. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . Stock and \Vool Growing, Dairying,Poultry ana Bees THERE are no great herds of cattle in Utah; but there areplenty of cattle of fine grade. Of sheep there are vastnumbers and the production of mutton and wool has a con-siderable part in the business of the to the report of the United States Department ofAgriculture, beef cattle in Utah have increased by 45,133 head in. A Utah Industry—the wool goes all over the world. the past eight years. The 1908 assessment credits Utah with 75,347horse
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . Stock and \Vool Growing, Dairying,Poultry ana Bees THERE are no great herds of cattle in Utah; but there areplenty of cattle of fine grade. Of sheep there are vastnumbers and the production of mutton and wool has a con-siderable part in the business of the to the report of the United States Department ofAgriculture, beef cattle in Utah have increased by 45,133 head in. A Utah Industry—the wool goes all over the world. the past eight years. The 1908 assessment credits Utah with 75,347horses and mules, valued at $3,194,247; 223,157 cattle, valued at$3,427,058; 1,382,986 sheep, valued at $3,470,157; 15,517 swine,valued at $64,706—a total of 1,697,007 animals, having a totalvalue of $10,156,168. The broad plateaus common to every moun-tain-side, are covered with the nutritious bunch grass and furnishexcellent grazing for cattle. The sheep do well in the semi-desertportions of southern Utah. Every Utah farmer has a little bunch ofcattle bred up to a high grade. Wherever the farm abuts upon themountains, as many of them do, the mountain back-ground becomes A GLIMPSE O F u r A H page thirty-two a grazing region and there, sheltered in the deep canyons, cattle andhorses are wintered successfully. Good horses are raised in Utahand in every community pedigreed animals are kept, to improve thebreed. Of wool Utah produced in 1908, 15,000,000 pounds, and the
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