The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
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There has been an increase in number Of
nofSes. Inllch COW c2ttie ana sheep.
sGeep showing Tia latest Increase.
There are about J1lre lines the total
number of animals in 1873 that there were
IN 1854 While there is an increase in
number OF horses OF about % per cent
there Is a decrease in total value during
The sixteen years of nearly 30 Der cent.
In spite of the tremendous decrease in
value OF horses, there Is an increase in the
total value Of livestock of over 90 per
cent There is an increase of 50 per cent
in number of mich cows, and the number
of other cattle has nearly doubled. Sheep.
however show the largest increase in
numbers as well as the greatest increase
in value
the farmers of the state have turned their
attention in very decided manner to
feeding livestock on the farm, principally
mich cows, cattle and sheen.
1t Is interesting TO compare these results
with those of some other states during the
same period. Kansas. for instance. whose
agricultural development during the past
han century Is one OF the maryGlS Of. the
age. shows that the value of wheat, corn,
oats. barley. rye. potatoes and hay in
creased from SS1.S24 900 in 1884 to S110, 49,
as in 1899. Colorado. an irrigated state,
increased her production of the same
staples from 81 GA $40 in 1884 to so l39, $50
in 1889. Montana increased her products
from S3.l450lO in 1881 TO S6.421.3 24 In 1899.
Utah shows a greater percentage of in
crease than does Kansas and about the
same as Montana. but falls far short of
Production of 1900.
Probably at no time in the history of the
state has there been such q substantial in
crease in the productions of the farm as
during the year 1850. Though the com
DleIed returns are not vet available, vet it
Is safe TO estimate an increase of some
S-VUO-oo9 over the returns for 1899. This
increase comes almost wholly from animal
products. The increase is particularly
noteworthy when We consider the ten
fr.ar
Is no installing the fact that there has
been a gradual, If not radical, readJuSt-
ment of agricultural practices The one
Tnlng mat stands out above al others Is
hat the attention of the farmer Is being
directed 10 the production OF finished
animal products. The farmer IS making
of himself q manufacturer and of the
farm a factory The grain crops and
fodder crops furnish the raw material
merely for the factory. They are being
manufactured into butter and cheese,
wool and mutton beef. poultry and eggs,
swine, etc, and the farm, as Well as the
farmer iS being enriched by the change.
Preceding this article Is a. statement OF
the value of the raw products OF the
farm and of the finished or concentrated
products for 1880. This statement shows
an increase Of some $5,U0IOJo over our eS-
Inmates of year ago for the previous
year. It should be stated that in some
cases OF orchard products, Tor instance,
there is nothing to base an estimate upon
since the state census OF 1885. The gov
eminent statisticfan reports each year
upon the cereal crops and potatoes and
hay. The estimates Of honey and bees
wax were obtained from =. $ LOVesy Of
the Beekeepers' association. The estimate
of alfalfa seed was secured from the 9.
A Smurthwaite Produce company OF OS-
den. a company, by the way, that received
a silver n1edal-the highest award-at the
Paris exposition for alfalfa and timothy
seed The WELD of alfalfa seed in 1900
as in 1889 was about half an average crop
The estimates of butter and cheese were
. furnished by the state dairy inspector, I.
mutton and cattle are made up from
dealers estimates.