WYOMING 



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Wyoming 



Wyoming lias an area of 97,800 square 

 miles. The Rocky mountain system, with 

 its spurs, traverses the state, and the av- 

 erage elevation is about 6.000 feet. There 

 are peaks rising to a height of from 10,000 

 to 14,000 feet. The Black Hills, In the 

 northeastern portion, and the Uintah 

 mountains, In the southwest, form the 

 principal groups. In the northern part 

 are the Big Horn mountains, and in the 

 northwest are the Teton, Gros Ventre. 

 Sanke River and Owl Creek mountains. 

 In the southeast are the Laramie, Medi- 

 cine Bow, Seminole, Rattlesnake, Sheep 

 and Snow mountains. The principal 

 plains are the Laramie, the Platte, the 

 Cheyenne, in the east and southeast, and 

 the Red Desert, in the southwest. 



Great rivers and drainage systems rise 

 In the state. 



Every age of geological formation may 

 be found in Wyoming. 



The extremes of temperature show 116 

 degrees above zero and 44 degrees below. 



In the valleys the soil is a dark fertile 



lime. In the hills there is a large admix- 

 ture of sand, and in some places these 

 highlands are fertile. In the Red Desert 

 region there are large deposits of alkali 

 and other saline substances that render 

 the land practically useless. 



Irrigation is practiced in many parts of 

 the state and is necessary, except along 

 the streams, in order to successfully grow 

 crops of any kind. More than half the 

 total area of Wyoming is above 6,000 feet 

 in altitude, and therefore at too great a 

 height for the growing of fruits. There 

 are a few favored places protected from 

 winds, with air drainage and low alti- 

 tudes, where fruits can be successfully 

 grown, which are of fine quality; but the 

 present outlook is that Wyoming will tend 

 much more to the production of other 

 crops, to which it is better adapted than 

 to fruit. However, with a better knowl- 

 edge of adaptation of varieties to condi- 

 tions, there are sections where fruit of 

 all the hardier kinds can be profitably 

 grown for commercial purposes. 



Granville Lowthee 



Frost and Precipitation for Wyoming 



Prodnction of Fruits and Vegetables in regard to vegetables (not including po- 



Wyomine tatoes and sweet potatoes and yams, 



Vegetables, flowers and plants, and which appear elsewhere), and also with 



nursery products: 1909 and 1899. The regard to flowers and plants and nursery 



table which follows shows details with products: 



