GREAT DAM AND RESERVOIR, MILFORD PROJECT, UTAH. 



products of "Dixie" do compete successfully against all contestants; the apri- 

 cots are prize-winners and the asparagus acknowledges no superior. Elberta 

 peaches attain remarkable size, color and flavor, and many farmers are making 

 a specialty of that variety. During the National Irrigation Congress at Sacra- 

 mento in 1907, Luther Burbank said of the "Dixie" peach exhibit: "In all 

 my experience I have never seen such a magnificent display of peaches." The 

 value of Washington County lands for fruit growing cannot be emphasized too 

 strongly. While there are no large commercial orchards on account of the 

 distance to the railway, the recent road improvement undertaken by the State 

 should materially increase the exportation of fruit. It is estimated that grapes 

 produce 1 8,000 pounds, and peaches, 30,000 pounds, per acre. During the 

 spring of 1911 there were planted in Washington County orchards 24,000 

 peach trees. 



The lands above 3500 feet produce grains, hardy vegetables, forage 

 crops, apples and small fruits. Without a high state of cultivation the average 

 soil yields 60 bushels per acre of wheat, and five crops of alfalfa are grown 

 in a season. Under such conditions, poultry husbandry, dairying, cattle and 

 hog raising could not fail to be profitable; the long, sunny days, pure air and 

 excellent forage invite those pursuits. Statistics for 1910 credited Washington 

 County with 29,483 sheep and 30,325 cattle. In 1912, 12,687 horses and 

 cattle grazed in the Dixie National Forest, whose 460,800 acres lie within 

 the county. It is estimated that 500 horses, 6,000 head of cattle, 20,000 

 sheep and 1 ,000,000 pounds of wool are shipped annually from this region. 

 The shipping point is Modena, on the Salt Lake Route. 



