N 1841 GOODYEAR, MILES an County in Weber Development Agricultural Indian by granted was Trader, Mexico, | all of the land from the entrance to Weber Canyon north to the Hot Springs, and from the mountain to the Great Salt Lake. He built log houses and a picket fort near the Weber river, but his Here Goodyear lived until Janattempts to raise any crops were failures. James Brown for $3,000. With to grant uary 14, 1848, when he sold his land the land, Brown received seventy-five head of cattle, about that many goats, six horses, and twelve head of sheep. In the In February, 1848, the United States got this land from Mexico. Weber in raised spring of that same year, the first wheat was planted and Besides the wheat, Captain Brown successfully raised a good crop County. : of corn, potatoes, cabbage, and turnips. Although the settlers to whom Brown had given part of his land raised enough crops to furnish a scanty living, the ground was too dry for extensive farming until 1852, when a canal seven miles long was taken out of the Weber Soon after, other canals were River for irrigating the lower part of Ogden. built. In 1857 a canal was built on the Bench, taking water from the Ogden River; but as the population grew, a bigger water supply was necessary. New irrigating companies were formed and new canals were built, until today \ we have a complete system o about twenty companies. As a result of irrigation and improved implements and machinery, agriculture steadily increased until today it forms the foundation for mag itd all of the industries in Weber County. Other products and new varieties were soon added to the first, five proToday we have in Weber County gne of the duced by Captain Brown. biggest varieties of agricultural products that can be grown in a single county. The table below gives an idea of what has been done in agriculture during the past eighty years. PRODUCED BY JAMES NO. BU. 100 CROP Wheat 75 Corn PRODUCED CROP Winter Spring Ilwenty-two NO. BU. 60,000 9000 574,000 . 154,000 IN 1848 FAIR SIZED CROP Potatoes Cabbage 7 IN WEBER 158,000 . Wheat Corn Potatoes. Oats Page . Wheat. BROWN COUNTY, CROP Peaches 1928 . . ; Apples . ; ; ; . . Adtaita Meadow Hay : . NO. BU. 96,000 90,000 NO. TONS ~ 57,000 62,000