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Show 'growing Is made a highly profitable Industry. Our fruit growers should realize this district Is Just entering on a development de-velopment of that Industry which will eclipse anything accomplished In tho past in fruit culture In Utah. Fruit I lands around Ogden will be selling at double the figures now quoted and the business will be made most attractive, to men of means and to homcseekera. DEVELOPMENT OF FRUIT. INDUSTRY. Reports from the peach orchards of Weber county and other districts in Utah are not encouraging. Fruit raisers rais-ers estimate the prospective crop at a very small per cent of the yield of last year. As a natural consequence, orchardists are In a pessimistic frame of mind, although tills Is the first severe se-vere setback the fruit growers have received in twenty years. But why should the peach growers be discouraged? They have prospered prosper-ed while tho orchardists of other stales, such, for illustration, as those of Colorado, havo rejoiced if they escaped es-caped a crop failure every other year. With the smudge pots a demonstrated demon-strated success, the horticulturists of Weber county are safe-guarded against loss even in a small degree and fruit |