, 1924-04-17

any realization of just how
opportunity there is for the
klet gives interesting data con-
its farmers on long time loans at low
interest.
Real estate agents and statesmen
operating in Wyoming must be licens-
ed and bonded.
Resources
Total assessed valuation Of State,
1923, $437.329, 1856.
Bank deposits 1910, $19,7s3.6e4;
1928, S7O.10S,748.
National Forest area, 8,417,773
acres. or 10 per cent of the States
area.
Over 5000. 600, 900 board feet of
standing timber in the Wyoming Ma
tional Forests.
Thirty thousand square miles Of
coal land, n thousand billion tons
of coal-a larger area OF high grade
coal than Is contained in any other
state. II. 500. 900 tons of wyoming
coal mined in 1929.
The state receives approximately
$500. 900 annually on coal and oil
royalties.
Hydro-electric possibilities of Wy
oming are unlimited, units ranging
from l to $4,000 H.. P.
Vast iron deposits at Sunrise
mined by steam shovel. 1923 produe-
ton. 424,196 tons.
High grade rock phosphate depos-
its covering 1.125, 900 acres; close to
railroads.
During 1929 more crude oil was
produced in the State than ever be-
fore-over A 600, 900 barrels. Ranks
fourth in oil production.
The State Geologist estimates oil
reserve at 0.000, 900 barrels, and
oil shale reserves at 10000. 600, 900
barrels.
Billions of cubic feet OF natural
gas available for every kind of in
dustry. Many cities and towns. and
whole communities use natural gas
for domestic and industrial purposes.
Capacity of known fields, 100000
600 cubic feet per day.
The farms and ranches of the state
comprise 10000. 900 acres. Included
in this is 2,250.0 900 acres of irrigated
land. as well as 2,75O,00O additional
acres which can be irrigated. 4.0OD,-
600 acre feet OF Wyoming's waters
are as yet not utilized.
A leading state in the production
of wool. $500, 900 pounds for 1873.
Wyoming ranks sixteenth in num-
her of beef cattle-S4l, 900 on jan
uary l, 1924.
Government figures for 1923
place a total value OF $50, 500, 900 on
Wycming's crops.
In corn yield per acre Ia five year
averagc) Wyoming ranks above Ok
lahoma, Kansas. Colorado. Montana
New Mexico, and most OF the south
orn states.
Based on n tive-year average of all
the states, Wyoming ranks fourth in
yield per acre OF spring wheat; Sth
in winter wheat; eighth in barley;
ninth in rye: eleventh in potato,e;
and twelfth in hay. Grains run high
in quality.
Nearly one hundred cars of head
lecuce shipped from the State in
1929.
United States reports place the
average price OF good pillow land for
the United States at $500. and the
average for Wyoming at $500.
Study the above state grain yields
and see what these land figures
Ia you. Wyoming dry farms may be
bought at from $500 to $4,000; ~
r!eated, at from $500 TO $3.50 per
acre
Wyoming has l46 cream stations.
q ~creameries and eight cheese fac
tories. over $4,000, 900 worth of
dairy products produced In 1923.
rhe honey produced In the State
In 1923 amounted to 100000 lbs,
valued at $4,000.
Wyoming soils are rich in the
mineral plant foods and readily
grow the nitrogen gathering legumes.
Sugar factories at Lowell. worlcnd
and Sheridan; others to be erectsd
soon. 1899 sugar content OF beets:
Wyoming-Montana 1866: Colo
RADIO l4.60Fo Nebraska 1867.
(Great Western report.)
School.
The University OF Wyoming. cor
sisting OF the Colleges OF Liberal
Arts, Agriculture, Engineering. LAW
and Education, offers courses de-
signed primarily for Wyoming Sta
dents. Tuition is free; living OK
penses are low. An Extension Ser
vice reaches all parts OF the State.
Its summer school is the coolest in
America.
The outstanding buildings I'm every
Wyoming town or city are the school
buildings. During the past ave years
rs OF the 45 four-year high school
districts OF the State have erected
modern. wcll-equippcd school build
inEs.
Transportation OF children is re-
ported from 10 OF the 23 counties OF
the State. 1873 drivers OF buses are
reported for state MD. Ono district
transports more than 900 children.
Consolidation Of rural schools u ~