Show phenomenal PHENOMENA imenes N attracting ATTENTION MANY INQUIRIES FOR fon information ABOUT NEW agricultural EMPIRE so many inquiries are being made mad e about the great agricultural empire of the valley now being tapped by a branch railroad that we have decided to print a series ot of articles giving facts and figures and a fund ot of general information about millard county the information given in this article is in a somewhat tabulated and statistical form but carries a wealth of condensed information WHY EAST 31 ILLARD NEEDS A RAILROAD AND SETTLERS we have acres rich bench farming lands we have THIRTEEN cities and growing towns we have produced this year bushels wheat and rye and bushels oats and barley we have head ot of livestock we produce annually tons of 0 dairy products and tons fruit and garden products we could produce many times this quantity with proper facilities for or marketing due to our inability to ship we had on hand band at the beginning of the present season at least two years supply of 0 hay and feed this would entourage encourage feeding plants tor for the fattening of 0 deef beet hogs etc we have good farming land that will hippolit hip ap a population ot of people we have unlimited supply ot of build Ing stone that can be easily quarried and shipped at a small cost we have an enormous quantity of 0 white pine timber suitable for torene exe finishing lumber which can not be shipped tor for lack ot of shipping facilities we have at least acres ot of land admirably adapted tor for the culture of 0 sigr beets we have what Is reputed to be the largest sulphur deposits in the world thousands 0 of tons are already blocked out tor for shipment we import annually not less than 1000 tons of freight which is 3 freligh tod led at a ct cost ot of 6 to 10 per ton the railroad Is already under construction st and bottlers settlors sett sott lors lers are coming dally daily 1 CROP production I 1 the following production was a reality last year 1321 1921 in eastern millard mallard county IRRIGATED alfalfa acres wheat acres oats 2373 acre rye act acied es barley 1605 acres acre beets potatoes garden products acres I 1 approximately acres land is suitable e for or alfalfa seed raising NON IRRIGATED wheat acres ryo rye acres additional acres of land are suitable for dry land farming yield per acre IRRIGATED wheat 30 bushels rye 25 dushell Dushel 13 3 potatoes bushels barley 60 50 bushels oats 60 bushels alfalfa r 3 to 5 tons tona deets beets 10 to 26 tons dry rr land yield per aero rye 10 bushels wheat 10 20 bushels ARTESIAN SIAN WELLS number of wells at present total discharge 90 second feet average depth feet approximate cost asoo each largest well flows 2000 gallons per min irrigated area cart can be increased materially by use ot of reservoir many new wells are beings being driven to supply water for beet acreage STOCK RAISING eastern millard alth wl th its vast gr grassy grasby as mountain reserves Is a very valuable section for the raising of live stock stoc abend abundance nce of teed feed alfalfa pasture etc make this a suitable section for sheep raising hog raising etc 1 i the following follow ingils Is an estimate 0 of live stock raised and located in this section at present presenta 1 1 i cattle I 1 1 1 16 1 0 0 0 head sheep head hoga head horses head from pare one phenomenal development IN MILLARD attracting I 1 ATTENTION fENTION Ar pine creek 1000 acres meadow creek irr co acres Corn creek i irr co acres acrea scipio irrigation co acres acrea artesian wells 90 see sea ft 1100 acres prospects are exceptionally good for additional quantity ot of water to bo be diverted from tho the sevier river onto the kantra U east millard I 1 |