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he mineral OF the state r
the most productive and OF the min
araI In the present stage OF
-dsvelopment petroleum In the most In
portant OF the total value OF Wyo-
minE's merchantabis physical products
outpu, Curing 1891 the petroleum IN
fustry Is credited with producing op-
proxinatoly 80 per cent The pro-
portion produced By the mineral Indus
t4es Is q group was es per csnt Az
~1oufture produced 70 per cent the
livestock industry between nine and
tan per rant and manufacturing the
remainder, between five and r.r per
cent. These percentages throw an In
teresting light on the rapidly Of
change Of economic conditions In wyo-
ming, a comparatively youthful state.
A decade ago the livestock industry
was the states chief reliance, the min
erai Industries Chen chiefly confined
to Goa miningl. was second IN import
anoe, and agriculture was a poor third
The petroleum industry. now supreme.
then showed a production OF less than
one Per cent OF that OF 1871.
Value Of Production
The value OF the output OF wyo-
minE's mineral industries In 1921 was
SEQ, si5,75o. that Of agricuiture's out
put ISL T5s. $50. that OF the livestock
industry $40. 600. 900 and that OF manu-
f%acturers sl3. 900. 900. In each Instance
the figures show a decrease when
compared with tho value Of output Of
the same Industrial divisions In 1920.
The 1920 totals were: Mineral. si7s,-
slE 900; agriculture. So, s52. 200: live
stock. s25. 100000; manufactures. $751;
-Oo0. 900. The same Industries In 1919
output products OF the value OF $685.
600. 900. Decreases in value OF output
in 1921, compared with 1920, were:
Mineral. sis.iss. $50; Agriculture. SAL
oss. $40: livestock. 100000; manu-
features, 5000. 900. It Will be OBJ
served that In Wyoming as elsewhere.
the AGRICULTURAL industry was hardest
hit by 1911 conditions. and that tho
misfortune OF she livestock industry
was second only TO that Of agricul-
ture.
wyomlng's PETROLEUM production in
1891 was 10 tt5. o0c barrels. an in
tFtuNc VI AllylbAAAihAt41 As0NNrNNV al
bells over that of 1890 despite the fact
that conditions IN the petroleum mar
ket in 1921 were such that It was
necessary TO restict tho production
from Wyoming wells. The pro rating
OF pipeline take during 1921 did not
result in a corresponding curtailment
Of drilling activity and at the end
OF tho year the developed potentially
OF the states oil fields is approximate
iy 5000. 900 barrels annually The
refined value OF the states 1891 pro-
duction of 1905. 900 barrels was $780,
345. $50. which was $e.4s925o less than
the value-si4l. 515. oo0-of the smaller
output OF 1920. The 1922 output.
perhaps rs. 1000. 900 barrels.
Wyoming's coal mines during 1891
produced approximately 5000, 900 tons
worth s24. 900. 900 at mouth OF mine.
Approximately 1000. 900 less tons of
coal were mined than in 1890. when
the production was TO- 600. 900 tons.
worth $s7, ooo. 900 ut mouth of mine.
The iron ore production of the state
was greatly curtailed during 1921 be-
aust Of industrial and trade condi-
tons. The same conditions affected
the plaster. building stone and other
enterprises conducted IN the state. The
production OF precious metnis-chiefly
in the form OF by-productswas almost
negligible. The value of all mineral
products other than petroleum and
coal may be estimated at 81. 900. 900.
Agricultural Rcview.
sub-normal precipitation. democrat
ization Of prices and credit stringency
were factors that bore down heavily
on wyomins's agricultural industry
during tho last year. IN view of these
and other pyramidins misfortunes the
industry's balance sheet for the year
may be regarded as truly remarkable.
While in a few Instances Individual
production totals of crops were greater
the corresponding totals of 1890.
In genera the physical production of
1921 WIS less than hat of 1920, and
invariably tho market value Of n given