The uncleared land supports a luxuriant growth of black sagebrush, 

 greasewood and shadscale. The soil varies from sandy to clayey, with all the 

 intermediate stages of sandy loam and clay loam. Analyses show that the 

 percentage of phosphoric acid is normal, the potash content higher than the 

 average, and that lime is present in abundance. Plants are enabled to use 

 other plant food to better advantage when lime is present in generous quanti- 

 ties. In parts, the Lynndyl tract has an uneven contour, and underlying all of 

 it is a layer of coarse sand which forms an ideal natural drainage system. 



Irrigation water is secured from the Sevier River, the company holding 

 ample rights to guarantee purchasers of land two acre-feet per annum. The 

 reservoirs, diversion dams, canals and laterals have been constructed with 

 permanency always in view. The mean temperature at Oak City is 50.7 

 degrees, the average annual precipitation is 15.15 inches, the elevation 4,900 

 feet. Excellent water for domestic use may be obtained at depths of from 1 00 

 to 225 feet; it rises in the wells to 85 feet below the surface. 



Much of the land will lend itself admirably to fruit growing, and practi- 

 cally all of it is suitable for raising large crops of cereals, alfalfa, sugar beets 

 and general farm products. Experts recommend alfalfa and livestock as a 

 particularly remunerative combination. The company maintains a demon- 

 stration farm for the instruction and benefit of the farmers. Land, with per- 

 petual water right, sells for $65.00 per acre, payable in annual installments 

 within a period of ten years. 



Some enviable records have been established by farmers on the older 

 cultivated lands in the vicinity. Near Oak City, wheat has yielded 58 

 bushels per acre, oats and barley each 100 bushels, and potatoes 560 bushel? 

 per acre. Elberta and Crawford peaches, and pears, prunes and apples ofler 

 certain opportunities for large profits. An orchard planted to Elberta peaches 

 in 1900 produced in 1907, 240 bushels from 75 trees. Jonathan, Winesap 

 and Gano apples thrive, as do the hardier varieties of grapes, Muscat and 

 Tokay. Alfalfa and alfalfa seed make lucrative crops. Dairying and hog 

 and cattle raising are pursuits to which the successful farmer must give due 

 attention. 



For this region the market facilities are of the best. Salt Lake City lies 

 1 1 8 miles to the north, reached by two lines of the Salt Lake Route, and to 

 the south are the markets of Southern California, always eager for Utah live- 

 stock. Low fares to Lynndyl have been established for homeseekers desiring 

 to inspect the land. 



Within the eastern borders of Millard County are portions of the Nebo 

 and Fillmore National Forest Reserves, containing together some 394,000 M 

 board feet of saw timber, valued at $2.00 per M., 29,463 horses and cattle, 

 and 47,766 sheep grazed on the reserves in 1912. In that year the county 

 had 3,489,642 acres of unappropriated public lands, of which 1,170,027 

 were surveyed. 



