18 BULLETIN 117, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



It would seeru that there ought to be some way of taking care of 

 these peaches other than shipping them to far eastern markets in 

 crates. In the practice now followed there is a heavy expense for 

 boxes, and as each peach has to be wrapped in paper the packing 

 cost is high. Furthermore, only the best grade of fruit is packed, 

 and the loss resulting from no returns from all medium and inferior 

 fruit is enormous. Some method whereby these other grades of 

 peaches, and apples as well, could be utilized would result in a great 

 saving for these growers. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



The small-fruit industry is represented by strawberries, blackber- 

 ries, raspberries, etc., and apparently is a much more stable one than 

 peach growing. In the first place, it is developed on a more safe and 

 sane basis, not being overdeveloped, as are the peach and apple enter- 

 prises. The market for these fruits, however, is small and the outlook 

 not at all promising, unless there is some means of canning or preserv- 

 ing them for shipment. These fruits seem to do very well in this re- 

 gion and could be produced to advantage on the small farms. The 

 whole question is one of a suitable market. A few men haul these 

 fruits a distance of 40 miles to Salt Lake City. Some growers give the 

 price of raspberries as 85 cents per case of 6 quarts and of strawberries 

 65 cents per case. A yield of 300 to 400 cases per acre is considered 

 very good for both of these berries. 



At Provo there is a canning factory wliich paid during the year 1913 

 the following prices for berries, fruits, and truck crops : 



Strawberries. per pound. . §0. 04 \ I Grapes per pound. . $0. 01 



Cherries do $0. 05 to .06 



Plums.... .do .01 



Pears....... do 01 to . 0U 



Apricots do . 01J 



Prunes do 01 



Peaches per ton. . 12. 50 



Apples (no wormy ones) do 12. 50 



Tomatoes do 10. 00 



ALFALFA HAY AND SEED. 



In the past, considerable alfalfa hay and seed have been grown in 

 this region, but of late years serious trouble with the weevil has hurt 

 this industry. At the present time the quarantine against the seed 

 from this district has stopped its production. Good stands of alfalfa 

 hay are also seriously injured by the weevil in some localities, as little 

 attention has been given to preventive measures. Alfalfa hay is 

 grown mostly for home consumption, the distance to outside markets 

 being too great to permit shipment at a profit. Hence, the quantity 

 of hay that can be grown profitably will depend entirely upon the 

 development of the immediate area (fig. 7). In some instances range 

 men bring their cattle and sheep from the mountains in the fall for 

 feeding through the winter in the valley. This supplies a good market 

 for considerable hay and grain. The beet pulp from the sugar facto- 

 ries is also utilized by feeding it to range steers. 



