The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-01-28

Agricultural Possibilities or Carbon
aud Emery Counties.
in order a. fully realize the posi-
bilitirs NJ any county In any field.
line or branch ~ work. one must first
become acquainted with H. resources.
natural and handmade. ana with the
position that county holds. " In an
agricultural way. with regard to mar
kcta local ana foreign.
carbon and Emery counties iic In
the east central part ~ the state 81
Utah. the main line of the Denver
and rio urnndc railroad passing
through about "a hundred and sixty
miles 81 their territory. while tribu-
tary to II are quite large number uf
branch lines leading off into the coal
districts. The present output of coal
In these two counties reaches more
than one-uunrtrr or "a million tons.
with a payroll ~ about 100000.
unc may ask the question. what
do these factors have 10 dn with the
agriculture uf country" n ir easily
seen they have Humc bearing on the
agricultural possibilities. In many
sections Il is mo- task o. produce an
immenrr amount of agricultural prod
ucts. but II h. a very difficult problem
Co gct them disposed ell. first hccausc
81 no local market being available.
and. second. because uf not having
any railroad facilities o. carry this
produce tu tho foreign markets. This
applies to all branches 81 agriculture
--gcncral farming. live stock grow
Ing. dalrying dr fruit raising.
These two counties are blessed with
good local market because OF the
location Of ~ many coal camps within
their boundaries, and because OF be-
INK favorahlN located on the eastern
side of the great Wahatch range. iic-
Ing situated on the Denver and Rio
0randc main line their products are
readily marketed In the East.
There h large scope OF country
here that viii never bee used for
farming purposes. but that now il
and viii be- much more In future
years. utilized Tor the ranging of hun
dreds Of head Of cattle and sheep.
This great range, u properly taken
care of. makes a good range during
the entire year Tor, az a usual thing.
the snow " very shallow 0nd does
not cover the feed too deeply Ia he
gotten out by the animals.
THIS big factor should make feed
ntuffs cheaper and thus open up a
wonderful avenue for putting our live
stock on feed and finishing them for
the choice markets before shipping
them. By following up this prnctic,
the farmers would realize better
prices for their farm produce and al
the same time would return the fertil-
ny 10 their farms
AZ the present time the farms of
these counties are maintaining COM
paratively small percentage OF liv,
stock ON their farms, either from d
meat standpoint or from the dairy
point of view. Ia hundreds nf ease,
scarcely any I've stock h kept On an,
farm. hence the farm loses the gen.
crai crops year after year and mo- FER
Unity h retained to be added a. IN,
soil. The live str Is that Ii produced
is fairly good, but h sold before an,
farm products are fed to IT, and be,
fore II Is finished. lu this way IN,
farmer loses the profit Co Dec gaine,
boy having better animals Gao place on
the market al better prices ana ais,
the Increased fertility ct the farm
II capital could hc induced to com,
into this district ana cooperate with
the farmers In purchasing dairy COW
and other live stock o. place ON an,
farms Il could become one at an,
hest agricultural districts ir the West
The soil in this section OF the stat
n a good soil N properly handled, AM
n humus Is added "a H. II rs yer
fine tcXturcd soil, and it iTlgatel
quite frequently. before humus {
worked into H. n inclined 90 hak
and become hard aud compact on an
surface. To bear me out In my state
ment that our soil Is good, We hav
this year yields of oats that have ru
as high as "a hundred ana ten hushel
per acre. barley fifty hushel
per acre. wheat siNU-three bushels
alfalfa seed nine bushels. potatoe
three hundred bushels, corn fift
bushels sugar heets twenty-one tom
besides an abundance OF fodder an
many other crops that have yielde
we'll These figures hold throughot
the two counties ON very profitab
net income tests that We have run.
our soil here requires judicious II
rigstion, much cultivation and FRI
quent rotation OF crops This year n
two counties have produced approx
mately :l25.OOO worth OF alfalfa ses