| Show THE statisticians REPORT the legislative assembly at its last session passed an act creating a bureau of statistics and appointing the terri librarian libradia aria D among the autlee of the statistic statistician an was that of furnish several county assessors of the I 1 lne the a set of blanks for the pur upon the of cc pose agricultural products live stock valnes and general industrial commercial interests of the terri jand tor in pursuance of the act mr the statistician has made pa dian 1 elaborate which he out a very filed with sells yesterday his document if published ji would occupy at least three of this paper but in the following pages may be found the most valus reburn e eions bf the report por subject of the general acreage oil th e li S calendar year 1890 there ur dg acres of land under culli wort 9 Vat ioD of which were actually crops were raised on Irrig or square miles being afta acres H LA v 7 10 of one percent per cent of the entire area of the territory A general description is ie given of the twenty five cou counties antles in their order the substance of which is shown in the J following table ACEt BAGE BY COUNTIES acree acre irrigated 1 13 cultivated pasture counties 2161 deaver beaver U box X A aider cohe tim bavis amery 1716 1990 1145 garfiel 1116 1 75 2827 grand IM 1098 iten juab ab 1087 artl organ 9 9 pluto pite 1 26 9 9 Bl ch 30 5 55 twit adt lake 2005 son aau juan ft aan pete soon jB amatt ele le 1913 tab h 42 8 00 washington wo weber ber watch 1024 1044 total 59 MM TUB AL A L on 01 the subject of c f agricultural agri cultura 1 pro daedo the report says saye the rhe ca lendar calendar year 1890 cannot be taken as asanad an average year either for yield il or orar price ice owing ow ing to the partial drouth that prevailed p revaine d and the 9 extraordinary demand d emani for cereals ce reals beets which av averaged enraged throughout abrou about the territory bushels per acre took the lead in the matter of value per acre at 35 cents per bushel the value of the yield was per acre cotton came next with per aare and was followed by potatoes at lucern yielded 2661 hay bay 2023 wheat 1760 oats 1598 barley 1450 corn 1368 and rye product avers yield yield a pricel price value per acre per acre I 1 beets bu bus 18 35 cotton lb ibs boo 11 66 potatoes b bus u 8 f S 63 07 lucern to tons ns 3 8 87 2861 hay tons ix 1 13 1358 58 1 2028 wheat bus 22 80 1760 oats bus 34 47 1598 barley bus 29 50 1450 corn bus 19 72 1368 rye bus 12 1 61 7 N WHEAT of the wheat product the report says saye the total acreage of wheat in utah in 1890 was pr bushels cache county stood first britt in the order of quantity yielding bushels a little over bushels more than sanpete San pete the next tn in the order of production which yielded bushels utah stands first in the order of counties as to yield pe per r acre her average being 35 bushels iron county is next whose average was 29 bushels kane salt lake and averaged 26 bushels the total value of the wheat product for the territory on a basis of 80 cents per bushel was the united states census for 1890 gives utah ya average wheat crop at 17 bushels per acre the territorial statistician gives it at 22 bushels according to the report of united states statistician dodge for the ten years ending 1890 the average wheat crop of the united states was in that period 12 bushels per ac acre re having an average value of by this report the highest average yield outside of utah was bushels per acre in colorado yield for 1890 was wars aj bushels ahead of this OATS during the year 1890 there were acres of oats cultivated yielding bushels valued at in the order of quantity utah county stood first producing bushels sanpete produced box elder was twelfth in the order of quantity but first in the average yield per acre her yield was 50 bushels the aver ape age of the territory was 34 bushels the general average for the united states according to dodges report was bushels CORN there were acres of corn planted in utah in 1890 which yielded 67 bushels valued at utah county was first yielding bushels salt lake county was waW second pro bushels morgan rich 8 summit and wasatch produced no corn the average yield per acre over the tt territory was 19 bushels in this respect kane stood first averaging 32 bushels the average in the united states for ten years previous to 1890 was per acre BARLEY of barley the report say utah is famous for its fine quality of barley in 1890 it had acres under cultivation yielding bue bushels hels valued at utah county produced bushels bu shelp and was first among the counties bavis davis county followed