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Show livi: stock wim.tii or LTAII IIIVItN IN IKll'ltlW In lite stoek alone Utah was rliher b $l.37t.700 on January I. 1010. than It was five )ears ago, If that Invrensed wealth could be prorated, eer man, woman nnd child In the state would hnte over forty dollars more wealth now than In 1911 These figures nre not wild guess work They are bused on official es-tlrnntcrt es-tlrnntcrt of lle stock on farms nnd ranges, compiled by the Culled Klates bureau of crop estimates, department of agriculture. The rcirt Just transmitted through the wenther bureau contains statistics Interesting to all Claims who watch their state's progrexs, Ctnh's horses, for Instance, are worth nearly two million dollars morn thun the) were file nrs ago. There are now- 118.000 head, valued at nighty dollars each, agalnul 131,. 000 head file ears ngo, valued nt clghty-scwn dollars each.'' .Milch cows have Increased sixteen thousand In number and In aeruge price from $39.97 to $61,90. making the slate neurl) three million dollars richer. Other cattle, which totalled 35,. 000 five rars ago. now number (OR., ooo In Ctah. nnd their ulue per head has Jumped from 119.30 to $15. SO. Hern u mo of this growth the totul wealth of Ctah was Imrcascd nearly eight million dollars. There are eighty thousand more sheep than there were fle icurs ago, and the price tins Jumped from $3.79 to $5.40 making the total nlue greater by three and one-half million dollars. One of the best arguments favoring the building of large packing houses In Ctah Is tho new Interest shown In hog raising. Five years ngo Utah hud but 72,-000 72,-000 head of hogs. On the first duy or hint mouth she had 113,000 bead. The state's wealth was greatrr by $HX,-000 $HX,-000 on account of hogs, although the price per head hud decreased frofi! 19.80 five jcars ago to $7.S0 this ) ear Cor the Culled Ktntes, Including Ctah's figures, thcie was an Increase of 105,000 head of lle sloik of nil kinds In fle years to nnd Including January I, 191 0. Cor Ctah alone there whs nn In-i In-i reuse of 310,000 head of Hie stock In the same period' |