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Show HJHHWWCTB!JRHHifllieid and notes compared on the best hoinu methods. meth-ods. The latest und best tools and methods should bo sought for and brought into rcqusttiou. lhc last ses hlou of tho legislature made provision for thu organization of u mute board of horticulture,' tocousisl of fuurmembers. The matter of caring for the fruit trees is now in the hands of'tljo people ot each country und the cleaning of tla orchards and spraying of tbe fruit lree& ought to bo attended to without delu. fc'nntraihlng is ugaln reoieving a little of the attention that its Importance demands. de-mands. Tho custom of selecting fruit, from tho attractive catalogs sent out by eastern nurseries, regardless of their aduptablity to our climate, and the season of tho year' In which they ripen, and the demands of the market, is folly- The people should tako advantage of the luw to haye all compelled to work for the destruction of tho orchard pests. Mentioned the caso of uu old man in Provo who could not be induced lo spray his trees, and who'&a old orchard was a breeding place or Insects of all sorts that scattered to the oachards of his neighbors who tried to keep their premises clean. In uottlug out an orchard It would bo wlso for tho planter to seek Information from ono who was famll liar with the business "and get advice In relation to the kinds of fruit thut is best suited to tho conuulry, and soil conditions. The market-ought also to bo studied. Hut few summca applesoughtto be raised rai-sed as there Is no market for them nnd tho only way to make anything of them is to dry them which Is not nearly so profitable as raising winter apples Mentioned Ben Davis and, Jonathau apples ap-ples as profitable vailetles to raise in thlscllmato. Tho locatlou of an orchard or-chard has much to do with It being ' profitable investmentlX High land, that Is what wo call bench land, is always al-ways tho best land for YriiUj uot only on account of tho chaniutsr of the soil, but also from tho fact that the fru,t ,s much less llablo lo bo' 'injured by the frost than It is when .-growing on the bottom lauds. The- speauer V's'ted tu0 the settlement of Tropic In Garfield county recently. Tropin ami tho neigh-boring neigh-boring town of Cahnorivillo are fmo fruit raising vlll?aggf?be people there after hearing ''.MlSlS in relation to i I t The cash part otthe transaction Is small. Mr. Harder was absent at Tonapah when a Representative of Tlio Advocate Advoca-te called for particulars concerning the deal, and Mrs. Harder preferred to say nothing for publication, though she admitted that her husband hns severed all connections with the ownership of tho Cauaau property. Asked if it was true thut they now intended moving iwny from St. George she said it was also indefinite at this line, that she would rather wiy nothing about it. Mr. Harder and his Eastern associates associa-tes have always so far as wo have been able to learn, been honest and straightforward straight-forward in their dealings. Mr. Harder has been uggrebsivo and enterprising and uniform regret is being expressed that conditions bhould compel him to retire from tho management of Canaan and wo trust ho will find other busi ncss opportunities that will warrant him in remaining with us. |