The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-11-07
u. p. SYSTEM ISSUES
USEFUL BOOK ON
IDAHO RESOURCES
Idaho Takes First Rank in
Nation in Per Acre Yield
of Leading Crops

The Union Pacific agricultural de-
partment has just issued an attrac-
tive 94-page folder on Idaho. This
publication may be obtained free on
application to H. E. Goodwin, General
Freight Agent, Union Pacific System.
Salt Lake City. 1t should be especi-
ally interesting to prospective Idaho
settlers. If you have friends in the
east who are planning to move to
tl.is state, write to Mr. Goodwin and
have him send them copies of the fol-
der.
We should like to republish all the
ninety-six pages but can only give
/: few quotations. This is part of
what is said about Cassia county:
Cassia County
'tCassia county, population 15, ,659,
has elevation ranging from 1920 to
$500 feet There is a large acreage
OF land above the reach of irrigation
water, but open for non-irrigation
farm entry. Many thousands of
acres have been entered in the past
two or three years, and good crops
are being produced. The Minidoka
National Forest lies partly in Cassia
county and partly over the line in
Utah; it covers more than 941 900
acres and, in 1923, pastured $4,000
sheep and $1,000 cattle.
1.-THE annual precipitation is
twelve inches Water is easily OBJ
tained on the tract, at a depth of
from fifteen to fifty fefet on the ir-
rigated lands, and at as much as
ESQ feet on the dry lands.
Dairying is one of the greatest in
sdustries."
Double Yields in Idaho
Idaho's yields of grains are practi-
.cally double the average of the ma
ltion,. in some instances. Govern
ment figures for wheat, for in
stance, are as follows:
Wheat, U. S. average yiled bvxxxg
Wheat, United States average
yield per acre --------------13.S 8 bu.
Wheat Idaho average yield
per acre. ~ ------ -----21 % bu.
Taking seven of the most impor
tant crops, Idaho has first place in
the nation, according to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Dairying i'm Idaho
The Union Pacific System has
done its utmost to encourage dairy
ing in Idaho, and with conspicuous
success. In the summer of 1922,
party of eastern dairy experts was
brought to Idaho and taken for a
trip over the southern part Of the
state. This with a view to ascer-
tanning, definitely, whether or not
the territory was suited to dairy I
perts were unanimously enthusiastic
in their opinion that Idaho holds
dairying possibilities not equaled by
any other state in the Union. 1t was
pointed out that feed can be produc-
ed here much more cheaply, and in
greater abundance per acre unit,
than anywherwe else. The long and
sunshiney days, the pure water sup
ply, and all the other advantages
that Idaho possesses, were quickly
recognized by the visiting erperts
and they urged their audiences to en-
gage in the dairy business.
Water Power
1t has passed into proverb wher-
ever scientific men meet that Idaho
has the most and the best distributed
water power of any state in the I'm
ion." This means electricity wher-
ever one goes in the state.
Good Place to Invest
There never was better time to
invest in Idaho, or to seek a home in
that state, than the present. The
BOOM days have passed and the
state, officially, is not making any {
especial effort along the line OF in I
5ucing immigration Land and /,
have settled in price TO
heir proper levels. and there are no
speculative prices that discount and
'ob the future.