Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-21
ANOTHER potato PATRIOT
Nasaich County Comes 10 the Rescue,
and Not with ",puds' Alone.


HEBFR Cry, Wasaich county, Dec
Is, los3.-As potato patriot, /, II
common with my friend A. Bird, oil
kanosh, am very much surprised and
disappointed with tho Agricultural
Burvau's report OF Ulah's "spuJs." /
cau'i think the cfOp d. ~ bad W. re-.
ported, or else In some parts Of the
Territory there " lesfly failure.
heber CITY Is $40 feet in altitude, and
hs liable TO suffer by ifost a. any part
OF The Territory. Hut notwithstanding
the very short season, We had an i'm.
mense crop VI the mealies In wAsatch
county. Hundreds, yer, may say
1housand., OF busbols have been hauled
TO Park CITY on wagons, some parties
pulling their londs 10 those steep
grades to the mintt-'or how much?
Why! 25c. per bushel.
lee and glad oi the chance 10 spll
AZ that price, cash, you know, to nay
lhheil silver dollars are Tow AId lar
between this fall. But "mufphiesD are
plentiiuli hence this exchange.
having had the occasion u collect
ihu ACREAGE ahd product VI potatoes FOR
hh'a.uh county, AMI 10 bee on the safe
sluu Of tbs fence, I reported foil aver.
age crop anu s3m,What Uettor than
last season. give below figure, OF the
crop OF the whole county! Acreage.
.0Oi product, 1925 bushels-an aveiaas
OF 100 bushels 10 the acre, about Tour
bushels % every man, woman md
child. Charleston precinct, with
population VI about 800 souls. Raised
some 1000 bushels, twenty bushels per
head.
Our friend, A. Bird, OF IEaHcsh.
size Of the ~ Ils.D tbitk
We eau report favoraJly ALEC. Sly
lcighbor Fred Giles brought 10 my |
house ut digging time xix sptcimsrs |
'nd they turned the scale nj oin teen /
i)unds and we had bushels OF ,em--
Ntili nearly as big In proportiou. |
us variety 10 called The Pe1ils,a or |
'oor Mans p0Ialo--sc0d from VIM.
irnty Maui, Philadelphia. They ar.
beautiful while potato, oblong i'm
hapc. .Moalies IL the right nam,
% them, sure. Tho freeman are nlI
no talk in the ttates nov. nave v1t
lew bushels Tor start next s,a.op. n
'lito potato also.
"A lew woris on our grain crop,
,hlch 10 good this year also, only ia
lll"ay precinct the wheat IL shrunk
y ifosL Their fields lie close 10 the
'otnllis OF the Wasatoh range, whore
llw falls very deep, and this spring
WIS very cold anu stormy aud they
ere late getting their crop In, and
10 ifost came before cutting time.
ho total yield Of the whole county
~ as fOllnWt,
lsbi-Olls, 75,S8j; wheat, 5J,sl6;
'rty, 1000 bushels.
lbv=-Oaisi 1901; wheat 6O.55s.
.Iiey, 1876 bushels.
Ihis years crop II the largest ever
own In tue county, Notwithstanding
o poor yield Of Midway precinct
here very little OF the wheat vii ,
AXE brrnd ht 10 eel; Out vi Iu.UIU 1
shels about 1000 viii 10 10 grind up 2
Ia flaur. .
We have a population OF some 5,OlD ! p
ils IN the county, which Will taEr
our $4,000 bushels Tor tho bfsn
me. Therefore II will take m,
irtesI economy b make it lRat out
III another harvest, though we have
MY OF the melly "spuIsU 10 bI.
ik on 10 help OUT tho deficiency ip
wheat crop. A great many oI
"spuds' have lboen hauled 10 psrk
" am aware, hut l am satisfied
10 arc plenty left.
Au regards our taxes we have ns f.u,
any other county la the TerrItofV y,
u quenli only some twenty psrsyns ~
INK had to be AdVeftised a. dsliu.
,ntH. -.
. few more lines on general toples =.
thbh III clase. We have had ~,
easant aud mild fall, consid.rabl, ,a
weather though. | was Comparing
90 lhe nlher day Just one week ago
hhd n beautiful day, nifty degrees
hn uhAlei anu lust one year ago nj
uale the Thermometer Indicated
below zero ON the morning follow. m,
lhAl cold snap continued about N.
Weres-ihe coolest snap VI ali
Ter. Quite contrast Ia dates. On
lSth inst u commenced raining, ~.
'hg TWO daye, sending with six Inches ~
now ON Tue loth, anu II has been pe
y hhu oGld since. Sunday morning
thermometer registered two below Cn
) pleasant weather In day time.
a grippe aud influenza have Visited
~ family most but | think this
y snap viii clear the atmusphefe.
lst the health OF the people will vii
rove from this on. far
cath has taken from our midst u
y threo Old aud estlmable ladies, Pc
'ouayi the 18Th, there has been diS
leu 70 the city Of the dead bright IN
pronlisl young LADY, taken OH
40 lIlmeOIllie-the wife OF Charles -ol
Filer. Tor
islhoss II Frightening up little. !
People are feeling more cheerful. De
Cl'y Trade Is looming up also.
Hhoh' JOHN CROOK.
" Ar
siagnation L. Death. Gus