with a yield of bushels salt lake county yielded bushels weber and tooele thoele emery produced no barley garfield leads in the average yield per acre she produced per acre 52 bushels sanpete 44 bushels utah 40 bushels the average of the territory was 29 bushels the average over the united states for the ten years previous to 1890 was RYE BYE of rye the report says saye rye is a crop for poor soils and is not much grown in utah the acreage of 1890 was production bushels value rye bye was not raised in emery garfield grand iron irod morgan san juan washington or wasatch box bex elder bider county was first britt in the quantity raised producing bushels millard produced bushels and utah bushels MIL lard leads the counties in ID the average yield per acre at 31 bushels utah county yielded 28 bushels pet pel acre screand and 20 the average for the territory was wait 12 bushels bue hels the average yield of the united stuffs states for the ten years previous to 1890 1990 was bushels LUCERN lucern says the report is oi 0 e of in most oat prolific crops two and three crops in one season to Is not an unc yield in 1890 the acreage of the territory was producing tons which was valued at garneld garfield county according to the assessors report produced no do lucern utah county leads in this product rod u et with a yield of tons salt lake county produced tons tone and weber emery leads in the average yield per acre her crop during the season amounting amoun to six tons tone millard raised tons and grand tons salt lake to is sixth on the list list utah ninth and weber tenth the average for the whole territory was wag three tons per acre having an average value of 2661 HAY the total acreage of bay says saya the report in 1890 was producing tons valued at in this product cache county led with a yield of tons tone utah county follows with a yield of 14 morgan county leads in the average yield her crop per acre was tong tone salt lake follows with tons weber yielded tons and garfield tons the average yield for the territory was tons this report includes red top timothy and all the native grasses of the territory the average yield of the united states fur ten years previous to 1890 was tons per acre POTATOES the report says of the utah potato crop the utah potato is justly famous allover all over the united states Like oate the potato to is adapted to cool bool climate and high altitude in 1890 utah cul cal acres which yielded 9 bushels the average price of 5 63 3 cents per bushel was waa high owing to a scarcity odthe of the crop the total value is placed at 1 in quantity utah county leade wit with a total yield of bushels salt lake produced the same name year bushels weber and cache utah also leads in the average per acre her crop running up to bushels uintah and silt lake county yielded bushels davis box elder and morgan the average for the territory was bushels the average potato crop of the united states for the ten years previous to 1890 was bushels per pa acre average or the same period was 90 5 bushels BEETS on the U tah beet crop the report say in 1890 the territory had only 87 acres planted in beets which yielded bushels valued at 10 salt lake county produced bushels weber cache 2152 and utah 1982 since these figures obtained a beet sugar factory has been established in utah county and the cultivation of beets has been engaged jit in on an extensive scale the average yie 3 beld of the territory err tory w was a bushels per acre uintah county leads lead thellas the list with an average of bushels cache raised salt laki lake and weber COTTON War says the report Is the only cotton producing county in the territory it averaged pounds to the acre the average for all the southern states during the ten years previous to 1890 was 1681 pounds the hight highest average of any state during that chat period was that of louisiana which reported 2327 7 pounds per acre washington county in 1890 cultivated 7 acres the arop of which was valued at ORCHARDS daring the year 1890 says the report there were acres of orchard in chah if tab yielding pounds of fruit valued at utah county holds the first brat place as to quantity followed oy ny weber davis and cache in the order named iron san pete sevier summit and wasatch make no report kane county yielded pounds per acre juab washington 2525 and cache 2344 the average yield of the territory was 1663 1563 VINEYARDS in 1890 only 14 counties raised grapes of thesa the total area was acres the yield was pounds and the value of the yield the li leading bading grape county is washington the yield there being utah county raised and weber