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Show I,. THE COMPANY ORCHARDS. 1 If From time to lime The Rei-uiilican has Bl' published short articles setting forth facts and B ' figures showing that apple orchards In tho west H- are making many men rich. Orchards In Colo- H' rado, Oregon and Washington under expert Bl care have given phenomenal yields, and careful H marketing has secured very high prices for the fruit but it isn't EVERY orchard that brings BJ such satisfactory results. It would be folly to M ' v say that all orchards pay handsomely, or even M pay at all. Where one orchard brings a return i of 11,500 an 'acre, there are ten, perhaps an m hundred.that net less than $100 per. Then again M there are many that are losers rather than Bl money-makers. M But while tho latter fact is not to be de- Bl Bled, It is no argument against general invest- BJ ment In orchards. Tho $1,500 an aero merely B represents the possibilities open to ALL who Bl plant orchards as they should be planted, on BJ ground that is suitable, and then glvo their Bb orchards expert care. Tho loser represents tho Bl possibility, or probability, ahead of, all tho BB others who know not what to plant,' how to BB plant It, have not suitable land, and are not ' BB prepared to care for their orchards as success BB demands. M In this connection It is worthy of note that BB the small, private orchard Is seldom a huge, BB money-making success. The man who has a . few acres of trees usually has other Interests B that not Infrequently take from his orchard Bf the attention that Is needed to get the best re- 'r sulfs and even good results can never be reached V by a man who never cultivates his trees In their BBj early life, or never wages war on Insect ene- W valet, or who pastures his orchard at all times flt with heavy stock, or permits the ground to be- M come compactly sodded or takes annual crops Bi of hay therefrom. Ills orchard must recelvo W his first and constant care In order to meet r Just expectations. For the reason that the K Bmall orchard Is seldom first in its owner's B affections, it Is only the big orchard under Bj care of an expert that brings the handsome re- Bi turns.and that these returns ARE handsome is B', attested in the facts and figures Tiik Rk- B. publican has printed from time to time. Land K bought at less than $100 per acre, covered by a. fli bearing orchard planted and cared for in the' i proper way, has been known to increase In B value to $1,500 per acre, and tho yearly crop of BB fruit per acre has reached a value ranglngfrom B $400 to $5,000. BBr At the present time to those who see In the B large apple orchards an Investment that looks B good to them yet have not tho monoy, the land, BBj nor the expert knowledge of horticulture neces- Bfl sary to success, Cache .valley offers splendid H opportunities. Two or three companies owlDg BW many acres of first-class orchard land no w be log BS planted offer aoreago for sale at' very reasonable BS figures. These companies offer all tho condl- BB tlons necessary to the great successes made H elsewhere expert planting and care, perfect BBt soil, and splendid climatic conditions. The BY companies are officered by local men of prom I- BB nonce whose iuiegrity and business ability ate BK' bejond question, and tho orchards are under B the general supervision of experts In hortlcul- Bflj turo at tho Agricultural College. Tiik Rk- BH ruiiLiCAN suggests that any man desiring to BB invest hcavllv, or having a deslro to put out BB from one to leu acres of orchard on his own B ground will do well to first Investigate the H platii and prospectuses of these local com pa- BS nies. They appear to us to offer extraordinary B advantages. B Tiik Republican offers tills editorial gra- BK tultously and only in the interest of tho valley, B which has much to gain in the development of BB' these big company orchards. Small orchards Bt " MAY pay handsomely on the amount Invested, BB but as a rule they do not pay as well, proper- BBb tlonately, as ttie large orchards. The largo or- B chards, If they pay at nil, pay extremely well, B and their chance of paying Is ten to one against BB the small orchard, for tho reason that they are B strictly business propositions In care of compe- Bl tent men rather than side Issues In the hands BB; of men who may bu very Incompetent hortlcul- BB, turlsts. Largeorchaids and fewer of them will BBj pay Cache valley best. |
