The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-02-02
NEVADA IS AMONG
RICHEST Of
STATES
NATIVE WEALTH AND FERTIL-
ITY DESCRIBED BY SOUTH
ERN EDITOR

vada," a Los Angeles newspapers
prints the following article, DEALING
with the and accomplish
ments of this state:
Southern Californians are es-
pecially interested in Nevada, be-
cause the peculiar shape of the
long-angled border line between
the states has snuggled her up
very close to us. Even the city of
Los Angeles is not exactly south
of the northern portion of Cali
fornia, but lies far enough east
to come below the northern C
ton of Nevada.
Our neighbor is called the
"Sagebrush State" but she stout
ly denies that sagebrush and des-
ert are necessarily synonymous
terms, and her crop yield for
1916, in efficiency of production,
bears out this assertion.
While the potato crop ran short
in most sections of our country in
that year, the yield of the "Silver
State" turned out well-she rank
ed fo~rty-second among the states
in acreage for this vegetable, but
in actual quantity produced she
stood thirtieth in the line. She
harvested $3.50, 900 bushels of po-
tatoes-a greater crop than was
yielded by either Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Oklahoma or Texas.
although most of these states had
a larger acreage planted than did
Nevada.
In bushels per acre Nevada
made a still better showing. The
great potato growing states of
New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Iowa yielded, respectively, 70,
AZ, 60 and AZ bushels per acre;
and the nation as a whole gave
1914 bushels to the acre; but the
.'Sagebrush State" produced an av-
erage of 100 bushels per acre, a
mark so high that it was exceed
ed by but one other state in the
Union - Maine, with a yield of
N04 bushels per acre. For the
came year, Nevada raised more
spuds than did Massachusetts, or
Texas. although the New England
state had nearly twice the acre
age and the southern state nearly
three times as many acres planted.
1t would seem that Nevada
might easily raise foodstuffs for a
population of a million Or more,
when her period of development
comes She has a potential water
supply for at least one million
possibly two million-acres of land
and for her 1916 crop of potatoes
she utilized but $4,000 acres.
Wheat also pays a tribute to the
efficacy of irrigation. OF all
states of this country, Arizona, the
"sun-kissed," leads in production
of bushels to the acre, her "a
est competitor being Nevada, with
a yield of but one-tenth of a BUSH
81 less. The value of irrigation
when it comes to raising hay Is
shown by the fact that Arizona
also leads all states in her ton
mage per acre, with Nevada and
Washington a tie for second place
in hay production. The residents
Of Nevada will not have to sub
sist on a vegetarian diet either.
for the 1915 returns of the gov
eminent credit this state with
over 100000 head of sheep and
nearly 100000 head of cattle.
The silver State" has long
been noted for its mineral output,
one lode alone having yielded over
$780, 900, 900 worth Of precious
metals. 1t will surprise many old
timers who associate Nevada's
high tide in mining with Comstock
days to learn that in 1913, be-
fore the war had sent copper sky
high, the value of minerals produc-
ed in Nevada just about equaled
that of the best years of Virginia
City mining.
Already southern California has
good rail connection with south
ern Nevada, and u business re-
lations are becoming each year
more important. But we need
also a paved branch of the Lin
coin Highway to bring US into still
closer touch, with good laterais
to facilitate travel. The time is
mot far off when this neighbor
tote mill coud thousands OF WIN