The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
SOMETHING ABOUT UTAH AND ITS RESOURCES
EMERY COUNTY

Provo viscpresdent of The state horticultural n ass?.
cultural possibilities made five years ago arc just be-
ginning TO be realized MS good prophecy
sUGAR-PRoDUCING BELT.
-, Emery county or Castle valley, will IN time be
the sqGarprodueinG bclt Of Utah To quote Prof; Il;
who has frequently visited the county and who has
state. He and other college professors have mado
thorough anal sls of the SOIL observed the climate and
making chemical analysis Of sugar beets grown there,
and their verdict is altogether favorable TO the county
The Agricultural college men also hold Emery
county in high esteem daryng section: but urge
strain of dairy uimals There are now three cream:
Gs m m the county, and mot omG 3 OF % them @ IS
arc paying dividends ;.,, . .- ,o.,o,.
hay and potatoes are obtained in this county while
the yield of wheat per acre is below that of several
other counties, Corn may be raised without irrga-
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
The county is also good livestock section The
excellent range of Manti National forest affords in
the summer and the Sinbad and San Rafael deserts
raising industries extremely profitable. Local
pride is thoroughly aroused toward the higher grades
sheep herds OF Hereford cattle pens of Berkshire and
Poland China pigs colts sired by imported Pcrchcron
where Fully score Of $500 stations have been
b nS o Ge n as GSS years s and
in fine class of young horses be found any
WHSre % GlsS & IN 'nS STATE 1t is IN Emery county @ that
portion of his fine classes of stock.
IRRIGATION SYSTEM OF COUNTY.
The irrigation system of Emery county consists
Of ten Incorporated companies owning a few small
reservoirs and 1913 miles of main canal the water being
and the Cottonwood Huntington, Fcrron and Muddy
creeks. IL is the bcstwatcrcd county in the state.
canals with running streams almost to their full carry
ing capacity durinT the irrigation season with but
10 construct rcscrvojTs Of rea conac Oegh dS
n oil h1 vufp
some OF the best reservoir sites TO be found any
Three mammoth land reclamation enterprises
have been lately launched The Oldest of these is tho
Minneapolis, Mimi capitalists Their tract embraces
some 25,0OO acres of good land lying between Ferron
Independent Flat The work of constructing the main
canals and latcrals and system of small reservoirs
is well under way and considerable acreage is now
under cultivation.
Another great enterprise is that of the Buckhorn
and James A. Melville of Salt Lake City, who are
backed in this enterprise by Chicago men. Their
scheme contemplaes the reclamation of about o. O00
acres OF as good quality of land as can be found
untngton creek water VIII be brought to this tract
and the cost of this item alone is estimated at one.
quarter Of a million dollars; When the magic inAu.
beautiful garden spots in Utah will spring into life
quality can scarcely be found elsewhere in Wah n" The
Hat is protected from adverse winds by the shelter
thus heightened both ends that tie late frosts
OF the spring and the early frosts of autumn
Another irrigation company has a-nlicd for several
thousands of of land in the neiphborhood of
Woodside and has also filed water claims upon the
Price river The early settlement Of these tracts of
land will bring thousands of homeseekers to Emery
MARKET AT DooR OF FARMER.
81 story Of Emery county would fall short in doing
did markets. Dozens of hucksters, so-called make
their regular weekly trips to the coal camps of Sunny
side, Castle Gate kenilworth and Miller Creek and
the towns of Price and Helper. their big and heavy
wagons laden with Emery county farm products con
sisug of beef, veal pork poultry. butter eggs fruit
and vegetables This produce is obtained at the farm
houses of its growers, thus tho farmer has market
at hls own farmhouse door. The highest markct
prices obtained for all this produce the demand
Is much greater than the supply that there is keen
rivalry among the hucksters to obtain it fill their
weekly orders. The present coal mining camps of
Carbon and Emery counties and the new ones sprino
ing into existence will for wears consume
than it is possible for thcpfarmer raise in Emery
county. thus the old well the new farmers arc
assured OF good market for all the produce they
in Salt Lake City, and there is no trust founded by
middle men 10 rob the farmer of his legitimate profit
to hold the consumer prices for the necessities
of his stomach.
NO SCARCITY OF WATER
\ word about tho water power of the creeks of
Castle valley may bc opportunc here. A mighty vol.
unc of water issues from the east slope of the Wa
saicb range forming the western border line of Emery
county and this GREAT watershed is nearly all within
tho Manti National forest thus insurng it protection
from the ravagcs and carclessncss of flock and herd
masters Scarcity of water is not cause for worry
IN Emery county On the other hand it is the cont
of wafer that sometimes bcthers the farmer and the
IN,