Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 28

PAGE TWO FARM OUTPUT L DESPITE BIG § Industry Jast Emerging From Throes of Contributes Over $50,000,000 to Production Value in Year; Conditions on M end as Year Begins Short precipitation, short credit and short prices—all three in tha case of the dry farm- er and the latter two in the case of the irrigating farmer—combined to make 1921 a year of “tard sledding” for the agricultural industry in Wyom!ng. ming’s agriculturists are farmer-stockmen or stockmen-farmers did not serve to the industry’s distress, market and credit conditions hit the stockman as sharply as they did No situation, however, is devoid of some cheering fact ir, and in Wy: the farmer. may be found tm the fact that com-)148 tons; paratively few farmers failed to eo in “weather through” and the end of the! value, $43, a of the in| Hay—Production In 1921, 2,450,000 » sithoush| tons; product‘on in 1920, 2,312,000 tons: |value in 1921, $26,950,000; value in ‘The bulk of Wyoming's agricultural) 1920, $27.650,000; decrease in value, | pro@uction in 1921 was leas thar that| $700,000, of the production of 1920, due both) anescellaneous Crope—Value in 1921,/ to reduced cereage and to lighter yields) 39.09.00; value in 1920, $12,070,000; in areas where agriculture without irr!-| se-rease in value, $3,000,000. petty: aor poltnt onsen ret While the story of the agricultural Se ant eee than, then ce ae industry in the state duving 1921 is per cent leas than that of the 1920/ distressing. it ie less so—far lees #0— production. The best available infor-| 1.0) that relating to many other agri- aaa eT toch conoared with a cultural sections of the nation, und no- 1920 value of $71,832,290, the decrease| Where is the agricultural induatry in| ~ “and 192 better condition to get “back on its twee: 20 being $21 oon.ses TAs andcona “= Se pro-| feet’ with a minimum of delay than In % | Wyoming. | @uction was sweeping—it applied to) every variety of crop although the| New Enterprises Planned. bulk of the 1921 production in some] Despite the reverses of the industry instances was greater than that of the| during the last year, preparation for 1$20 production. The story ts told by|the vastly greater agricultural Wyo- the following. ming that {s to be, in the form of ir- ‘Wheat—Production tn 1921, | Tigation enterprises, went steadily for- 000 bushels; production in 1920, | ward @ 4 a number of large enter- 000 bushels; value ia 1921, $3,500,000; prises re projected at the very time var im 1930, $11,725,000; decrease in, When the agricultural outlook was value $8,225,000. | roomiest, these including plans for Cate—Production in 1921, 10,000,000 the reclamation of 125,000 acres in the dushels; production in 1920, 11,677,000) Casper district and an equally great bushels; value fn 1921, $3,700,000; value| acreage in the Saratoga valley with tn 1920, $9,331,600; decrease in value,| Waters from the North Platte river $5,631,600. which the federal reclamation service! Barley—Profuetion in 1921 1,000,-|during the year finally, after long hesi- production fn 1920, 1,05%,-|tancy, admitted it id not require for value in 1921, $510,000;/the Pathfinder project. 20, $1,428,000; decrease inj; The reclamation service continued value, $918,000. ; work Guring the year on enlargement Rye—Production in 1921, 500,000 of the Pathfinder and Shoshone proj- bushels; production in 1 value in 1331, $2,970,000; 20, $2.013,770; Gecrease in . 600,000 | ecte and opened additional farm units Duhels; value in 1921, $375,000; yalue|under each, these units under the im 1920, $660,000; decrease in value| Pathfinder project numbering 232 and $285,000 junder the Shoshone 5&7. The units Potatoes—Production in 1921, 3,844,-|range in area from 40 to 120 acres.| 000 bushels; production in . 4,440,-|The service also continued with con- +000 bush value in 1921, $3,980,000; \struction of the Riverton project value in 1920, $5,550,000; se in| which eventually will reclatm 250,000 value, $1,570,000. ‘acres of potentially the richest agricul- Corn—Produetion in 1 1,615,000|tural land in the state. The federal bushels; production in 1 1,400,000 | budget for the coming year carries 33,- bushels: Value in 1921, $691,350; value |745,000 to finance continuation of work} in 1920, $1,400,000; decrease in 1921,/on Wyoming projects of this sum $1,-| | 690,070 being allotted to the Pathfinder Production ‘in 1921, 33,000 production iin 1920, 786,000|Shoshone project and 1,975,000 to the alue in 1931, $62,701 3,920; decrease in value $11,-| Among private |work was pushed in 1921 are the Fre- Beets—Production in 1921,)mont Lake, which will reclaim 40,000 (North Platte) project, $75,000 to the; value| Riverton project. | projects on which! ARGE | ETBACK Credit Stringency| The fact that many of Wyo- leviate this FINAL TOTALS 0N1921 GROPS Wheat — Oats Bari Rye - Potatoes Corn Fiax Hay and the Hawk Springs tn Goshen coun- ty. The latter two were completed. New Work Started. Proposed irrigation work to be ac- tively begun tn includes the con- struction of two reservoirs at the head of the Greybull river, at a cost of $800,000; the Wiley project, to reclaim 100,000 acres in Park county, and the Oswald Basin project In Lincoln cou! ty. Tho latter