Show ate e Statistician g 9 S. S I 0 0 Repot J Resume of Utah's J t tf oral il Resources and Industrial l s. i Utah's Utah s First Report r f the Kind f r e 1 Je biennial report of State tl H. H T Haines I 1 just fitted to Governor Spry is u tl t V most comprehensive and Mete lete summing up of the the's thes thes the's thes the's ct s 's natural resources and trial achievements ever e filed Following is a res- res of the document T ere are art acres of sc within this state Ja of farming and less than d tenth of that amount is r r l cultivation at ion r arey Act Land Projects 0 out third one-third of the thc re rc- r tr ts is for information received D he the bureau concern Utah 0 s hence the thc bureau regu- regu it sends it its reports to differ- differ libraries throughout theN theN the N tits tits' The projects taken up with date of each cach and JIk runt of acres involved in A I following First Lake Laker Lakel l' l r Mlle lie 1897 red republic re re- d CIS public domain now n Beaver Bea er Land Irrigation II 1 Power Vl r company Milford r r U o acres th third rd Oasis I Land band and tl ti 1 Irrigation company Mil Mil- Rt 1 county fourth project Emery EUler acres fifth fr h 0 n Irrigation a i l company com acres sixth I F. F II IT Carey act project Myton acres seventh se D. D B B. B Mackintosh project Nillard Millard Sl unity acres alres eighth Realty Investment Uintah county 22 t to 0 acres Virgin Valley l Ref Rei Re- Re eI enn e- e I nn ni company Oln pall Wash Washing Washing- i f ll i county acres tenth d je f Green I River i company EUll Enia Em- Em a l jy county acres Oth- Oth 1 Carey act uc-t projects are under 51 n av V. V I R Reservoir P. P Projects Th There are arc two re reservoir pro pro propels J in In the state The Hatchi HatchW Hatch Hatch- i is W wn ii stat stag r reservoir project I r I I artie d county aunty acres ncr s I st 1st o of reservoir senoir price I laud 30 to 35 33 the Piute I tate project Sevier Seier ker iver ver acres cost of re res rest i rl r lyo t or Pr Private capital I i on rots rols a large number n of otter oth- oth irrigation ir r projects and aud the I J cited States government gO is ib the Strawberry project the res reservoir nir f which holds acre Enlarged Homestead Act Under this act p pt permitting n aits a ato its S in HI to take up acres of land acres l' l been taken up principally Reaver Seaver caYer Millard r-lillard Box Elder r Juab Shim San J Juan UHn and amid Too Too- ile ele le counties though h land in n sixteen counties has hab been tak- tak jn m. n. n Since the U United States Statis tat s land office was established in Salt Lake City homestead homestead home home- have ha been made stead entries e under the desert land act The public lands of Weber Cache and Davis coun counties ties are arc practically exhausted Dry Farming The Time present year has been beel trying to the dry farmer as the precipitation tion from j January anuar 1 1910 to 1 July ul 1st let was only 24 inch inches s while the year t was inches Cache f tf has lon lout long had hud the best n in dry farming Juab county next The Thc general a average rage dry farni farm farming ing yield per pcr acre was 2665 bushels and the cost of producing ing lug 59 per pcr acre The ul public lands in Utah 1 surveyed and totaled totaled total total- ed cd on July 1 1910 Canals and Reservoirs Few records concerning private private private vate canals are rc accessible yet there are in iu canals of the total 11 capitalization of 10 the canals having ha cost to construct The length en th of ot the canals is ib 2191 mil milt miles s the cost ost of maintaining in ill 1908 2 the acreage irrigated irrigated irrigated gated in 1908 1903 was This covers canals while 39 reservoirs reservoirs res res- showed an estimated cost of annual maintenance maintenance main main- Forests and Timber Utah has thirteen forest reserves re re- reserves serves senes Ashley Cache Dixie Fillmore Fish Lake La Sal Manti l Minidoka l Nebo Pocatello Poca tello Powell Sevier and amid Uinta The gross ross acre acreage Je of these ia is 8 of this acres ha have e been alienated or let for I pasture etc etl lea leaving ing a net nel forest acreage acreage of The total value of the timber is 15 GOO The total value l e of the thc timber cute cut in 1 1907 07 was 10 in 1908 in 1909 The gross receipts receipts re re- re- re from th the forests ir irr in 1909 1900 were Grazing lees 05 timber smiles bales ale tres y tree tres 8 f M I 0 3 pass 1 o i I special use t i I Government Works in St State te i I i I There are arc miles of gov tel tell teli C a lines hi irit U La and 1478 miles of gov government ov- ov wagon roads During 1909 1900 cattle borea and mind sheep and goats national wen Wert grazed on the During the thc year ending end end- mg ing in J July 1910 1007 was wa spent in iii the state for roads roada andI and bridges es for the poor Fi Fifty eight saloons were granted licenses by counties countie the total total- number of oilier o her saloons saloons sa sa- SU loons being 35 The wool clip for 1910 was pounds as against for the time year before Land and Industrials The surveyor general l surveyed survey CY ed during 1910 noses nores nores I of land Jand all in Grand Iron Kane and Washington count cotin- I ties Utah produced in 1910 1 t coke coke of the value of at atI atthe atthe I the ovens o The farm fann products in in 1910 were of this value Livestock 3 1 grain fain etc Utah flour mills mills mill ground round bushels I lof of wheat in 1 1908 08 and in 1909 1900 t of the value Candy of was produced in in 1910 63 03 per cent being sold in inthe inthe inthe the state Pickle factories produced pro in 1908 1905 and 02 in 1909 Canneries knitting factories creameries s C Continued ed on page 4 t STATE STATISTICIANS STATISTICIAN'S S BIENNIAL REP REPORT aT Continued from pa page e 1 water companies bre breweries veries cement cement cement- 6 salt all Mortgage Indebtedness The mortgage t ind indebtedness of Utah July 1 IDIOt 1910 was 80 SQ SO and on nu same ame late late t previous year 6 t I There are 98 n newspapers y un und und- T magazines in Utah 1 |