fremont I Basin In w which lies lIos all of ot Utah is JUtI Justly famous Camou and Sanpete county count with Its elevation of feet 1 Is particularly particularly par par- par par-I i favored Over 01 sunny days das are n assured In n Cl C every year car The I temperature of ot summer ranges from Crom 70 to 95 96 degrees and the nights are always alwn's cool I The water rights consist consist or of first rights adjudicated b by the court out of or the San Pitch river rl and tho the Gunnison Gunni Gunni- son re reservoir er which B Is- Is filled from the flood waters of or tho the San Pitch and from Crom five small streams giving S1 N Gunnison Valley Stock Fruit Fruits Fruit Fruits yield the grower rower a net profit of from Cram 1 to 4 I per box Last year the first t organized organised effort was made to place Utah fruit on the market It was highly successful Ever Every car of or Utah fruit was sold on onI sight In the Eastern Markets b by the I Utah Ulah Fruit Growers Growers' Association This association means millions of dollars I to the fruit growers of this state slate j Utah orchards are producing to 1500 boxes boxen of oC apples to tp the the acre to 1000 boxes of peaches and to 1200 box boxes of or pears Fruit yields the grower rower a net of or from S 2100 r f giving the purchaser a deed and possession possession pos pos- session of or his tract The terms term on tho ten acre tracts arc are S OOOO cash and per month j The company compan contracts contract to tako take care of the apple orchard tracts at it atUs Us its own expense for tor four Cour years oars and turns them over or to the purchaser a 1 bearing orchard planted to a hardy variety of oC winter apples applee I Write rHe tar handsome Illustrated booklet book book- let giving full details t O I L On Call U B Spalding Spalding- ivin en s on Call Callon us ii 1 for fora a for f or a afree of fre Salt ma P C Company Om pany fr free of Salt map I P Lake City Lake City Ch and Utah Uta F 1 fth Floor Floo r e 1 house Salt Lake City and Utah I The lIrI Apple plc Lut Luther Building U 1 iii rl Utah a to banks bank's chard Planted lu Our Or- Or 6 The Apple PI I c a Luther ia i Hur ur In Our 5 l r r J a 1 y lit r. lr l i ir |
