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WYOMING DEVELOPMENT

WYOMING DEVELOPMENT
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lars 10 the total produced by agri-
cultural industries in this state.
Honey Production i
Scientific bee keeping in the
United States before the Civil War
with the %patenting OF a hive with
movable frames. The consumption
of honey during the World War was
greatly increased. due to sugar short
age: consequently various new ways
OF using it were developed.
At the present time there are S42
farmers and ranCherS in Wyoming
producing honey for the market and
their own personal Use The amount
produced last year was ~l,O84,273
lbs. or more thar 200 cars of $4,000
lbs. capacity. The value placed upon
his honey by the Agricultural De-
partment amounts to $26O.225.OO. a
wonderful financial return without
severe labor. for those thus engaged,
with a small capital invested.
Poultry Farming.
The fact that this industry-the
production OF poultry n eggs-is
anon our most essential, as well as
the light nature Of the work. the
possibilities Of engaging in it with
only a small expenditure Of capital,
and the small amount of lane re-
quired. make this occupation espe-
cially attractive to women and young
people. or to those who are not par
ticularly qualified to ngage in gen.
eral farming.
The production of eggs and poultry
in this country Is worth as much as
the hay crop, probably three-quarters
rf htll;nn inllnrc nnn,al1y While
ahc general farmer produced the
greater part Of this food supply. the
modern poultry raiser has a splen-
did opportunity in Wyoming to en-
gage in this business.
In 1920. it is estimated. that we
had in Wyoming 62O,734 chickens on
the farms and ranches OF the state
and the eggs produced were 1885,
TAB dozen, or Il farm value of
$~l.297,955.
Climatic conditions in Wyoming
are particularly favorable to the
production OF poultry, because OF the
fact that our nights are cool and in
MIGRATING. thus giving them a
healthy appetite. Seldom. IL ever. do
you see chickens with dropping
wings gasping for breath.
Black Magic
The magic influence OF petroleum
is felt around the world. Life would
be incomplete without this marvel
Gus thing of the present age. 1t has
Ievolutionized civilizations; it has
changed u habits n mode Of liv-
fng; 1t has made possible the ex-
ploratiOn OF the uncharted depths of
the sea and has permitted man to
fly like a bird. Waste places have
been made productive and in habi-
&ants wealthy. 1t has reared cities,
made highways and railroads.; devel-
o'r' commerce and industry, en-
rlched states and nations. and has
GRAINED the destinies OF statesmen and
politicians. In fact, it has put to
shame the extravagant tales OF orien-
tai fiction and the wonders ascribed
to the Gods and heroes Of ancient
mythology. There have been no
0agicians who could conjure up or
perform the miracles created by this
wonderful substance-PETROLEUM,
Hidden away in the depths OF the
earth. this substance has long await
ed b coming of ingenious Amer
tcans with their dominant spirit of
enterprise TO unlock these subterran-
can reservoirs for the advancement
and convenience OF men. A sub
~~ SAo >"AAAPSo4NAoA VI "AlCl Is
still Undetermined by scientists, yet
SO wonderful and alluring that men
who come into the sphere OF its pro-
ducttQA are drawn like the needle to
the magnet and fight with as great a
passion, o Its possession as those
who sought the unexplored sections
OF the Arctic and Tropics for rare and
prescious minerals. Back in the time
81 the forty-niners when the overland
trail was broken by the emigrant
wagons, tho oil history of Wyoming
was in the making. Near Evanston,
was the white Oil Springs" from
which teameters secured oil for their
wagons. Eight years later, 1857,
Roumania produced a small amount |
of petroleum and two years there
after In 1853, the United States be-
came a producer.
The men. Ah6 have so nobly staked !
their all in Wyozn ing and have reared !
industrial monuments as a result of |
oar proltLe oil fields have astonish-
q tne WHP41cst dreamer of this gem
Grafton. These peofae Are not to be
for through their de-
termination, energies and sacrifices,
Wyoming's wealth. has increased a
thoQsand:fold.
A decade ago our production was
only 115y450 bbls.. but in 1920 it
had increased to 1880, 600 bills,
and from all indications the produce
ton for 1921. will exceed 1850, 900
bbls.
The Standard Oil Company has an
nounced that it is making progress
with it's plans to handle a materially
increased amount of Wyoming crude
oil next year. and it is generally pre-
sumed that thew will incrpasp their