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Show POPULATION SHOWS INCREASE In 1939, Utah county's popula-j tion was estimated to be 56,000. J as compared with 32,456 in 1900, according to a report compiled by. the Utah county planning board. The number of farms in the, county were listed at 2,760 In 1900 and 4,004 in 1935, last year' of compilation. j In the county there are 344,-911 344,-911 acres of farm land, of which 145,436 acres, or 45 per cent of the total, are Irirgated land. Approximately Ap-proximately 60,000 acres, or 41 per cent of the Irrigated land, have a full water right, while 85,436 acres, or 59 per cent of the irrigated irri-gated land, need additional water. In 1910, 489 Utah county farms were mortgaged a total of $650,040. while In 1938, 2400 farms were mortgaged a total of $7,000,000. |
