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Show UTAH'S GROWTH IN TEN YEARS SHOWN BY 0. S. CENSUS FIGURES j 1 (Jiving a partial view of Utah's development especially front industrial j and agricultural standpoints, a statistical review ha been compiled, contain ins comparative data between ISflLO and 1!20. This data is entirely based upon census figures. The figures given follow: Assessed valuation 5717,308.321 I Population 1920 449,396 I Population 1910 ; 373.351 I Ten yeat increase .24 per cent I LIVESTOCK 1920. Number Of head 3.133.000 Including horses, cattle, mules, sheep. BWine valued at $f,ol ,1 48.000 j "The best chances as an oil 9tate that any state in the United States ever, had " (From the United States Geological Survey Reports ) Metal mines produced In 1920 $46,000,000 i (Jllsonite deposits valued at $6,800,000,000 Hydrocarbons valued at $23,600,000,000 Number of factories 1.225 Annual payroll $155,000,000 More miles of paved highways than the other sL lntermountaln states com-blned com-blned Potash produced, tons I 16,000 Onlv Jei quarry In America, Oil shale, in sight, contains, barrels 60,000,000 Produced, bushels of potatoes 3,281,000 Some "f he foremost scenic wonders of the world ;n in soiulx in I'tah. Nearlv 50.000 automobile tourists visited Utah in 1920. AGRICULTURE I Approximate area of state (acres) 52,597,7,80 1 J All land in farms 5.050.410 , improved land in farms (acres) 1,715,38 'Value. Improved farm land. .1920 $104,083,120 lvalue, farm land and buildings, increased since 1910 i 107.1 per cent Number of farms Irrigated 22,218 !j Area irrigated (acres) 1,371. 651 Per Cent Irrigated Number of farms 86.6 Approximate land area of state (acres) 2S Land in farms (acres) 27.2 1 Improved land in farms (acres) 80. j . Capital invested, irrigation and drainage $32,018,644 WHEAT Spring 192(7, acres 132.978 Yield, per acre. 1910 14.0 Yield, per acre. 1920 24,4 Increase sverare vield. one vear 1 .74 Der cent Production, bushels. 1919 1,960.000 1 Pro. bushels. 1920 3.242.485 Increase production, 1 year 66 per cent Note: This increased production was reported despite the fact that the acreage acre-age was 7000 less for the year. . Winter 1920. acres , 167.918 Yield, per acre, 1919 10.5 j Yield, per acre, 1920 15.0 ! Increase vield, 1 year y 43 prr cent Production, bushel 1919 1, 722.000 j Production, busnels 1920 2,348,790 Increase production, 1 year 36 per cent SUGAR. Number ol plants In Utah 19 ; 1920 yield, tons of beets 1.389.843 1 1920 yield, tons of sugar 162,538: Beets, acreage i 114, 676 Cash expenditure for this production Including cost of beets $35,uon.O(iO Per capita for th" state . , i $76.75 ! Utah Is the !hlrd largest producer of sugar beets in the I'mted States. Utah leads in 'tons per acre yield. 1920 yield, tons per acre 12 35! L'nltcd States average 9.69 HAY Alfalfa 1920. acres 393.422 1920. production, tons 1,113,887 Wild Hay 1920. acres 116.305 1920. production, tons 151,129 All Hay 1920. acres 587.86S MINERAL WEALTH With xa of 1 per cent of the population of the 1'nited States and 12nd In popu-l latlon Utah produces: One-eighth of the nation's copper. One-seventh of the nation's silver. One filth of the nation's lead. One-third of the nation's arsenic. One-eighth of the nation's manganese ore. nd one-tenth of the world's production of vanadium. COAL PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES. Coal produced, tons 1910 2.526.093 1920 5.895.105 lO year increase 133 per cent Produced, tons, since 1870 55,424.767 Value of production $92,637,302 Estimated coal resources, ton ; 11,008,864.000 (Based on U S. G. S. surveys) Coal located in nine counties Note- In fifty years producliotn coal resources have been reduced only of 1 per cent. |