| Show interesting INTE HESTING FACTS AND FIGURES UTAH RARE CLIMATE ONE OF THE GREAT CHARMS OF THE STATE HAS lowr LOWEST EST DEATH RATE mineral agricultural and manufacturing fac turing resources makes one of greatest states of the union extreme length miles extreme width miles 2 4 5 arse square miles land area acres water area acres number of counties 28 population average annual precipitation t on inches 11 the greater precipitation is in the northern part of the state and averages 18 inches annually the precipitation of the salt lake valley is 16 inches annually CLIMATE there is a great agrest variety of weather and climate ranging from the cold weather of the mountains and elevated valleys of the north where the hardier grains and hay are the principal crops to the mild climate of the lower valleys in the southern portion of the state where all the fruits and vegetables of the temperate zone are easily grown and some semi tropical fruits do exceedingly all this diversity of climate is the charni charm of utah the four sea sons are well crisp winters to mild summers when the days are quite warm warin but the nights are delightfully cool the mean temperature of the state as a whole is 49 degrees july is the warmest month with mean temperatures ranging from 54 84 degrees in the sou thein parts to 65 degrees in the northern valleys in the salt lake valley the mean temperature ranges from 41 to 58 degrees in in spring 68 to 75 in summer 65 to 41 in autumn and 28 to j 32 in winter HEALTH conditions many things contribute to make utah a delightful and healthful place in which to live the altitude the digness of the atmosphere the canyon breezes excellent water and the changing seasons are conductive to good health and pleasant living and coughs and colds of a severe naun lue e are very rare the death rate pei thousand is the average death rate per thousand in salt lake city 1914 was 76 the death rate of the state is lower any other state in the union and the death late in the city is lower than that of any other city in the united states RESOURCES the mines which produce about annually agriculture which produces about annually manufacturing which amounts to about annually MINING utah mines produce different metals and minerals that are used commercially tile the list includes practically every metal except tin utah has the largest copper mine mine in in the world it is located at bingham 25 miles from salt lake city tons of ore bearing rock are being i removed from this mine avei every y day and at the present rate of operations there is ore enough to continue operations for 65 years or longer utah has enough coal to supply the entire country at the present rate of consumption for more than years the mineral wealth of t the he state is estimated at more than a trillion collais dol lais agriculture it is estimated that acres of land in the state are sus cp tible to cultivation up to the preE present ent nearly 15 I 1 asbeek spent on iri iniga iga tion lion projects and projects that will y cost neaily more are now under way utah was the first state in mod ern times to practice irrigation the average value of improved farm lands is per acre acce 37 3 7 of all the wheat grown is grown on dry farms farms which are not irrigated the dry farms of northern utah average 30 bushels of wheat per acre utah is the first state in the union in the yield per acre of barley sugar beets and alfalfa seed it ranks second in the production per acre of wheat oats and potatoes manufacturing nearly fact factories orits large and small are now operating in utah the state has 7 sugar factories and is the fourth state in the output of beet sugar two new factories are now building and another is is planned for 1916 the factory to be built in 1916 will be larger than any now operating worth of utah candles candies made from utah sugar are sold annually from now new york to tokio utah is the fifth state in the total output of canned goods in 1914 nearly cases of tomatoes and cases of peas were marketed utah is said to have the largest exclusive paa canning factory in the county count y the capacity is ia ga s c aily 1 utah has the only shoe factory between coast the missouri river and the |
