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Show A Few Things About Cache County J WE NEED More people to dig from the soil its wealth. . A better understanding with the rest of the people of the state, so that wc shall not be compelled to seek a market for our produce outside out-side of Utah. We want canneries, especially for peas. There is an excellent opportunity oppor-tunity here for such an industry. This is one of the best pea growing districts in the west. Thing! to Remember When you buy Cache-made condensed con-densed milk or dairy products, you get the purest and cleanest product of its kind that is manufactured in .the west. Cache County flour cannot be surpassed sur-passed by any in the world, since we have all-kinds of wheat grown in the country,, ! Caclic county celery is a delicacy highly prized wherever known. If you arc seeking" a fine draft horse or dairy cow, Cache County can provide the best. Cnir never failing supply of water from the mountains is the admiration admir-ation of every stranger who visits us. - When summer heat and haste have worn your nerves to a frazzle, Cache County can give you a bracer quicker quick-er than any place in the west. Climate And Physical Features Cache has a climate that is unsurpassed unsur-passed by any place in the world where the four seasons prevail. We know no fierce winds nor oppressive heat, neither intolerable cold nor continually cloudy sky. Here arc a few of the weather facts: Logan Mean temperature (degrees (de-grees Fahr.), January', 24.1 ; 1'ebruary, 262; March, 36.2; April, 47.'); May, 54.3 J June, 62.7;. July, 71.4; August, 70.6; September, 61.4; October, 47.7; November, 38.7; December, 25.9; Average, 46.9. The average precipitation precip-itation hi the county is 15.48. Average number of stormy days; January, 6; February, 6; March, 9; April, 6; May, 8; June, 4; July, 3; August, 4; September, 3; October, 4; November, 4; December, 5, Annual, 62. This varies a little from year to but the figures give a fair average so that one may readily see that Cache is hard to beat fqr sunshine. This fact also accounts for the other that Cache is one of the most beautiful beau-tiful spots in the Rockies, fur with y abundant water and sunshine nature cannot help but adorn herself. Publication There are two weekly and two triweekly tri-weekly newspapers. They arc liberal lib-eral in their policies and do much good to advertise and build up the county. Attociationt A county tair association has been organized and a successful fair is held annually. It is doing much good to increase and raise the standard stand-ard of production in alt lilies of industry. in-dustry. I.oial building associations have been organized and are doing much good by making it possible for the average wage-earner tu secure a home and acquire the habit of saving. A few factt about Cache County Population 30,000. Area in square miles, 135. Area in acres, 771,200. It si nearly as large as the state of Rhode Island. It has an average elevation of 4,600 feet above sea level. It is no doubt the best watered section sec-tion of Utah, streams pouring their never-failing waters in cooling be-uificciice be-uificciice over the lauds in every direction. di-rection. Cache County has one of the best school systems in the country. Cache County is one of the principal prin-cipal beet sugar sections of the west. There are six incorporated cities, seven incorporated towns anil eleven towns that arc not incorporated. People come for miles to purchase pure bred Cache County cattle. Cache County has over a million dollars worth of horses, the common breeds are Pcrchcron, Shire, Belgian and Clydesdale. Cache County produces over a million mil-lion bushels of wheat annually. Cache County lias over a quarter of a million acres of the most fertile land in the world. It has 148 miles of irrigation can-nals can-nals that cost $750,000 and $30,000 annually to maintain. Two crops of alfalfa are raised every season1. All the hardy fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches, prunes, etc., flourish in Cache County, Cache County has a quarter of a million dollars worth of fine dairy cattle, the predominating breeds are Holstcin, Jersey, and Gurnsey, Cache County is a very important dairying iH center. aHJ Caclic County has four knitting fac- HI lories that do an annual business of jSi $350,000. Knit goods from Cache. B County arc sold all over the west. M There arc three candy factories lo- HJ catcd here. The products of whiclu HJ arc the best to be found anywhere. BJ Caclic County has an abundance of HJ mineral in its mountains awaiting. Vm dcvelopemcnt. Cache County has a fine equipped Hj and constructed iutcrurban railway jS extending through its entire length, njS which connects all of the principal tijM towns n.nd cities of the county. MM Sugar Indiutry KM The sugar beet industry in Cache- HJ Valley has developed into one of the IHJ greatest industries that wc have. HJ During the year 1915 there were 15, HJ 350 acres of beets contracted and for HJ 1916 the contracts will amount HJ to approximately 20,000 acres in the HJ valley alone. This will mean that HJ they will harvest, if the year is an HJ average year, 260,000 tons of beets, H which will mean $1,500,000 to be dis- B tributcd among the farmers who arc HJ raising beets for the two factories HJ situated in Cache Valley, one at HJ Logan and the other at Lewiston. HJ This together with the pay-roll H representing $1,800,000. It may be W interesting that there are at least W 50 fanners who arc raising sugar M beets that will average 20 tons to the- HJ acre. These farms range all the way HJ from 8 acres to 135 acres each, which HJ shows conclusively that the licet iiij HJ dustry is one of profit both to (Tic H farmer and to the sugar company. There are approximately ',300 H people who arc raising sugar beets IB and they vill average $1,200 each per HJ year. Cache County is fast becoming Hf one of ilic principal sugar beet sec- HJ, tious of the west. Hi |