18 BULLETIN 117, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
It would seem 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 tins 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 which paid during the year 1913 
the following prices for berries, fruits, and truck crops: 
Strawberries. per pound. . $0. 04^ Grapes per pound. . $0. 01 
Prunes do 01 
Peaches per ton. . 12. 50 
Apples (no wormy ones) do 12. 50 
Tomatoes do 10. 00 
Cherries do $0. 05 to . 06 
Plums do .01 
Pears do 01 to .OH 
Apricots do . 01^ 
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. 
