Show DRAINAGE statistics 01 tiie TAE 01 UTAH tho following Is sent LE LF by t the he pe apartment part ment of commerce bureau of census washington D C and Is a government statistical report A drainage bulletin tor for utah re bently issued by the bureau of the census containing state and county statistics shows the organized drain age enterprises in the state as cover ing acres of this amount acres comprise improved and 18 acres unimproved land there were acres sufficient ly well chained drained to raise a normal crop 7 acres fit tor for a partial crop and 5 6 0 0 acres unfit to raise a crop because of lack of drainage there were acres in oc coupled farms 90 acres in planted crops and 60 acres in these en terp rises the drainage works included miles of dl di chee ches and 1 miles of tile drains the e spital Inte invested hi in these enterprises entel arises was aas 4 an average aver age of 30 58 per acre there were 32 drainage enterprise enter pris es in the state with an average area of 4 acres of this number 7 contained 5 acres or more 24 contained from to 5 acres and 1 was under acres approximately 66 per cent of the land was in enterprises reported report dd as in arrears in payment of principal or interest on bonds or other obliga const the land reported delinquent in drainage taxes amounted to 95 5 4 9 aares enterprises organized between 1915 land 1925 contained 93 per cent of the land in organized projects while approximately 4 per ent of the land was in enterprises organized between 1925 and 1930 about 85 per cent of the land was in enterprises which use district forc fore es for maintenance work the aver age cost of operation and mainton garice lunce work in 1929 was 19 cents per dacre i 0 A copy of this bulletin tor for utah may be obtained by writing to the cireo or of tap bureau of the census washington D C th common dog tick or wood tick Derman centor varia bills transmits the cattle disease ot of it has recently been stated that this tick carries a disease to humans as well heretofore it has been a pest to dogs only but it now rach ts t major importance as hurtful to man and cattle so watch vatch out tor for the wood tick it if you go out in the hills give yourself a careful examination on returning grid nd remove all ticks albert J bishop visited delt asit ast weak week on bu baines ines |