| Show SURVEY SHOWS FARMERS BUSY carbon county count statistics on agri culture do not make a very ery brilliant showing when compared with chose of strictly agricultural communities but when hen the small area of tillable land and the recent development of farming arp are considered the fures are more than creditable glenry fiack flack has dinst completed a survey of the county for the goi government which has resulted in the collection of some figures which are of large baue va ue during the year 1917 farmers made for their own consumption rounds of butter during the same time they sold worth orth of milk the value of the eggs and poultry sold during 1917 1 amounted to 1181 aa no record was kept of the eggs and anti poultry consumed by the farmers no figures can be given but it is a pretty safe guess that they used more than tl ey sold during the year farmers also 1 for home consumption ton meat animals of various kinds valued at the bee indus industry trl is getting to be an importing import int factor anil and there were last summer stands of honey makers the total output of aich which was pounds in addition to the honey pounds of wax ax was put on the market the wool clip in this country in 1917 was pounds of a total value vallie of 1186 11 bo there are n now 0 w ici es of land under irrigation and anti under fence the total of teres aiken up as farm land is last 3 par ear there were 1148 acied of spring wheat acres of fall wheat acres of corn corti 90 90 acres of oats 70 of ryu rye act achis Ls of barlev 46 0 acres of potatoes poti toes of augir beets seven of co con an and d 9 90 0 0 of f beans chere herc were avies of alfalfa which aich yielded tons of aty on the first 0 f january Ji nuary 1018 1918 there bu bushels hels of cheit still on hand among the far farmers nien but only 25 bushels 0 corn curn in doing the farm work anil and producing pio ducine the meat milk and wool mentioned above there were boises 47 mules cows 1175 other cattle sheep 8 goats coats and 1024 hogs |
