FIELD OF PRIZE POTATOES, BEAVER COUNTY 



For -dairying and for fattening stock, there is no more favorable region 

 in the West; feed, climate and sunshine are there. Poultry husbandry and 

 hog raising vie as money making pursuits. Beaver County ranks first in the 

 State in the number of its sheep; 235,000 were assessed in 1912. 



Water, ninety-eight per cent pure, is obtained in Milford Valley, at 

 depths of from 50 to 75 feet. According to the geological survey, there is a 

 great artesian basin in Beaver Valley. 



Milford Valley lands are selling for $30.00 per acre, with $70.00 per 

 acre for perpetual water right; the payments for water may be made within 

 twelve years. 



East of Milford Valley, on Indian Creek, lies the Manderfield Project, 

 which will reclaim about 1 0,000 acres. There are a number of dams in 

 Indian Creek Canyon, irrigating small but fertile sections of the valley. 



In 1912 Beaver County had 1,366,657 acres of unappropriated public 

 lands, of which 297,335 were surveyed. Dry-farming has become firmly 

 established and much of the homestead land may be successfully cultivated by 

 that method. The Salt Lake Route crosses the county, sending a branch from 

 the chief shipping point, Milford, to the mining towns of Frisco and Newhouse ; 

 Beaver is reached by automobile stage from Milford. Beaver County, with 

 an established commercial rank, is contributing more than her share to the 

 progress of Utah. 



