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' 10f - 4 4° -- x 1Nte AeLliat:e$47 f1 4 71- 4 --meg' - "it ' - 4' ''''' ' 4- '' 4-- - : ' - t' - V Int "''' A ''1 7' '' -'ii-t- kt - c ' - - 7 7 -- ' ' - 1 4: - r- ' - ' ' ' ' 4- - - ' ' :i ' - '- ' —Congressionel Record of the west is fertile THE soilcapable of growing abundant crops even without benefit of irrigation This Is evidenced in the Increasing areas devoted to dry Ifarming Heavy yields especially of grains and hay add greatly to the agricultural value of the intermountain area and provide high revenue to those farmers employing modern methods on the lands they till In the course of a century isp--' proximately Z01:40000 acres of - such dry lands have been made productive Once arid and useless they were a challenge to rnan's Ingenuity- - His experimentation has evolved soil conservation measures and moisture storage methods whereby nature itself is an asset rather than an adver- 1 k z - -- - 0 si r: 1 - virgin-conditio- sary Contour cultivation and crop rotation hold moisture provided by rainfall In the soil long enough to germinate seeds Sowing wheat tn the fall so that winters snow can be utilized adds bushels to the per acre yield The result is n vi ' - ' '"'t - ''''''Lrrn::- - t::- 4 i Sg : - ''1 : a -- : : '''a -- - I I s f 'IP ' ' '4 -:- - 11144-''' tf 4 ! 1? 4-- 1 t 0''''''"'77 i 1 j '' ' ' t t t I ' - ' ' - 1 141:--4-i 4111 i i i I 1 IL44:t k -- - ' 7 k og (sek : 1kiV ': ' '': - - t t-- 4 - 14 t't "al&''' -' :- f : 4 " 'Le ' - '''' - ' - "- - - :- ''''''4101 - 441- I ' ' ' : i I '':-- " I: 4' ' 000rt-L--- t l' t ' 1 - - rtt 1 ‘ ' i k t ' 4 4 '' ' i' V - ' 1 art - '' i irii41 - "" A it I (If '- ' 0 F - - AMA At:Notom04"' "1' II : 4t4 Lera3A k1 : '- 011E : a 1 yr IIPP ' tc4 02o"t tt - --- ) ot 7 sat and Wyoming are supplied with enough grain from adjacent growing regions to keep them operating at full capacity the t' UTAH OF t I :4::1:51!'"7!71-n1- ati I 4' 1- - — 71144 --- - ' 4004 "'- i -' 414!" - ''''' 3e ''' - ' - -4' --- r7) - "e t'- ( k: - "W- te -- - -- 2 :-' :-- a 4 - ' : J T acmaa ) he 1 v-- 1- r :'" ":Aop: 't 1 '1 r- r- b nation - t tr es' it— '1"t-I- ' 1 - i i Ir i 1 I t E ilk f t I : ' - '' we began the operation of our Salt Lake plant add during In the thirty-on- e years since we have improved our facilities and increased their capacity in keeping with the growth of the community ' ' ri 1916 1 ‘ i I - I 1 !' ' ' :i i " rt) c'' C We employ more than 200 Salt Lake workers whose salaries and wages expended for food clothing housing and other consumer goods and services are a significant factor in4the volume of local trade Further lwe provide an outlet for many thousands of head 0' of livestock annually 4 0 ifit7-0:) t 1ti) s t ' i t t ! f' r "' i 1 4q'":''" : Ityk tr -'- s'-liol-:''' As a Salt Lake establishment we take pride in the part we are privileged to play in the industrial and community life of the city and in our cooperation with the livestock producers of the Inter mountain Empire I letpttek41 VI:Y' ' - i ' '''''' N - : P DAIRY CL'IZTER ths oototy e k THE p one of the leaders in the production of milk and cream ranking near the top for the state An average of 175 cars of FAT CATTLE are marketed from Sanpete is c CUD A NORTH ' r a' t all-ti- Th SANPETE COUNTY COMMISSION DRSLRIGBY C W 1 - - LAKE D 111 C ' I t I ' 1 : 4 - UTAH 1 i :: k P 7 PURITAN HAMS SUNLIGHT 'Eudohy Plus Product Seol is on Emblem of Excellence BACON EGGS BUTTER LARD I t I LAMB