the average yield per acre for the territory was 2134 pounds deberc average was and kane countes coun tys 2258 miscellaneous PRODUCTS under this head bead is included all the agricultural products not already nam named ed the figures refer principally principal ly J to beans beano deap lettuce onions s ar nat and tomatoes the total acreage devoted to these products product a is reported parted re at 2597 the total yield pounds and the value da davis vis county leada in quantity quantify with 8 pounds utah county yielded weber and cache the average yield throughout the territory was pounds per acre r davis da via county reports cache juab and box elder pounds per acre WINE AND CIDER in 1890 the territory produced gallons of wine valued at washington leads with gallons utah county is next producing gallons grand county produced 1 gallons the thirteen cider producing counties in 1890 yielded gallons worth the principal cider and wine producing countries are washington utah grand cache summit weber salt dalt lake box elder davis da vis and sanpete Sau San pete BUTTER AND CHEESE in 1890 the territory produced pounds of butter valued at the total cheese product was pounds valued at the principal butter and cheese counties are cache weber garfield utah piute diute salt lakeman Lak eSan pete davis Davi sand and box elder of these weber leads in butter and garfield in c heese BEES AND HONEY the total product of honey fur 1890 in utah was pounds valued at the averi aver ge yield per bave was 42 pounds utah county leads in id this product and cache is second 0 lid DRIED FRUIT in 1890 the territory produced of driel dried apples pounds valued at of this amount utah cache county followed with pounds and weber pounds of dried peaches the territory olry produced pounds valued at 19 23 washington produced of this amount pounds six counties raised i 1 of apricots valued at fourteen counties produced pounds of dried plums valued at eight counties produced pounds of dried pears arp valued at 10 washington can leads in apricots weber in plums and garfield in pears WOOL wool product la in 1890 was pounds valued at in this leads the he counties cc unties les with an output of 28 pounds iron county produced and salt lake juab reports re larts LIVE STOCK the total number dumber of cows in the territory in 1890 was valued at cache county stood in the lead with with salt lake and avier Sv ier following with almost the same number in 1890 1800 the territory possessed head bead of cattle valued at in this respect washington leada lead witto 23 san juan follows with the ahe horses of the territory numbered valued at cache is the leading horse county report reporting sug head salt lake follows box elder utah san pete and weber fall but a little behind them of mules mule a total of 2571 head was reported valued at salt lake county leads with 1464 head weber reports and utah the number of asses reported is valued at SHEEP AND GOATS GoAT Lt the number of sheep in utah in 1890 was valued at the average clip cli p tb throughout hout the terri tory was 1568 pounds per head MINES AND MINING of the utah mines the re report pa rt says t the mining industry of utah during 1890 showed a greater output and a larger product of th the e precious metal than in any previous year this thip was due partly to the higher price of lead s abd partly to the more successful working of the old districts the value of the several products easm was as follows copper refined lead unrefined lead 1 I 1 silver fine gold total in this industry juab leatis leads with an output of ounces of gold and ounces of silver GOAL COAL is during 1890 the four bituminous mi ets ea in utah produced long valued at the 8 ca lid mines minea yielded of this amount castle gate S following is the total mineral out cutout pu t J of the territory r precious metals n 59 3 coal oo 00 y asphaltum 9 booe 00 00 gypsum to 00 cement su euphur Sup chur hur 2 ca 0 limestone granite sandstone and stone 00 total industrial ss there were in operation d arin establishments employing d f to bands whose wages amounts luid tl the plants T a ants were m riot J at ar 0 the he ra raw batem consumed was valued at 2 and the manufactured product t at stu t the total invested A apt cabil pt I 1 is a reported at this report is far below the actual figures A glance over the tabulated report shows at once that a large num numa a ber b r of establishments have returned fc here follows a statistical resume bof at I 1 the population latiola railroads schools w most moot of which ha bas been bubli published a hed bt faw 04 tolore in d different I 1 fornas forms |
