The Provo Reservoir Co. irrigates some 10,000 acres in the northern 

 part of the county and has land, with water right, in the market at $75.00 

 per acre. 



The Utah Irrigation Co. has water sufficient for about 20,000 acres; 

 it is secured by pumping, from Utah Lake. This company, in addition to 

 selling water, will exchange water for land. 



Many flowing wells are in use throughout the county and in most of the 

 valleys they may be developed at an approximate cost of $100.00. In 1912 

 there were 453,561 acres of unappropriated public lands, of which 1 10,689 

 were surveyed. The Salt Lake Route reaches the principal towns, connecting 

 them with the markets to the north and the south. 



Tooele County 



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OOELE COUNTY, the second largest in the State, has not been 

 developed extensively in an agricultural way, owing to lack of water. 

 Nevertheless, the fertile valleys of the eastern portion support some of 

 the most productive farms in the West. Around Grantsville and 

 Tooele, the chief towns, fruit, alfalfa, potatoes and grain do well. At Tooele, 

 the average annual precipitation is 16.2 inches; elevation, aoout 4,900 feet; 

 mean temperature 50.2. From the car window of Salt Lake Route trains a 

 number of thriving dry-farms may be seen in Tooele and Rush Valleys. 

 Tooele Valley was formerly an arm of Lake Bonneville, and the wave action 

 on the alluvial slopes of the Oquirrh Mountians has contributed to the soil 

 formation; Rush Valley supports a healthy growth of sage and rabbit brush, 

 and the soil is of ample depth to insure profitable dry-farming. Tooele County 

 had, in 1912, 3,655,282 acres of unappropriated public lands, of which 

 1, 252,653 acres were surveyed. 



A State experiment station is maintained at a point 10 miles west of 

 Tooele, and 1 4 miles south of Grantsville. The soil is a sandy loam uniform 

 with depth, containing a high percentage of phosphorus and an abundance oi 

 limestone; records at the farm for eight years show an average annual pre- 

 cipitation of 13.75 inches. A number of fall wheats, Gold Coin, Kofod, 

 Red Chaff, Lofthouse and Turkey, have produced yields of between 27 and 

 28 bushels per acre without irrigation. Both barley and rye have given good 

 results; as a feed for horses, dairy cows, hogs and poultry, barley more 

 nearly resembles corn than any of the well-known cereals; it is especially 

 recommended in combination with alfalfa. Properly ground rye also forms 

 satisfactory feed for all classes of domestic animals. Emmer, a good stock 

 feed, very hardy and drought-resistant, has proven profitable near Tooele 

 City. In the spring of 1912, 30,574 fruit trees, principally apple, were 

 planted in the orchards of Tooele County. On the dry farms in this region 

 the value of summer fallowing is marked. 



Notwithstanding the absence of large lakes and streams which might 

 be used for that purpose, there were about 1 3,000 acres of irrigated lands 

 in 1909. There are 106 flowing wells in the valleys, and many springs. 



