. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . s territory—always until now considered an unreclaimablewaste—is all tributary to the Rio Grande System. The waters ofits deep-cutting streams will now be raised to the plateaus by pump-ing plants and gravity; reservoirs will be built to hold the floodwaters and unless all predictions of expert fruit growers fail, thatpart of Utah will in ten years be covered with orchards and beworth as much per acre as are the lands around Palisade and GrandJunction. Utah is credited by the Salt Lake Tribune, in its an
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . s territory—always until now considered an unreclaimablewaste—is all tributary to the Rio Grande System. The waters ofits deep-cutting streams will now be raised to the plateaus by pump-ing plants and gravity; reservoirs will be built to hold the floodwaters and unless all predictions of expert fruit growers fail, thatpart of Utah will in ten years be covered with orchards and beworth as much per acre as are the lands around Palisade and GrandJunction. Utah is credited by the Salt Lake Tribune, in its annual sum-mary, with a fruit production for 1908 of $1,500,000. Apples, pears, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, strawberries,raspberries and blackberries are generally grown. In WashingtonCounty—Utahs Dixie Land—where the climate is semi-tropicaland cotton is a product—figs, almonds and pomegranates are grown—and a grape famous for its flavor and the insidiousness of its wine. Grape Culture inSouthern Utah—■early spring irri-gation. Temple atSt. George in 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
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