OCR Text |
Show UTAH. Summary of Utah's Resources. Late estimates give Utah a population of 340,000, or about four persons per square mile for an area of 84,i)00 square miles. While tho State is 8th in size in the United .States, the population rank is said to be forty-third. Tho greatest income in-come during the past year was from grain, with an estimated yield valued at $8,000,000. The second greatest recousce during! 1001) was dividends from mines, which are estimated at $7,10.', 042. The coal output (for 100H) is stated at a valuation of $2,-0.")J $2,-0.")J ,000, while tho valuation of wool produced during tho past year is placed at $2, ,720, 000. Dairy products for 1000 arc valued at $2,220,000, and sugar-beet sugar-beet growing shows a return of $1,000,000. Horticultural production pro-duction also goes near tho $2,-000,000. $2,-000,000. mark. Other large items of wealth in Utah during the past year have been sheep, worth, $10,000,000 in tho total; other livestock valued in the total at nearly $lK,000,000;poul-try $lK,000,000;poul-try ajid eggs; cement and salt. Certain sections of Utah have been highly developed by irrigation, irriga-tion, since Utah is credited with being thelirst State in the West to practice irrigation on an extensive ex-tensive scale. New projects under way will greatly add to the irrigated area in the next few years. Nortnern Utah has an annual precipitation of eighteen eigh-teen inches, which, with the practice of dry-farming meth-j ods, is Huflicient for ordinary! crops. The southern portion! of the State has an aminal pre-1 cipitation of but six inches; hence irrigation is essential to successful agriculture. Besides population and capital,, the greatest need of Utah rs- additional addi-tional railway mileage. Pacific Monthly, Mareli. |