will reclaim lands in Tdaho with water conserved tn Wyo THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW WEATHER MAN KIND TO WYOMING RESIDENTS WHEATLAND |S |} NORMAL RAINFALL IS PRODUCING MANY CROPS || [5] QF FIRST heat are unknown tn this pire, storms are no more int in states farther south and a semi: shines through the clouds. These facts may be read between ming. The coming year may produce @ final adjudication of the waters of the Colorado river, the chief headwa- ters of which, the Green river, rises in Wyoming. Any agreement in re- gard to allotment of the waters of the Colorado must be predicted on allot- ment to Wyoming of sufficient of the flow of the Green to reclaim all irriga- ble lands adjacent to that stream in this state. Settlement of Iands of the state more or less adapted to agriculture without frrigation continued steadily during 1921, more than 500 carloads of the chattles of settler coming into the state during the year. The 121 period was a trying one for settlers already practicing agriculture on “dry farms,” the season being so deficient in precip- {tation, and during the fall so phe- nomenally mild, that snows considered eternal disappeared from the moun- tain upland } During 1 the state of Wyoming put ints operation a farm loan depart: ment which before the end of the year was making. itaelf felt in fineneing farmers through loans secured by thelr 271,000 tons: production in 1920, 261,-lacres, the Lakeview on Park county lands. Jan Feb Mar 35 48 41 Apr May Ju. “Ji. Oo 72 84 for the Tribune-Review by the lines in a report on the clima-jof the United States Weather tology of the state compiled especially |at Cheyenne. Monthly and Annuzl Averages, Night Temperatures. Jan Feb Mur Apr May Ju. Ji, Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec - # 8 20 82 6 6 14 28 + .9 I 22.30 » 17°36, 24. 80 “9 10 17 26 . 6 T 19° 28 + 14 13) 21 2h - 13°13 20° 29 Cis, Mes ast 8 7 7 18 28 For conyentence {In discussing, the has been divided into three seo- ming. “WATCH US GROW’ Second Street Central Market Blue Front Market Shikany Market Natrona Butter Shop Huffsmith’s Market Johnson Bros. Grocery Basket Store No. 8 Peterson Market The Food Shop The Kelly Stora McGillivray Market Kenwood Addition Kenwood Market Melrose Market Pile Market Barnett Market ‘Mills Addition G. E. Boyle Wm. Brakehill W. E. Williams THE CASPER PA East Casper Carl Albin Market Pearce Grocery Gibson & Pascoe Pavelka Market Midway Grocery Edwards Grocery Reeds’ Grocery al 60 56 31 38 41 3 46 «BS => 47) «(O4 32 38 44 87 44 «60 30 «448 653 36. 44 «(450 38 4647) «62 87 46 «63 Eastern Wyoming. - Most of the dry farning Jani of the namely. eastern, Wyoming, the] state is located in this section, Over Big Horn Basin and western Wyo-|the plains region of altitudes of 6,000 foot and leas, precipitation “at 65 6 a2 17 8 7 15 12 8 12 varies: “Home Products for Home Folks” Bounties of Government Irrigation fi 7 3 8 3 & ne aH ! & from We take pleasure in expressing many thanks and appreciation of the splendid co-operation extended to us by the public and meat markets of this city. We have now 20 men on our pzyroll, with a minimum wage of $40 per week, and you can help us to employ 100'men in the future. MAKE CASPER THE MEAT PACKING CENTER OF THE STATE by asking for CASPER PACKING COMPANY PRODUCTS, which are carried at the following Casper Markets. There is one near you: North Casper | Basket Store No. 5 schmidt. nd Hi ego Z an BW! rocery W. H. Brown Grocery. Ideal G: . s rocery Gallis’ Grocery Dick Brower T. J. Thompson Our Meats Are Delivered to the Markets Daily and You Can Be Assured That the Quality Is the Best. 2? : i i : i & i over the section; these cold waves are usually of “short duration, and the average number ts less than four tol INDUSTRIAL EDITION. gh i i Rg 1 i AE H, ul f 4 establishments, It hag @ water systo: for domestic > electric light plant. 4 i = i 285% g2 i Ba is foothills of the mountain re-| average atx erage Gay temperature|the winter time the climate milé and healthful. Tho August is 85, while night | valleys. town is 20 miles east of the Laram'c forthe period Western Wyoming. mountains where ‘Thie section west of the Continental should be classed as the valleys, mountains, and the Red Desert. Precipitation for the valleys varies from eleven to more than <wenty about evenly distributed ye year; the suymer> are » Gairying, and stock the principal industries, the hardier grains and veg- ?8 tf a : ; i ge i § E aye ; a | i a ef i tet t i i of inal ct doz $F j SSeS aie ote parts ot #ngland are still seen cottages with sloping wally, ‘were built slightly out of true, use of a curious superstitution that if a house was built exactly square it was bound to collapse. dustries of this regton are farming and stock raising. Big Horn academy, one of the finest private boys’ schools in the state, and controlled by the Latter Day Saints church, is located here. i Basket Store No. 1 CY Grocery mneaew. Market England’s Grocery oH Grocery Smith & Parker canto Grocery Basket Store No. 2 West Casper et Cope ee Small’s Market * ay ats Ptr Att K. & N. Market eer age : Peters’ Cash Grocery Peter Mellas’ Market Midwest Commissary North Westen Colgin’s Grocery and Market Scott Grocery, Phone 1381-J