, 1923-01-11

Ferris. 1000. 900. Little Buffalo.
100, 200 900. At the end Of the year
projects are afoot for the construc-
ton Of pipe lines to carry Baxter
Basin gas to Ogden and Salt Lake,
Utah, and Mahoney dome gas to
Laramie. Cheyenne. Fort Collins,
Loveland, Longmont, Boulder, Gree
ley and Denver.
State Gets Big OIL Revenue
The state Of Wyoming holds title
to some Of the most valuable oil
lands within its boundaries and de-
rives a large annual revenue from
production therefrom. The state
also is a beneficiary from royalty
paid on petroleum produced on lands
within its boundaries owned by the
federal government. The states in
come from these sources soon, it is
anticipated will exceed $4,000, 900
annually.
A prominent petroleum develop
ment during 1922 was the granting
clair enterprise, of the right to drill
the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in
Natrona county. At the end of the
year drilling is in progress and pro-
duction already has been obtained.
Development Of the Teapot dome will
result eventually in the construction
OF q pipe line connecting Wyoming
with the Mid-continent system.
During the last fortnight of the
year the Sinclair interests bid sue
cessfully for the government royalty
oil from the Salt Creek field, Wyom-
ing's chief producer.
Oil field and gas field development
were responsible during the later
months Of 1922 for boom" condi-
lions at two southern Wyoming
towns. Rawlins and Rock Springs,
and each is growing rapidly, with a
corresponding increase in the value
OF local real estate holdings. Each
has visions of becoming another
Casper by duplicating its remarkable
growth of $50 per cent in little more
than a ten-year period,
Agriculture
wyoming did not escape the I'M
favorable conditions that encom-
passed the agricultural industry Of
the nation during 1922, and the
states crop production for the last
year was much smaller, both in
amount and value. than that OF
1921. The farmers of the state,
however, have weathered a period of
distress with remarkable fortitude
and success in avoiding the combine
ton OF financial difficulties, poor
market and untOward climatolog-
ical conditions.
The value OF crops produced in
the state in 1922 was $29.779.56O.
compared with $~45.739.O50 in 1921.
a falling off in value in 1922 of ap-
proximateiy $16.0OO.O 900, or 33 per
cent.
The production of every crop
grown in the state was less in 1922
in volume. also less in value than in
1921. The wheat crop fell from S.
600. 900 bushels in 1921 to 5000, 900
bushels in 1929. but the better mar
ket of 1922 made the difference in
the value of crops of the two years
only $4,000. that of 1922 being
$3.50, 900 and that Of the 1921 crop
s3.50O,0OO The oats crop of 1922
was 100000 bushels. worth ST.
1890, compared with a 1921 crop
of 10, 0 900 bushels worth $3.7OO.-
0ON.
The 1922 potato acreage and yield
were the largest in the states his
tory. with the exception of those OF
1921. when 1905 high potato mar
ket inspired the application of n rec
ord-breaking Wyoming acreage to the
potato crop OF $780, 900 bushels WIS
worth 1882, 800; the crop OF 3.S44.-
900 bushels was valued at $780,
900. 49, -
Corn Crop Tells for More in 1872
The states corn production in
1922 was only 5000 bushels less
than that Of 1921 and sold for much
more than the 1921 crop. Corn pro-
duced in 1922 was 1.612.Oo0 bushels.
compared with 1.615.0O0 in 1921;
the 1922 value was ~$1.1s4.S20. COM
pared with $691.350 in 1921. Only
10000 bushels Of barley. worth
&171.600 was produced in 1929, COM
pared with 1000. 900 bushels. worth
$4,000 in 1921.
The 1922 y crop OF 10000
bushels. sold for Si7i.soo; the 1881
crop Of 100000 bushels sold for
$375.000. Seven thousand bushels
OF flax. worth $18,34O, we're grown
in 1922. compared with $4,000 BUSH
els. worth $62.700. In 1921. Tho
sugar beet production of 1922 was
smaller than that OF 1921. and It's
value almost one-half less than that
OF 1891. In 1922 the beet produc-
ton was 100000 tons; In 1921 Il
was 27l.000 tons.
The value of the 1922 beet crop
was $1,000. 900: that OF the 1921
$4,000 tons in 1929. and the 1922
crop was &2.970.000. The hay crop.
on the face OF available figures. fell
from ~2.%50.000 tons In 1921 to L.
value was almost $4,000. 900 less
than that OF 1921. The 1929 crop
was worth &16.1s0.0 900 and the 1881
crop e26.950.O00. Miscellaneous
crops produced In each OF the years
were of approximately the same
valuc. $4,000 900 for each year.
Average production per acre OF
several crops In Wyoming in 1922
was as follows: Sugar beets, Ills
tons; corn, - bushels: rye. II BUSH
els: wheat. II bushels: barley. 81