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Show GREAT PROFIT IN GRAPES There are In Box r ldr V eher Dills Di-lls Salt Lake and Utah counties BftfSV) acre of high bench nnd hill lands that are esperlall) adapted to grape culture cul-ture The dralnogr Is peifect the composition of the soil Is right mil the location with slope to the south nnl west Is Ideal for the best results In grape pioduetlon t present not one tenth of a tithe nf th grnpes consume I in t tah nre grown within the State )et the leading vnrletles euih is Mus-catelle Mus-catelle ninck Prince Dlark Himburj? Tlose Peru Toka) ind Inf jn lei all do well here when Riven proper clnnce That there is profit In gripes rrown In Utah Is attested b) ever) mm who has ever given the matter n rational trlnl Without figuring the proluct of "no vlnea 10 the acre )leldlnB twent) pounds to the vine mil selling whole rile at I cents er lounl n result thnt mnv le most conservatively estl matel It Is strictl) snfe to so) that n vineyarl In lit ih pro crl) mrel for vlll proline an annual revenue of 10 I er out net on a valuation of Sinno per acre That woull lo Jinn after piling the coft of labor spra)lng picking nnd packhiR These Items neel not un Ier an) circumstances exceed $100 per acre Thus tho lell would need to be $5fl per ncre gross In or Ier to leave a 10 per cent net return upon n valuitlnn of J1WW per ncre put upon the vlnonrd With "00 vines to the acre jleldlni, onl) ten pounds ti the vine and selling nt 1 rents per nun 1 the teturns woul I lustlf) the iroposlilon In this Ittlei estimate the )lell is put nt n low figure anl It Is quite certain that the allowance of JIM jiei ncre for expenses In more than imple ln the light affni led hy these figures It Is Indeel surprising thnt rnrloals of giapea fiom 1 illfornli are nnnuall) shipped Into Llah With proper selec lion of soli the right cultural methods nnl up to date packing there Is no reason wh the I tnh product shoul 1 not supplant t illfornli grapes In the markets of all the Intel mountain coun tr |