Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

hand only I50G0 acres are now under
cultivation.
Nearly every valley is composed OF
the sediment from the neighDorihG
mountains. dcroded by the ever raVas-
ing processes Of time. Once what Is
now the surface, undcrlay II mighty
ocean, containing the various forms OF
marine life. of which the fossils are
quite abundant in the rocks. This sub
marine soil. or rather this soil winch
was once submarine. Is well adapted to
the most useful kinds or vegetation.
The uintah fruits, apples, pears, peach
cs, piurcS, plums. etc, rank with the
best; her grains compare with those OF
other especially adapted grain lands:
cane, melons, squashes, garden truck,
sugar bects. mang!es, etc, grow In pro-
fusion Alfalfa is one of the main
crops. and brings from 81 to $50 per
ton. bnilcd, according to the time OF
year, ana the location.
FOREST LANDS.
Not only Is the tilablc land Of value.
The estimated area of the tlntah basin
is 5,376,0o0 acres. This may be divided
into forests. grazing lands, and bad
lands There are two national forests
| located III this region: the Ashley and
| the u.ntah. Tho area Of the first is L.
| 100000, and that of the second some
| thing more than l,G00,00o acres. Mr..
william Anderson, forest supervisor,
! stated that there are some two and one
| half billions of feet of timber in the
| Ashley forest, and that that timber Is
| worth 81 per thousand feet as 1t now
| stands. making a value OF S5O0o,oO0, The
| other forest is equally valuable; II total
forest value of Sl0G0oO0O. These for
| csts consist Of Lodge pine, yellow pine
| Douglas FIR, English spruce. and cedar:
,,st,tf s.1,y ,,tt III
III which will take a polish. Mr.. An
| derson has. in addition to himself, sew
| on rangers whose duty it Is to watch
the growth OF trees to care for the re-
gard paid by the sheep men to the reg
ulations OF the forest reserve. to trap.
to watch the fencing. the roads, the dis
position of the tlmhers, etc.
MILK AND HONEY,
AssuIedly the land is one OF milk
| and honey and II that designation
meant anything in the promise of old
or II II Increased the value OF the an
cicnt home OF the chosen ones, 1t is just
as onphatically beneficial IN its modi'
lcation of The Ashley Valley. MilV
| usually las no other adjective modiiei
Than good or poor rich or blue ant
with the two moro refreshing ones may
the milk of this country be described
The honey OF this basin Is second tc
none 1t has won prizes, irSt prizes
IN many county. state, or worlds talrS
More than once has II been awarded
first prize IN the annual convention o
the International lioekeepcrs' associa'
ton. \ gallon of 1t weighs l2h pounds
II has the water white color. the ila
vor is more delightful than the muci
praised white clover honey of the east
ern states 1t is handled by the mar
kets OF many countries besides our own
As much nv 1000 pounds of money hn;
been produced by II single colony o
bees. This almost incredttGble recor,
was made by colony In the apiary %
Mr. t. \. Pike. on the tintah Indian
reservation; while from 100 colonies, to-
Sctlier With their increase, $4,000 pounds
was produced, 1870 pounds to the colony
one Of the greatest Of the greatest o
the inter- county hcekccpcrs 10 be sect
today was Mr.. Robert Bodily, of Mae
ser Mr. Bodily had only 100 colonies
after the Increase and from these h'
received near 5000 pounds of honey
$50 pounds Ior colony; an amount prob
ably us large uS that obtained by MI
Pike. Mr.. Bodlcy says that this ha:
been about his most successful year
Three hundred tons OF honey is shipped
! annually from Nernal and Price.
SHEEP AND WOOL.
There are 100000 head OF sheep in tn,
BASIN from every one OF which ia I,
10 poiin,is III wool were clipped this year
The quality OF the wool is n fine me
dunn, Tnegc sheep are valued a
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