Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-02 | Page 26 | Livestock 2nd State Industry

LIVESTOCK 2ND j STATEJNDUSTRY Only Exceeded in Total Value by Mining. Total Valuation Being Thirty four Million I With S total valuation in excess of $84,000,000. the livestock industry ot Utah Is now rated us the second larK-j est In the state, mining leading the .Hat. Tho Industry had Its Inception Srlth the arrival f the pioneers and I has prospered and grown In Import-, ;.ince from yeur to year with the application ap-plication of Improved methods. There was a time when the number Of head of livestock greatly exceeded thi figures of the present day, but I that was before settlement was so far I advanced. What has been lost In num- ibers has been offset by improving j quality. 1 ntim ITBD NUMBER. The number of eattle In tho state I Of Utah Is now estimated at r.GO.OO" head. Rants restrictions and the jrra.l-iual jrra.l-iual disappearance of posture land hae I brought many changes to the methods! used by cattle raisers. I'nder these re-! I Strict Ions, only the best stock can be, .maintained at a profit, conditions precluding pre-cluding the opportunities to run large herds. Statistics of the slate llve'stock board 'show the Importance of f tah aa a I jhorse state. In 1018 the state export! led hoists .111.1 imported jThe exports were principally for army I use. while the Imports were of the I pure-bred ipe in 1 9 1 r. the exports! fell to J4..N. while the Imports were H71. I In 1 1 1 R there were exported from (the state is.or.j cattle as compared toi 22. A" In 1919-20. Imports for those two yenrs were 2026 In 19 1. as against j ,'246 In 1919 'irul 1920. Increased lm- ports are due to the Increased atton-tlon atton-tlon this Industry has been receiving I during the past year, espeelnllv dairv . ..ii. with conditions favourable for rnis- ing swine In I'tab. progress has been 'mail.- ri this Industry during the past year. The Utah hog Is free from Infectious In-fectious diseases so prevalent in the ea.st. and there Is an unlimited demand for I 'tah pork BaK ike iltv alone requires r.n.000 hogs for pork evefj yes r. proring lf'17-is there was exported from thi state '. L'7. hogs, as aaalnst 3451 In 1919-20. Imports, however, were much larger during the pimt vem preceding. In 19 IS. 2220 hogs were lmpo::d. as against 3938 in 1919-20. The Increase represents animals brought In for breeding purposes only, The growth of the hog Industry may be measured by the exhibition at the recent re-cent state fair, when the largest exhibition ex-hibition of hogs In the history of the fail sas made. While the assessment rolls of the different dif-ferent counties show that there are 30.457 hogs In the state this ear. fhlch is approximately the number "I each year. It is estimated by livestock men that there are fully one- third mire 'ban this. I K.I I'.l v vi ( vi H)N The valuntlon of I'tah livestock as determined b- ths .itate board of1 equaliicatlon follows: , Horses and Mules- 0 1920 'Number assessed 98,824! Assessed valuation $ ."..31 1 1 4 .r. rnt lie Number aasssssd 378.0$; j AwSaSSSSd valuation $ 1 3.C!) 7 24 4 Bheep and Goats Number assessed 1,779,1 7", 1 Assessed valuation 114,7241900 Swine Number .issessnd 30.4 .7 Assessed valuation $ 2 7 S ! 4 1 1 Total valuation livestock $34,220 89Q