The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-05
Chief Compiler Squires Finishes
Up His Report.
POPULATION BY PRECINCTS
THE ACREAGE IMPROVED, UNIM.
PROVED AND CULTIVATED.
and Their Value-Sheep, Cattle
and HOrses-Receipts and Dis
Observation-Disclosures of Farms
and Mortgages.

Chief Compiler Squires yesterday COM
pleted the task of compiling the statistics
of Salt Lake county, and putting the i'm
mense amount of informa ton gathered
by his deputies into the form of a table.
1t was big undertaking, and the work
has been performed with great care.
\ summary of the report is as follows:
Population.
The total population of the county is
6S.0S6, Big Cottonwood having 100, Bing-
ham 1913 Bluff Dale 2sS, Brighton 14S
Butler 49, Draper 9S7, East Mill Creek
44 Farmers 1865, Fort HERMAN 27S
Granger COS, Granite 49, Hunter 93s, Lit
tie Cottonwood s. Mill Creek ZOOS, Noun
tain Dell 16S, Murray 2.51O, North Jordan
sos, North Point 49, Pleasant Green 305,
Pleasant View S84. Riverton 636. Sandy
LIS, Silver 81. South Jordan 81, Peniten-
tiary 1S5. Sugar lap. Union 7CO, West
Jordan 1,561, Salt Lake city: First pre-
cinct 1862 Second precinct Is, 707. Third
precinct 1922, Fourth precinct $50, Fifth
precinct S.449.
MiIitiu.
The total militia enrolment is S.455
man.
Acreage.
The acreage. improved is 5367S, unim-
proved 1892. under cultivation during
1894 81, 707, irrigated sc, 6SS, under enclosure
for pasture 21,297.
Farm Products.
The acreage in wheat was GA. produc-
ing 174,116 bushels, valued at ST., 71774;
acreage in cats 2.1O4, product 64,352 bush
els, valued at SIG, 1000; acreage in corn
1878, product 39954 bushels, valued at SlS,-
in aria
go valued at $7,05074; acreage in rye 7O5,
product 1856 bushels, valued at s., 253. %;
acres in lucern 1884, in hay 1895: acre
age in potatoes 1857, product 279, f25 bush
els, valued a 81, 630.35; acreage in beets
81, product I 401 tons, valued al so, Sl0.46;
apples produced $40 bushels; bushels of
peaches produced Abs. apricots $40 bush
els; pears produced. .665 bushels; plums
produced, 2.7S6 bushels; small fruits pro-
duced, 1909 pounds; acreage in vine
yards, 4Ssl, product 3S.4O5 pounds; gallons
of wine made ga valued at $3.50; other
produce, acreage III, the value being
$40, 1925.
Sheep, Cattle and Horses.
The number of animals owned Dec. 81.
1894 was: Cows 1924, cattle $685. horses
5S71. mules 70 asses "A, sheep 4S7, S62,
goats Y, swine 1883, hives of bees 1 ga
Last year the farm expenses footed up
S135.S71-G5 the farm mortgages were SS54,-
5000; the number of hands employeoN<vas
COZ and $50, 1878 was paid out in wages.
The total receipts are put at $500, 654 Sc
and the total disbursed at 1921, 1883.
Summaries.
Other products produced as shown in
table, values of which are not given, are
summarized as follows, at average prices
of 1891: Cider, LILO gallons at 90 cents,
81 $500; Vinegar, 3, s95 gallons at 20 cents
$1,000: sorghum, S,S15 gallons at % cents
81, 1875; butter, 299, 662 pounds at IS cents
$50 929.16; cheese. $3.50 pounds at cents
$356.S5: honey, 70 420 pounds at 10 cents
$7,842OO; dried fruits. 1866 pounds at 51a
cents. $1.466.63; wool. 2746,963 pounds, at
"a cents. $212, $40. IS; total, 1882 O2S52; total
from table, 1853, 65456; grand total $685.
eTSOS
Total number of farms, 2,195; total num-
Der mortgaged, $685.
Averages Per Acre.
Wheat, IA bushels; Oats. 3O1a bushels;
corn, % bushels; barley, % 4-5 bushels;
rye II II. DOtatOeS 10 bushels: lucern