BEEF POULTRY CHEESE t I ! t t DELRICH 1Z COLOR PAK MARGARINE OLD DUTCH i CLEANSER I 1 11 ' ' 'W'"t!'S!!::!"C"0"'"!""44P'0NXett' - 1 4 t $ RALPH S BLACKHAM r t Heugly Manager Roatude - ' - COMPANY H'Y SALT t - 1 Sugar production in 1947 reached an high for the Sanpete area This year's crop was the largest yet produced topping any previous year in the county's history by a substantial margin Highest payment per ton and per acre was receivedfrom this year's horvert mil I J e ' ' LUND s 1 ' - t -' ?' SHEEP 11' i' Nv AIAT "'""4c40 Itjp:sy--I- Farsightedness and en enterprising desire for growth have resulted in an expanse of industry for the towns of Moroni Fairview ivianti Mount Pleasant Spring City Ephrelm Gunnison and other communities- - In these towns are various manufacturing and processing plants such as creameries cheese factories sugar refineries and I i 15tIt - 11f - t :"111 -3 t'7'N---- - q - AI 11 (1) ( 4 7711k air"' - i LAKE T A —o9P-44sibc Ott'l - ‘is licm - 1 -4- 0 - - t thk 6 : -- a 4 - - ek L11111 II AND THE 1NTEflt1OUNTiIN C tlip 4 ilqtik:1' 4 lfr IT cil '4'7' 4t t 5 0 rIS 7 '''' t t''''' 204 GS tl 0 -- 14 si sb-- ) di! iw t - 5 t'tt f1 16- tbc : 1 o 1‘ k kk11 4 Jr e f ')41 0 - I f"t1Atk 101 As t OF EA 2110047" cle'l:is 0 ° C?4 1 '''''-‘1- mm- ''''°'-- 1) Y - - c 4 k- -- - 1 --cA''L0z 7 '' ''' itAialtodosoctao- P 4r lkI ' tl cl ' N' (77—: 0Netmv" 1 t) IEO- - ":''' - A el the turkey industry it 4-0 10L-1- ' 4014 4444 ei4 --- ''''''''tk- - ' Moroni ekiiined to be the turkey capitol of IWmt nation ' tf 1 t: Famous for the Sonpete's chief industry Itambouillet brood which have brought top prices in the world's market this arse handles more sheep than perhaps any other county in the state This leads to a highly profitable enterprise for the various communities nestled within the county's boundaries An example of this amazing potential is the fact that within recent years the township of Fountain Green has been one of the richest towns per capita in the United States 4 u A thousands of thotttl‘ sr o Prthchttod to Soopete covey mem thee in tipsy eihne county in the United States - '' i ‘ is I 1 -- C ?? ra xzetA:e':-Azik10-5- E-- - - e TURKEYS it- - I' 1Pt pl ' - I111 t The hub r Continued on Pare 11 Z':Tf'1'"1711 'fx74'r'r'"""'""'"'"-----"T- ' ' - '4'14 ' taz t year around The - largest of these maintain country buying and storage facilities to stations ' ' i :4014 ° 4 — m4 '''' '( - 1'w 't ' - - - -- -" "P7Wkr47'' S! :1 ' 11 - MARKETING ' ttt' '") iN l 4$ - '1" :p tv 4 407 - "t so 11' I - p 1 RAISING AND THE A' :- - tr"!:1MMOZSItMeovivaimonwrgirmugyill w”1p:7:!x:::m:1:xe117Cr 710--SAL- gb tg mBoatmegoommemotwaft CENTER wif one of the first counties to be colonized by the Pioneers is a comparatively small area is but exceedingly favored with economic advantages It is:located in the exact geographical center of the state thus being well served by main highways namely U S 89 and a busy branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 'A fertile rich valley comprisingtwo4hirds of the county is surmounted by a great rang of mountains horn of the Meant National forest — t-- 1 - flour and feed mills throughout the area tor processing and marketing Twenty mills in Utah Idaho SANPETE COUNTY 1 t 1 e - i 1 Beady for home and industrial users lino flour fills three thousand 103-pound bags daily as it pours born Salt Lake flour mills for the world's ums Huge elevators dotting the countryside are storehouses for millions of