In 1912, 202,817 sheep were assessed in Tooele County. There are 

 vast ranges, and, in addition, the Wasatch National Forest, partly within the 

 county, is open to a limited number of sheep and cattle provided their board 

 be paid. In 1911, 9,570 cattle and 15,576 sheep and goats grazed in the 

 Wasatch Reserves. Among, applicants for these government privileges the 

 small, near-by stockgrower is given preference. 



The Salt Lake Route crosses the eastern section of the county, traversing 

 agricultural valleys where the cultivated area is growing rapidly. The in- 

 crease in dry-farming is adding to the commercial stability of the region, and 

 its mines and stock ranges continue to pour in their tribute. The scarcity of 

 cheap farm lands throughout the United States makes Tooele County an 

 attractive field for investigation. 



Juat County 



|OME twenty-eight years ago a citizen of Nephi, Juab County, testified 

 before the government authorities that he could raise wheat on the 

 Levan Ridge without water. He was immediately indicted for per- 

 jury. For two years he cultivated his land under bonds; eventually 

 he was able to prove his ability to raise not only wheat, barley, rye and oats, 

 but also large crops of delicious peaches. This was accomplished by early 

 dry-farming methods, in a region whose average rainfall during a period of 

 39 years has been 1 7. 1 5 inches per annum. The initiative of men of similar 

 determination has covered the Levan Ridge with flourishing fields of grain 

 and sugar beets, and has enriched its slopes with rows of apple and peach trees. 



WHEAT BETWEEN THE TREES IN A YOUNG ORCHARD, UTAH VALLEY. 



