History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES.
date there were fewer cattle in Utah than for several
preceding years, 32 the operations of large stock companies
33 having forced the price to a maximum figure,
and caused large droves to be sent out of the
country. 34
The dairy products of Utah for 1883 were about
630,000 gallons of milk, 1,300,000 pounds of butter,
and 125,000 pounds of cheese. Of eggs the yield
was more than 1,100,000 dozen, of honey more than
130,000 pounds, and of wax about 2,300 pounds. The
home consumption of all these articles was very large,
yet heavy consignments of eggs were made to San
Francisco, where they sold at much higher rates than
eastern eggs. Some of the butter found a market in
Idaho and Montana, though imports of eastern butter
were still considerable.
The number of horses and mules in the territory at
this date was estimated at not less than 75,000,^ the
most prominent breeds of horses being the Norman,
Clydesdale, and Hambleton. From the cross of the
mustang with the American horse were produced ani-
32 According to statistics compiled by order of the legislative assembly in
1875, there were at that date over 170,000 head. Utah Jour. Legist. , 1876, 2S5.
33 Among them may be mentioned the Weber Co. Land and Live-Stock Co.,
organized in 1 8S4 by J. M. Langsdorf , of which F. A. Hammond was president,
and J. W. Guthrie vice-president, with Langsdorf as secretary and
treasurer. They secured a large tract some 15 miles from Ogden, intending to
raise the Hereford breed of cattle. Langsdorfs Stock-Raising in Weber Co., MS.
34 For further particulars as to the cattle interests of Utah, see Stock-Raising
in Utah, MS., passim; Land-Office Rept, 1869, 173; Utah Gazetteer, 1SS4,
47-8; Hollister's Res. and Attract, of Utah, 19-20; for cattle-raising on Green
River, in northern Utah, and Tooele co., see House Ex. Doc, 46th Cong. 2d
Sess., xxii. 500, 509, 514-16; in eastern Utah and Col., Id., 42d Cong. 2d
Sess., xv. 248-57; for general sketch of cattle and sheep interests, S. L. C.
Tribune, Apr. 2, July IS, 1879; for act equalizing taxes on passing herds,
Utah Laws, 1S78, 49. In 1860 there was a recorder of marks and brands,
who rendered annual accounts to the legislature. Utah Jour. Legist., 1869,
68. In 1S74 the church owned large herds of stock. Tullidge's Mag., i.
560. In 1879 church sales of stock amounted to $5S,557.S5. S. L. C. Tribune,
Apr. 7, 1880. In 1S73 the epizootic appeared in Utah. S. F. Alta, Jan. 25,
1873. Among the prominent stockmen of Utah may be mentioned Ezra T.
Clark of Farmington, Davis co. Mr Clark came to Utah in 1S48, crossing
the plains in charge of a company, and the same year settled on his farm.
About 1869 he engaged in stock-raising in Idaho. He was the owner of a
flouring mill in Morgan co. He crossed the plains eleven times, and travelled
50,000 miles as a missionary, always paying his own expenses.
35 In Stock-Raising in Utah, MS., 4, the number of horses alone is given at
70,000.