| Show agriculture AND horticulture WEBER COUNTY ENJOYS THE opportunity SELDOM AFFORDED localities fruit industry in healthy banners should beautify homes by hon F J r weber county the opportunity seldom afforded remote localities in that intensive or lugli grade cultivation and its attendant rc sulta receive a reward No single county in the united produces ae many tomatoes aa does weber county her dozen or more canning factories work almost exclusively upon the tomato industry of course other classes of goods such a peaches plum prunes pears grapes etc are cs en canned but the prime purpose if all the factories aland around tig den it for the manufacture ot canned tomatoes ahk alone has resulted in greatly fa m al uee and etith hie sugar beet ha large ly driven alic production of grain and hay to valley and liae been instrumental in increasing the market value of all other farm product good tomato and beet landi have advanced in value from 20 to 0 per acre in 1803 to abid and in to per acre in 1003 this marked appreciation is the increased production made possible by improved cultivation and application of the heretofore wasted fertilizers lizera from the stables in ogden city the bandy loam of this county appears to respond wonderfully and quickly to the application of manures and high cultivation sugar beet ie also extensively grown and has resulted equally profitable with the tomato while the above applies directly to the several localities where factories have been built the same results apply in a less degree only to the adjacent neighborhoods as is the vi cincy by many railroads the farm era alongside the several lines for many anilee are growing sugar beet and chip ping them to the ogden sugar factory whole trainloads train loads block the sidetracks at the sugar companies junction three bucs out of ogdan during the whole run and enormous quantities are hauled by wagon in the aggregate not IMS than ten hundred million pound of beete arc con edmed annually at the ogdan factory the vastness vast nesa of this product is increased when we consider the quantity of tomatoes handled an average of twin ty million ot two pound cane being the annual output of this one vegetable celery too is attracting the of our progressive farmers and ia shipped by the carload to eastern markets our herds of sheep graze upon the cosatch mountains in summer and are fed in the valleys during winter numerous creameries crea meries consume consumo 00 per cent of the milk produced in tho county and ranch butter is virtually u m the past the large numbers of railroad em aloyes located et ogdan fanali home f and other aftan product far in excess of localities every family ha a garden or truck patch but few railroad men haro abe timo or inclination to give any attention to agricultural pursuits and thoin who do generally end in miserable failure from want of continuous attention to the work the fruit industry is in healthy ascend ancy While not many commercial orchards have been planted yet lucli a arc owned by anaa zicker win hull E G SI cGriff george a othern fuu au that much in la on orchard pan in the line of bartlett peara which variety aa to give most but is factory result on page SO agriculture AND horticulture continued from rage 31 small fruits such as tarrie tn rrie currants etc arc grown in considerable conid erable quantity especially j the strawberry and rep berry crop becoming important and as oon B all our canning factories have followed the lead 0 wro craig ot the salt lake valley company the beall fruit industry will flourish far beyond it present limit clr craig has canned many thousand of cans ft mall fruits and finds that branch of hi factory produce as food results as any other the wasatch orchard companas comp anys works have experimented with about 20 kinds of goods all of which appear to la de as soon as the farmers produce enough annually to a run targe areas of our best lands are yet die because of shortage of water and alie successful solving of the problem of storage for crops during july and august is the desideratum still hoped for and probably rapidly nearing solution it the united states government erect reservoirs sufficient for that purpose it is to be regretted that amny ot our farmer do not appreciate the advantages to be obtain edby a more thorough and careful system of cultivation and fertilization they are apparently oblivious to the fact atrat to continually remove products of the soil and neglect to replenish the same will or fact very toon deplete a farm to the lowcau degree of impoverishment to rely upon the disintegration of the solids by the action of tho elements is in our opinion inexcusable ond and no such farmer will te long in finding agriculture an calling especially ally to him if not criminal always deplorable and lead to loa of character as well a loss of siiney we pans a farm or city home and note with pleasure be well kept premier pre mies gates and fence and buildings are neatly kept if not pretentious the has been trimmed and the lawn mown the flower bed arc in condition the home of the sluggard may have a generou of material yet the preemption pre emption of the front yard by cow swane or weed the value of the property hundred of dollar i it were offered for ble ardithe owner credit la don no good the good woman of the houie I 1 hi every ame he recognize a decent person aptt and invariably groan when ner bring home gentlemen friend it cost but little tp beautify A home bonev if nece Biary A continued effort to be wah quickly lift a factly from what f knolyn a eleven to respectable recognition among those who rp and afo grest lve weber lia many lovely linroe and it I 1 to that however lie her cottages all will brive to tie the character 01 the community by beautifying them to guckian guc lian except s will place them in of beautiful plit v hen alie antler tnt ler khall that way ls new york dec 15 united states commissioner benedict has ordered the deportation of twelve who had not been registered under the exclusion act and could bof show that they arrived in the united states before the passage of the act |
