The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31
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peace and rest will be established
upon WHAT is known as the Winslow
property. This work was started dur
ing the year just closed and promises
to add to the interest of the canyon.
Outlook for Farmers.
The farmers and fruit growers Of the
county instead of being disheartened
by the small crops that We're harvested
during 1905. are spurred on to greater
efforts, and it is expected that the
year 1906 will see a much larger acre
age under cultivation than ever be-
fore. The number of cars of fruit
shipped from Weber county in 1905
was 164 as against 255 shipped the year
previous. In addition to the fruit
shipment there were shipped also six
cars of celery, three cars of onions and
one car OF tomatoes. The fruit crop of
1905 was just about one-half of what
the output was in 1904. but the quality
was much better. The fruit acreage
in the county was increased during the
year just closed by 900 acres, making
the total acreage 5000.
A new departure advance during the
year is found in the fact that the peo-
pie of the Ogden valley have COM
menced to raise fruit, which should
greatly increase the output in the i'm
mediate future Weber county is per-
haps the only one in the state that
farms peas. This industry has been
decidedly successful during 1905, so
that the prospects for it's increase
are very bright. The point about the
farming of peas that appeals most
strongly to the farmers is that the
early harvest means money early in
the season. Last year there were 200
acres in the county planted in peas.
The tomato crop was perhaps the
largest failure of any of the farming
industries. Although there were 5000
acres planted with this vegetable but
100 were harvested. The yield was
about eight tons to the acreage. In
1904 there were 1854 tons of tomatoes
canned at the local factory. In 1905
the blight affected the crop to such an
extent that but 400 tons were put up
notwithstanding that the acreage was
equally as large
Crops of Fruit and Grain.
Sixty acres Of grapes. which yielded
about one ton to the acre, are planted
in the county and 1856 acres cf alfalfa
which yields on an average three tons
to the acre. The acreage in sugar
beets in 1905 was 4,674 The yield was
about ten tons TO the acre as against
fifteen tons in 1904. The sugar beet
industry. by the way. is one of the
most promising in the county, al
though where the land is of a sandy
nature the substance Is soon exhausted
unless something else is planted in the
soil each alternate year When the
sugar beet industry was first pre-
sented to the farmers OF the county 1t
took a great deal of pleading on the
part OF the sugar men 10 get them to
contract TO raise beets; finally, about
1000 acres was contracted for when the
Ogden sugar factory was first built
In 1905 the farmers in the same terri
tory that was then covered raised
beets sufficient TO supply four facto-
ries. The crop was partially a failure,
nevertheless. which was due to drouth,
and a small white fly which killed the
plants, especially the beets planted
last. Those sections depending on the
Weber river for their irrigation water
were the ones that suffered the most.
as they secured but little water after
July 1. The ogden sugar factory ex-
pended in 1905 for beets about S225 600
on fiat rate of $3.50 per ton. In addi-
ton to the money the beet raising in
dustry brings to the farmer it supplies
labor for many persons at a good
wage.
Increase in Values.
The assessments for Weber county
in 1905 were something over one mil
lion dollars greater than the year pre-
vious. The grand total of assessed
property as made by the assessor was