Show r MA JERIAL TURNS RETURNS l r CERT AIN FRUIT CULTURE MOST PROMIS PROM PROMISING PROMISING IS ISING ING INDUSTRY KNOWN Sure and md Satisfactory Results Follow the Investment I of Capital In I Weber county Itself as ns well as tho large territory Immediately tributary find and contiguous ot of Ogden Is justly con conceded conceded conceded ceded the finest and most successful fruit growing district In the entire ID intermountain region and the h Indus Industry industry dus try fry is simply r in la Its Us Infancy with a that promises marked mark l develop development development ment and rich returns for Cor those tho 1 who exclusively and Intelligently In fruit culture during the next few fow fc w years and while land Is campara comparatively comparatively cheap and easy to secure sc ure While exceptionally fine fino fruit has han been een grown in northern Utah for a quarter of oC a century or more mon the or orchard orchard chard ch ml was regarded as fiS merely a side of or agricultural pursuits until within the last tow few years ears ithe tile returns from this source have become so marked as to attract wide attention an u dwarf Into comparative Insignificance cance canco the tho annual profits accruing from irom other lines of farm products As a result of or this condition bettor bottor methods havo obtained In Jn tile the fruit growing glowing districts around about Ogdon Og dun don during recent years and commer commercial cial orchards are aro now regarded as tho the safest infest and surest Investments to bo bl I found anywhere During the tho year ear which has bas just I drawn to a n close nearly fifteen hun hundred hundred hundred dred cars cats of tho finest fruit grown In inno iho tho no United States have been shipped Il to eastern markets from Utah and a largo hugo proportion of this has been berm sent sont from Ogden Ogdon and the fruit growing districts directly tributary to this city Of or this large largo shipment luring 1908 nearly three hundred cars care were late apples of hardy vary vari varieties sties and tho the demand for this thin superb fruit In eastern markets marl ets has ha become fo cis o great during the tho last two or three years aars that consignments are limited to the possible supply obtain obtainable obtainable able ablo In this section At the present rate of growth ac acv according according cording to the statistics furnished by J H K Parry an expert In horticultural matters mat tors the fruit Industry will within the tho next few tew years be the leading ag agricultural agricultural Industry of o the state and i will yield regular annual returns ag aggregating renUng l millions of or dollars According to tho same authority few lew OW residents of at even cen this thin favored section realize the tho advantages hell heH l cut in the fruit growing Industry In northern nothern Utah whore Irrigating I pitches supply water to tho fruit ac at atthe t the time when It is most needed and null andIn andIn In the quantity of moisture required for full ull development in size and flavor Ha lIa Havor vor The air too Is so dry and clear clearco coupled co pled with tho the almost continuous sunshine that fungus and other othor fruit truit l are practically In InV V V other words the conditions are such V V ns IS to bring tho the fruit to a perfection perfect n of or color and flavor I Discussing comparatively early re returns r returns turns from orchards In this section of or Utah Mr Parry says tho most moat com i objection raised to as ason nu on Investment or as a life lIro compe competency competency competency tency Is IB tho the supposed long lOll walt wait be her before I fore substantial su results are ar realized It was argued formerly that the man who planted an apple orchard as a commercial proposition did so for the th benefit of his children as the tho planter himself could not expect to live lIvo to en on enjoy joy jO tho the results of o his labors In this direction As a n speculation Mr Par Parr Parry Parry ry truthfully assorts asserts may maybe maybe maybe be slower than some somo other that might bo be named but as at asa a means of or building up a life lire compe competency tency and as a protection for old ago cud and decrepitude one would have to look far tar before finding anything so promising premising or 01 BO so fascinating as plant planting ing ng and properly proper caring for an orchard orchard ard nr And It Is h not BO so slow Blow In making returns as aa Is generally supposed Profitable returns may ma be had from small email Bm ll fruits In la one to two years ears from frow ibo tho time of ot planting plan ling In apples re ro returns turns may ma be expected in ht two to three yearn care catl from peaches peache In three to four 3 years cars rn in cherries from four to five years lu In apples from tram six nix to seven Soars cara in all of those particular fruits Weber ehor county count and tho the tributary dla dis excel Both grapes gropes and ana cher cbs I ries vies thrive quite as well hero here as In I California and tho tilO present years ears product of Enoch Farrs vineyard close to 10 Ogden compares more than favorably with tl any an grapes cultivated In the Golden state and this fruit can call be bo grown hero boro quite as profitably Mr Parry argues that successful horticulture requires greater skill and and more nore brain power than other lines linea of or farming Its rewards are aro commensurate with Its more exacting requirements Only by extensive cul culture culture culture ture can the most be bo gotten out of oC the land under conditions existing In Inthis Inthis Inthis this section of tho the state It does docs not pa pay par ho lie argues to raise wheat heat on irrigated Ir Irrigated land Jan In competition with tho the dry farmer because the returns do donot donot donot not pay pa for the extra expense and la labor labor laboy bor boy Involved For the same sarno reason It does docs not pay to grow corn under Irrigation In competition with corn growers In Iowa Nebraska and other central and western states But Dut In inthe the tho production of high hl h class fruits un under under under der the favorable climatic and other conditions existing In this section of or Utah tho the grower can compete compote with tho the whole world and come out ahead In the procession It Is a waste of o effort to produce cheap crops on high priced land Irrl Irrigated irrigated gated by high pi priced iced water Exten Extensive Extensive Extensive sive culture therefore argues Mr 11 Parry Tarry should be tho the slogan of or tho the northern north rn Utah Irrigation farmer If ho he would make the tho most ot of o his opportunities opportunities and reap rich reward for Cor his labor and Investment |