Show f WF U utah ah s resources and possibilities 11 utah to is not on to 0 type it cannot j j 1 1 11 1 1 uda ly mentioning I 1 p ral atud we think of av t ov A 3 rire dren amland niland of the Alo mormon people an and 1 I na aa a region rescue dj b irined irin made Sd e a home for hd hundreds n d red s dala dp la of people salt lake mn und arlo PCs alag 9 to le f 0 r utah is a pioneer of irrigation a ri master jaster of dry farm r r of w 9 MA AMA V AP P AP 4 1 in da tati I 1 i r u amr 11 19 ra ari anything the ves bf want 3 with her mountains of floa leonand lio nand and copper great areas or ofa coal coa anex auh eibl e iia salt anine it of go 90 11 and silver oil in abundance and acres acrea of asphalt aro are just incoming becoming knowl its vevel development p ment isa la rapid and aid it ra fa a rich empire within it elfei ut 1 ahda yaun state A 0 a ZV v lt eyO eyob j 00 Y acres or 6 aa aquara vii es of banri t iti in the state slate ar acres r s are subject to laut but of t thlu ia vast ap axe less than ih an on ar ten th ija ru I 1 tj ate axt the present presen t time this nis fact alono alone loi n shows the great possibility for agricultural development alonet population and more intense cultivation ajo of the he soil eoll la 18 nee ded 1 ur or irrigated fl ri fat fair ming the p rivers of utah discharge arin annually dally a t total otal of acre feet of water ac cording to tile the report of the utah conservation commission with mil ilona of gallons of subterranean wa ter that will be brought into use also as our population derp demands ands dry farming has haa been prattled since the dawn of civillia civilization tion in and in india ilie hie fa farmers ot of utah have been raising raisin 9 crops ln ii 1 dry I ry farms arms with a rain fill fall of ipsa as than 15 inches for more than half a century tile the beginning of dry farm farin ing in our state occupied through ah accident in 1865 a little company of immigrants settled in the akar iziver valley and diverted the gatei from the malad for purposes the mateis so BO heavily laden alth aith alkali that in a few years their linda lands were so ao impregnated with the noxious salts that crops were un able to glow upon them in dspain tion the settlers put the plow in the sage aige brush ground and plan planted teil seed in the soil that was not to be fill gated they succeeded suc ceded in their walk and since then dry farming methods have become more in vogue P every cray year and today with the proper methal 1 used tests have been made and 35 to 60 bushels of wheat per acre aie produced utah offers special inducements to prospective settlers under tho the U en n barged homestead act whereby 20 aches of arid land can bo be taken up by one citizen and title obtained without residence by simply putting halt half of tho the tract under illon within five years today the product of these aliese dry farm farin areas excell in quality that of any other class of lands the m nehie 5 3 kid or of wheat throughout the anili ILLI d states tol loi the last ten deais was mas less than 14 bushels per acre while utah mail has haa produced from 60 to 82 bushels per acre on irrigated lands standing the fact that our soils have not inot been intensely cultivated wo we stand aland second in wheat production second in oats alise in barley first in alfalfa seed alist in sugar beets find and second in potatoes the average yield of oats oata throughout the united states was bush buah elm 1 per acre while in our state we have produced 13 bushels per acre the average yield of potatoes throughout the untied states is 85 bushels per acre while utah produces an average of 10 bushels per acre ind and lias has produced as much as bushels on one acre and from to 1000 bushels of onions per acre 25 tons of tomatoes 40 tons of sugar beets and 7 tons of alfalfa ril falfa tiny hay per acie ono one hundred ears eara ago aeo great brit alna average field beld was as about the same for the above pio products ducts as the united states at that time a koal commission was mas appointed to stimulate agriculture and proper conservation of the soils sells now englana angland produces produce a 32 bushels of wheat per acre germany 28 the rile netherlands 34 24 and france 20 of oats england Iri gland produces 42 germany ag 46 ebnether Tb the nether tans lans 51 61 germany benghim sni ond great britain averages aver agea bushels of oe potatoes per acre ana ing the fact that enough potatoes could be raised in utah to supply the united states there was mas imported into our country in 1909 8 bushels fruit growing as yet la Is in its in fancy but enough has haq been done to show that its opportunities are unlimited apples peaches pears plums strawberries and garden truck ato re all produced in larie quantities the climate and soils here are ie roar mar kably well adapted to the production of apples and peaches large coro commercial mercial orchards are being planted as tanners farmers have found that a good irrigated orchard la Is the mainstay of the farm business and a peach or 11 la 1 alifeld