. The state of Wyoming; a book of reliable information pub. by authority of the Ninth Legislature ... S3 CO 151 ~ 0)O O o «c o ra o I i a £ 3 o O O S P4 a) a, *?* fa 3 £ fc BIG HORN COUNTY 17 is evident that they may be readily duplicated, if not exceeded,under present conditions. (See other Big Horn statistics in article on Agriculture inthis pamphlet.) Horticulture—All the small fruits, such as raspberries, cur-rants, strawberries and gooseberries, grow wild, and tame varietiesdo well. Apple and peach trees of two years growth promise suc-cess. Irrigation—In addition to the large volume of w
. The state of Wyoming; a book of reliable information pub. by authority of the Ninth Legislature ... S3 CO 151 ~ 0)O O o «c o ra o I i a £ 3 o O O S P4 a) a, *?* fa 3 £ fc BIG HORN COUNTY 17 is evident that they may be readily duplicated, if not exceeded,under present conditions. (See other Big Horn statistics in article on Agriculture inthis pamphlet.) Horticulture—All the small fruits, such as raspberries, cur-rants, strawberries and gooseberries, grow wild, and tame varietiesdo well. Apple and peach trees of two years growth promise suc-cess. Irrigation—In addition to the large volume of water deliv-ered by the Big Horn River, running centrally through the county,its large and numerous tributaries furnish a superabundance ofwater for irrigating large bodies of land that can be gotten underditch. From the east flow Kirby, No Wood and Shell Creeks;from the west come Owl Creek and its much larger tributaries ofGrey Bull and Wood River; then the two forks of the ShoshoneRiver, and still farther to the north the Clarks Fork of the Yel-lowstone. More extended reference to mineral
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