Show do you know utah letter issued by wm win child co how many tarnia are there in baver county three hundred and nineteen what ir i the average acreage under otil cut ti on lit hearer aver county farms fanus sixty and seven tenths acres how much money itis his it is boen been invested in irrigation in heaver county ninety seven thou thousand dollars dollar how much will bo be required to to carry out the pending projects i oo on million how many acres will be rp claimed by tho the project now under way fifteen thousand notes where and when wua hiis tho the first settlement battlement ot of beaver county at beaver city in n 1850 1830 what ure are tile tho known mineral resources of beaver in addition to silvar lead cop tier per and gw ald iron marble granito granite and lime A considerable proportion of the produced annually by tile the mines of beaver county utah is paid out by b v the mining companies for aup plies that can bo be produced within the comitas coun com tys itys borders bo ders tile munificence of the home market has hag given given hap happiness and prosperity to uio tho small population now living and laboring lit in the bouvar county settle ments meats and it is big and rich enough to co hll all that could be produced by multiplied farrus farms and factories although mining minica ii desti destined rind to be th the 0 dominant industry for nil ill time it is is tie te and not the rival of nf bus bandry under ita fostering influence the million aind a third acres of pied and public land wi wil i become fruitful in ministering to human A ants until tho the underground witter water flow is determined it will be impossible to predict thu the results of irrigation there is no mistaking mib taking tile the fuels filets however that a great aurengo now barren non nan be ba mado made by tho the ali p 0 O of f water that hiis has been going to wastes waste A project which will redeem is under way and the declaration t f government gove rement engineer that there is an underground lake of OW COO square niles miles is ia pregnant with pro promise inise tile tho total number of farrus farms in beaver county in 1910 1010 was waa with a total over nver lige or 07 acrea under culli cultivation it II is euan small tracts as subjected ab to int intensive asive cultivation that ho he beaver farmers make excellent livings for themselves ard thel their families farma contained loes lea than 10 acres 35 f from rom 10 to 15 notes 90 from 30 to lo 49 so ace em from ZO 50 to 99 09 acres 69 V from to acres und 62 more than acres the total values was esti esli mated nt lit nn an increase of 1126 percent perc from 1900 the average value of ench firm with improvements and nd livestock was three hundred and thirteen or per cent of these farms were under ditel individual and partnership enterprises d and coop en lerp iaea es ac acres es of at irrigated land with water all the water was supplied aled by 3 tind and distri distributed buted by gravity rheao beio separate enterprises riny rhey rin y had invested about observations 1 mide m ide at the county sent beat beaver r city chusa elevation is W feet show the average art rage precipitation of re for 6 yea s to lo have b ben en 1267 in ch B s it ii bear in 1911 there CG rainy days in september t 31 33 3 inthis of rain rain fall this wai waa the wettest m nth oot abc has bas the least rain with 17 of an null mill rho linual meane ampt maiure at bea er ci y tor for the same period was 47 fishr Ft ilir tho the warmest fining 91 degrees a bove boe and tile the coldest I 1 legree below boio beio its climata cli matLi is an asset of beaver county that cannot bo be computed iu dok du lars firs and conis cents but one that po value at as an attract attraction io ri t tu set clr ra flare bra boron of tile the crops raised ed in in beaver county in 1911 1011 irrigated wheat 2533 2531 but litls per nero non arrivi it 1 I at 17 bushels bu ahel outa bu bushea sheh irrigated rye ry 20 buBli ballel I 1 bushels co con n 23 bushela hu bu shelf potatoes bushels alf alfalfa ilta wed bushels 2 11 wi d hay h ay tons when the last united states census was taken the farmers which reported had acres in corn 1937 acres in oats oata igge acres in wheat 82 acres in barley acres in pot potatoes alues and acres in hay fifty and forage statistical Statie data conveys only a patti part and tho the least interesting part of the story of beaver countes coun tys latent rc resources sources the possibilities of its undeveloped area are best shown by the accomplishments of elf those who by wedding the water to the land have sot set emerald on the gray background nd of dust and sage cage continued next week |