The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-11-29
A YEARS WONDERFUL GROWTH
Great Showing of This Region
as Revealed by Reclamation
Census Just Completed.


Is carefully noted by employees of the
operation and maintenance department
OF each project. The census is palms.
taklngly prepared, and accurately por-
trays the work of the homenullders liv-
Ing on Uncle Sans reclamation pro-
Jects. The 1911 census for this project,
recently completed, sets out some in
terestlng facts and figures relative to
Iruckee-Carson doings. For instance,
II is determined that the rural popula-
tlon of the project totals 1891 souls, of
which number 777 1--we on homesteads ;
666 on privately owned lands II on
rented or leased lands, and 131 on Indi-
an lands. The 1911 accomplishment of
these folks prove that crops of a value
aggregating half a million dollars were
produced by them.
The number of horses on project
farms totals 3l46 beef stock, not in
GLIDING the large number being fed for
outside cattlemen, 954; dairy stock,
1856; hogs, 3737 poultry of all kinds,
1857. More interesting still are the
figures on the number of fruit trees ia
the valley. The governments data
shows that 2,9l2 trees of various vari-
cites are growing on project farms,
which in number aggregate 469. On
these farms are cultivated areas which,
when added together, form total of
nearly "a, coo acres. Of the cultivated
area II 3s4.s acres are given over to
alfalfa raising. Or the total acreage
| in lueerne 1904. 8 acres are on privately
owned lands, producing this year 70, 7l2
tons of hay, while 2el6.5 are on home
stead lands, which produced 10000. 8
tons, while Flutes had 775 acres in al
falfa this year, producing rs tons of
hay. The smallness of the production
credited to the Indians is explained
away when it is said that the acreage
was chiefly this years seeding.
While II has not been generally real
ised, potatoes passed grain this year IN
value and amount, the farmers of the
valley giving over an acreage of 445
acres TO this staple, upon which was
produced spuds to the amount OF 266l.5
tons, an average yield per acre for the
valley of six tons to the acre. 1t Is
doubt ul II there Is another place in the
West that can boast SO large an aver
age Yield. OF the total potato acreage
private landowners had 1886 acres,
which produced 2362.8 tons OF spuds !;
homesteaders, 7l.6, producing 1861
tons renters and ieasers, l7.3 acres,
producing 1905 tons, while the Plutes
are credited with a production OF 81
tons ON 20 acres al land.
The gram lands IN the valley aggre-
gated 1888 acres, the yield OF which,
computed in tons, amounted to 1887,
divided between farmers as follows !;
Private landowners, 2230 acres, produ-
cling 1854 tons homesteaders, l05o.5
acres, producing 565.7 tons renters
and Ieasers, 279 acres, producing l54.5
tons Indians produced total of $50
tons on their acreage.
Another interesting feature of the
data prepared by the reclamation oiti-
cials has to do with the acreage seeded
for the first time during the present
season. 1t is given out that 2944 acres
of land produced for the first time in
1911, the largest part of which is cred
tied to the homesteaders, who placed
in cultivation 1926 acres, compared to
1248.S acres by private landowners,
while renters and leasers contributed
220 acres as their yearly quota and the
Piutes 1902, showing that Uncle Sans
wards are not all drinking firewater in
town.
OF the total cultivated area of the
valley homesteaders now claim 6lS5.9
acres private landowners %, 800, rent
ers 1895, and Indians 1888, making a
total of 30, S4s7. The disparity exist
ing between this figure and the total
cultivated area-given at "a, 900 acres
at the outset of this article-represents
the amount of grass lands lying south
and east Of Fallon in the Island and
Saltwater districts.
Another fact determined by the CEN
sus is the acreage given over to sugar
beets in the valley, This approximates
1888. of which PIG acres are on home
steads and S64.5 acres are on private
lands. The sugar beet yield is not
known at this time, as the weighing in
of the beets at the factory has not been
completed. However, 1t is known that
the seasonal crop is far below the aver
age, but with another year, barring un-
foreseen misfortunes, an immense ton
mage will be produced and next years
statistics should contain some interest
ing data on this important crop.
While the figures enumerated in this
article are largely approximations, they
are as reliable as it is possible to secure
and set forth in fairly accurate manner
the accomplishments of the valley 8
farmers during 1911.
The old reliable, genuine
Rock Spring coal always on