Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-07

tion can be accomplished at . very moderate cost. The conditions are somewhat similar to those in the lower half of the reservation, where the land is being irrigated at an average cost of from three to six dollars per acre, very low figure when we con- slider that the government has other irrigation projects under way which cost nearly $50 per acre, and are still considered very good investment. There are many small irrigated farms throughout this vicinity, where they raise from 30 to 40 bushels of wheat. 40 to 60 bushels of oats, 200 bushels of potatoes, two or three crops of alfalfa, cutting two to three tens each crop, while hay runs about three tons to the acre.
 Such of these lands as are not easily irrigated make excellent grazing land for sheep, cattle and horses. Last year the state of Wyoming ranked sec ond in the United States in wool pro-
 duction, 32,OO0,0O0 pounds being ship
 ped out of the state, valued at $6,36O,-
 900. There are 4,50O,OOO sheep in the state and the value of mutton exported
 last year was $6,OoO,000.
 The cattle industry in Wyoming is also very extensive, and another profit
 able and growing industry is the breed- | ing of high-grade horses.
 Owing to the dryness of the fall and Iiwipters months, the grasses cure on the ground,without losing any of their hur
 tritive qualities and furnish feed for
 stock almost the entire winter, in fact
 thousands of head of sheep and cattle
 are provided with no food or shelter
 the entire year except what they get on
 the open range, their only shelter be-
 ing the woods which almost invariably
 line the streams.
 One of the first things to be consid-
 cred in seeking new home is the ef-
 feet of the climate on man and beast
 The mean annual temperature of this | part of Wyoming is AZ degrees. The I approximate elevation outside of the mountain ranges is 5000 feet. The eli | mate is much more equable than that of similar attitudes in the east. The
 air is always pure and dry, with abun'
 dant sunshine. The heat is never in
 tense. In the hottest summer weather
 it is always cool in the shade and ths
 nights are always cool. The air 1T
 winter is clear and bracing, the spark ling dry air which makes life happier and more satisfactory than it could b' under the clouded skies of the eas l and south. The climate is similar t that of the mountain regions of Italy and is not, as sometimes erroneousl. supposed, extraordinarily severe il winter. The average mean tempera ture is A degrees, varying somewha according to elevation, and the atmos
 phere is rarified and pure, with but fe' l cloudy days.
 , In general appearance Wyoming i ' mountainous, with valleys, rollin l plains and plateaus, the latter covere r with grasses of great nutrition an ? furnishing admirable pasture for live . stock. The total area of the state : 97.S9O square miles, of which probabl a IO.OOO,OOO acres are covered with tim f Der.
 e Flowing east or west, according a f their source is on the eastern or wes : ern slope of the main range of th e Rocky mountains, which cross th
 state from north to south. are numel - ous streams, chief of which are tf t North Platte river, Snake river, Gree river. the Big Horn, the ShoshOne, n O Laramie and the Yellowstone. None { l. these streams are navigable in con l. mercial sense. but they furnish wat, e for irrigation and development of Il
 surrounding country, and in some ii 10 stances ate used for the transportatic fl of timber.
 ,- Gold. copper and coal mining. petr -- Ieum production. wool and the raisir r. of livestock are the most importal ,- business interest," of the state. III r- area of known coal lands is 200 Id square miles. and there are coal min ,d in operation in every county in | 4 state but one. some of which are pr -v dueing the highest grade of soft ca
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