irom 1000 14 0 abr r acta utah peaches hes arif r fat aou ou aiji arf I 1 he rt a les tire groWl Tto a m esst at wonderful rf u afe e they are also alao highly developed jn hi bacio valley welder weber DAVik salt ShIt lake lak and utah counties j it la is a demonstrated act that tho Ill calberta berta peaches can bo be shipped to tito and ke kei 1 f perrett per ly for six weeks and abady loa leal rf ct h 91 ati 0 ns pear nearby r alie point or ol ivales ea it V jill al kw a df d climate in ahto atiat that of winter in tile the higher nis all kinds or of faults can n ba gro n tog ta a 1 rad polio jorqe gaiti gM iti jno 1114 I 1 iw adv finest cotton thrive I 1 ua ah our 1 dixie lava la id of this thib region are jimh mn h sought though trough Is dl di it 11 cult the advent or of a railroad la Is IY ft batter df attale for as the sti at to te grows so must dixie for its climko calmi to and boll are equaled only in southern pa and the traffic from girat section will be enormous something of f th afta tile the pro present serit of tao tho industry iRous try in utah may lie be goten from the fact tha last year from the one fifth or of its planted areg area trtat la is bearing fruit adoo 10 bg carolana car 0 lads ot of fruit was shipped fra 9 refy ey means means that when the ahw planted area la Is bearing the output will be carloads a year people we roust must have in our state we have the room and the resources although the dairy industry Is growing utah Is still unable to sup sub ply the demands of her growing pop wo we have approximately cows in the state or an average of he cows to each farm but we need more of the manufacturing industries sugar leads utah was ill the 0 f first 1 rat state in tile the union to make inake sugar thoin beets grown on irrigated lands in IM there aris oo pounds manufactured in the five factories the value of the product at 41 cens pel pei pound at the factory was 4 people who live in utah do not dealiye tile the advantages ot of the state and the necessity of placing these advantages more clearly before the people of this country is appa I 1 lent crit utahna believe in and are infill to their state but in the hurry of everyday eer every daiy diy lue hie they do not always post themselves as 03 well as they about home affairs for example compain utah with new lne ind has 66 square miles and people with new york which has square miles and people with pennsyl wila which has 45 square miles and 7 people with denmark which has 15 6 5 square miles and 2505 people with france which has square miles and 39 people while utah has square ralles and only people these few figeres figares are given to show that utah has territory dent clent to a much greater pop ji dilation lation ul allon and she has the resources for the support of that population if these resources tire are wisely used utah s R mineral resources which have been an important factor in lioi liet growth are as yet only partially developed mountains of iron ore with coil coal in inexhaustible quantities are as yet untouched while the marketing of salt from salt beds 60 miles square and five feet deep has bas only just begun the estimated production of some of the minerals for 1910 Is copper 13 lbs ibs silver lead and zinc 4 gold coal tons tolls cement products barrels gilso nite tile the tintic gintic district produces an enormous tonnage of smelting smelling sm elting ores while park city the famous lead camp has produced avei a hun bun dred million dollars to stockholders besides the millions paid in dividends arid and the largest copper mine in the world la is situated in bingham there are mountains of iron tit at iron springs iron county located in utah and expert tests teats have pi oven that out oui deposits of iron are binom the largest richest and mast valuable in the world orld today the es tinia ted coal area of utah la Is squire square malea with in an additional 2000 2000 square nilles of workable or kable coal the coil coal region Is divided in three dis tract the the utah and the weber the coal wealth reaches the enormous sum of and in 1910 tons were mined having these opportunities in utah the question la Is asked why new settlers reeking homes have hao passed through this state stale in the last ten bears 5 ears going to other points there are various reasons wh there has been a greater gantter drift to other alices pi ices and some of them are not in the control of any one but there Is one fa that Is very nery marked about some sanie of the oiher oher states which should be taken note ot of by the commercial acial club and by the state as a whole and that Is that some of them have pursued a much more energetic and ana aggressive policy la in advertising and in placing i the attract attractions attraction lo 1 resources and unities of these states before the people our state will sustain rail mil lions of settlers and we me invite any and all settlers to investigate th the e wonderful possibilities and great wealth of our state tor for we feel sure cure they would then settle hero here and call utah homo home |