1986 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



ficulty here is that only a small propor- 

 tion of it can be irrigated. 



In the northern portion of the state 

 there is much danger from frosts, except 

 where the land is protected W air drain- 

 age, usually hy what is called canyon 

 winds, which begin blowing about eight 

 o'clock in the evening and blow with al- 

 most absolute regularity all night These 

 winds are so strong as to make necessary 

 wind breaks to protect the trees. 



In Washington county in the southwest- 

 em part of the state there is a section 

 where the climate is mild, the air drain- 



age good, and where all kinds of fruits 

 common to northern climates can be suc- 

 cessfully grown. 



Granville Lowtheb 



Production of Tegetables and Frnits in 

 Utah 



Vegetables, flowers and plants, and 

 nursery products: 1909 and 1899. The 

 table which follows shows details with 

 regard to vegetables, not including pota- 

 toes and sweet potatoes and yams, and 

 also with regard to flowers and plants 

 and nursery products: 



OROP 



Farms reporting, 1909 



Acres 



Value of Products 





Number 



Per cent 

 of all 

 farms 



1909 



1899 



1909 



1899 



Vegetables, other than potatoes and sweet potatoes and 

 yams, total 



19,046 



256 



8,790 



33 



25 

 8 



38 

 15 

 23 



41.7 



1.2 



40.6 



0.2 

 0.1 



(*) 



02 

 0.1 

 0.1 



7,006 

 1,630 

 5,376 



20 



6,023 



$717,776 

 225.613 

 492,163 



81.116 



79,914 



1,202 



188,455 



185,832 



2,623 



$396,099 



Farms reporting a product of $500 or over 







All Olincr IttTXUa .........•...•»» • 



Flowers and plants, total 



Farms reporting a product of $250 or over 



AH other farms 



Krnrf5tf»rv ■nrfwlilcts. total 



14 



34,173 



577 



236 





120,648 



Farms reporting a product of $250 or over 



All other farms 

















1 Does not include 1,996 farms which reported that they had vegetable gardens, but gave no information as to their products. 



2 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



In 1909 the total acreage of potatoes 

 and other vegetables was 21,216 and their 

 value $1,591,847. Excluding (so far as 

 reported separately*) potatoes and sweet 

 potatoes and yams, the acreage of veg- 

 etables was 7,006 and their value $718,000, 

 both acreage and value being materially 

 greater than in 1899. The table dis- 

 tinguishes between farms which make 

 the raising of vegetables a business of 

 some importance (having produced veg- 

 etables valued at $500 or more in 1909) 

 and other farms, on most of which veg- 

 etables are raised mainly for home con- 

 sumption. There were in 1909 only 256 

 farms in the first class, representing 

 nearly one-fourth of the total acreage of 

 vegetables and nearly one-third of the 



♦It is probable that some of tlie potatoes 

 and sweet potatoes and yams raJsed in farm 

 gardens were not reported separately by farm- 

 ers, but were included in tbeir returns for 

 vegetables. 



total value, the average acreage of veg- 

 etables per farm for these farms being 

 6.4 and the average value of product per 

 acre $138.41. 



The raising of flowers and plants and 

 of nursery products was also of some 

 importance in Utah, for, while only 597 

 acres were devoted to it in 1909, the 

 output was valued at $269,571. Most of 

 the product was raised on farms where 

 these branches of agriculture were car- 

 ried on as an important business. 



Orchard fruits, grapes, nuts and tropi- 

 cal fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following 

 table presents data with regard to or- 

 chard fruits, grapes, nuts and tropical 

 fruits. The acreage devoted to these 

 products was not ascertained. In com- 

 paring one year with the other the num- 

 ber of trees or vines of bearing age is 

 on the whole a better index of the gen- 

 eral changes or tendencies than the quan- 



