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


+ man, woman and child in the entire
state one pound of -four day, there
/ was sufficient wheat produced here
I this year to provide the whole popu-
lation with bread for fully six years.
This Is not taking into account the
| 100000 bushels of Vats and the
| 100000 bushels of barley and the rye
and corn raised.
CLOTHED IN BROADCLoTH.
idaho can not only feed. house and
| provide home and furnish the
I! medium of exchange fortcvery In
| dustriot,s son and daughter of Adam
! coming within its borders. but can
provide the material sufficient to
| clothe each and every one,inethe finest
| of broadcloth. The wool product of the
| state this year amounts to 100000
| pounds, shorn from The backs of two
| and n quarter million sheep.
| Briefly stated. the foregoing are the
! principal features which appeal to the
man from the outside, especially to the
| populace Of the congestcd cities of the
".
! of new bloou.' which is flowing into
| the state in continual stream. And
| over and through the manifold re-
| sources and opportunities of the state,
| there floats and pervades the most
| life giving and inspiring climate any
| where to be found.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
The oldest industry of. the state--and
1t dates back only to the COSTS min
Ing. and the industry practically con-
temporary with 1t was stock raising:
then followed agriculture, horticulture
and manufacturing-the last two of a
date considerably subsequent to the
beginning OF the other industries nam
well and are advancing with sure and
.apid step toward a condition of eter-
i.al progress and permanently.
STOCK RAISING.
AS settlers come into the state and
occupy the vacant lands, they drive
back the stockman and lessen the adj
vantage of his industry just IN proper
ton to the lands taken; hence this in
dustry is waning.
Three years ago, Idaho boosted of
her 100000 sheep. which produced an
annual clip Of 20,Oo0.oOO pounds of wool.
Today she has within her borders
about 2.250,00 of the woolly backed
creatures. In round numbers, we have
about 100000 head Of cattle, 10000 head
of horses. 1000 mules. $500 goats, and
$4,000 swine.
The encroachment of the forest re-
serves upon the once free range has
been u very important factor, also,
in blocking this important industry.
Practically the entire mountainous and
timbered areas OF the state now I'M
claimed by vested interests are en-
braced In national forest reserves.
which cover approximately 10000, 900
acres.
MINING.
Out of. the 90 counties of the state,
10 have Il mineral producing record.
The banner mining county is Shoshone,
which produced this year nearly Sl4,-
100000.
But with this splendid record in min
eral production, the entire county pro-
duces scarcely II bushel of wheat or a
peck of apples.
The 1910 mineral product of the state
will fully equal the splendid record of
1909, which stands as follows:
Lead, 217,594,679 lbs. .....s 1856 .571 20
Silver, 7039,451 fine ozs ~. 3,625.317 40
Gold 7O,S9S fine ozs.......... 1,4G5, 4S1 .05
Copper. 7.769.SS7 lbs. 1000. 1,034 .65l 80
Coal, $500 tons .............. 100000
Total Observation-Disclosures SOC, s62 Is
Idaho has a total of 1.i02 manu-.
featuring establishments. which turn
out an annual product valued at $24.-
1O0,O 600 The capital invested In these
concerns Is about equal in value to the
yearly output. The workmcns employ
ed number about 5000, with an annual
payroll of over $500, 900. These figures
do not include tho mine workers and
trades unions, which include a NOM
bershlp of about $1,000 Sugar produce
ton alone amounts to nearly s2.5Oo.oOO
a year. The manufacturing Industries,
though practically In their infancy in
this state. are In very healthy con-
dition and show evidence of continual
progress and Increase.
AGRICULTURE.
The greatest progress In agriculture
in this state during the past few years
and one which Is attracting consider
able attention and much favorable
comment is In what is commonly
known MS dry farming. Fully 100000
acres arc now being fnrmed by this
method, and with phenomenal success,
The land brought into uso through
the application Of this scientific process
of farming was few years ago con-
sidcrcd not worth the price Of a fence
to enclose It, AS n consequence thou
sands of acres of this barren ground
lay within close proximity to- towns
and cities without tho apparent hope
OF ever inviting n ,hand to impregnate
its surface with fertility.
But the scene has vastly changed;
now oven the hill tops nod their
wheat crowned SUBMITS In pride and
grandeur as the gontle zcphyrs watt
the perfume of the ripening grain
through the air.
Some OF these dry farms contain as
high us 5000 acres. Tho yield in wheat
per acre ranges from IL to so bushels,
and the latter figure Is not Mt all the
exception. When pursued scentilcal-
~, and the soil Is properly fallowed.
barley, rye and even alfalfa are sue
cessfully grown. Oneida and Fremont
counties are especially distinguishing
themselves In this method of agricul-
ture. 99sttt
The 900. 1000 acres referred to az being
cultivated without the artificial appli-
cation OF water and without precipita-
ton. are situated wholly; within tho arid
portion Of the state, Of the southern j