bush els of grain which vrill be turned into flour and feed for man and animal i ' ''''' Lit t 1 IT' s ' 11 1 -- i !: - t —I kt 4( t: i I ' - F ' 1 h ' I II :r 1 tc' I ' I 4 1: 7: t ii '' ' i I 4 - i p 0 - i' F 1 - 7- t blr'''''44'0 0 t i- k r7: OtwawV" 6444 '''' - ' 1' 041 ' 11:t -- tN ' ''''''''''t 1i 1-- k 40 i ("''--' ' 1 t 'k irrr11100P"'"'"-- t -- --Aar tele731 Ar - 1 - - t 11 - - 4 1111 -' 1i 1 4 tti A00 '''f'' Itt ''''' 41444 t I f- that dot the countryside filling them to overflowing and piling the overflow alongside Truck and freight cars transport it to 0 '0 'g'' 'I ty” tt - t t 1 ' -A 13T1 'k' : r (154 044 k 't - 4i '''''''''4 ' - 44004m "44 :"- tc' zlis 7 ' -- ft tr' t0--4-- t ' r $' ilt iti - :- r f -- P L ': ''' - 14 4- ' t s r"t-'- i ! tl 1 - : ' ' '1 p-- : s 8 1 l'' f - I ::'-'-e '7I'''''''' 1 i ! !sft t f acres of intermountain dry lands In the fall topping and threshing the grain in a single operation Trucks haul it loose to elevators !- f t k I so mcmy yectrs ago required the service's of crews of men for the Job 0 - '' hones and complicatedcumbenorno equipment - 4 "7" - g 1 '' : - - ti P- I ''0 'A t ! 15 4 : 1 1 a !yr' '' 'Vk4t At'o ''' ':Nt6'4' A P '''::'' - : -1 ' -4 444' '- - 4t-'1- le : -- -- t 3 44 1 r3 - s Nr c:'31 A 't rn4 I t 1' " morzi 4'- -i : - si''''' - - '- tt 1"''4:r - modern harvesters chug across the two million : w tr54314"):0 :T :''--'- I i ! -- - 1 lot - - !t r - i : t '04144 ' - -- tfr ''" - '4 ' tb I i tfittt - ' 0 S ::Na: '' 1 I 3' 'r ie h t- ' 'V ”1 t t ' '' 5 gg ""----: I VA ik Alti' - 0 '1 -- s- - I V t t - 4 : x4 - 1 : - ::::: i':- - 3 ' t Ie 4 - t - 1 - -- ''' g :' 1161S - Iti4c:" t to ' A T7---- 1 A - e' '''r Golden grain ripe for the harvest finds on er man operating modem machinery to cut and thresh crops that not I I I' - 7 W 4? rr - "'14 t 45 1 te :: 5w r1:ri14fLe tr- r - ' '''-F 4 ' '' ' i' v 0 ! 4e : ' AiiO44'7 t - 4 i 1 ! :: :: ' I ( ritt1-- )4: ''ASt Thi 5 t - 44 tri A v- 's"71 - A1' A''' - -t - ! 7- '' ' - '" '''- za-- - 41 I MODAY I -- ! land was worthless for cultivation - 4''--- ' '' tr 4' 71 ed proceedure is to grow grain for several years then a crop of alfalfa for the next few seasons The alfalfa will yield both hay for stock feed and valuttble seed while it is working to restore the soil to making It again prime for grain growing on their Many farmers especially steeper lands will grow grass for both seed and feed for several years between grain crops Soil of the arid western plateau country is compensated by nature for its lack of moisture It is not leached of its valuable minerals nor is silt carried down to form a stratum of clay a few inches below the surface as is the case in areas of heavier rainfall : ' Lo for in the fact that plants growing under dry conditions give to the soil more nitrogen than plants grown in moist regions Chemical analysis of western soils give the grower an Infallible knowledge of what it can produce and he utilizes his dry land acreage accordingly The pioneers had no such expert service when they set out to make the desert bloom yet they soon discovered facts that hold true today They learned that if the land supported a healthy growth of sagebrush that it was highly fertile: rabbit brush meant less fertility and if only greaswood shadscale or salt grass grew the alternate grain and alfalfa as growing of grain eventually depletes the land of important mineral and chemical elementsMfella restores these A common r: : I i - I ' rt t' 0 ggeg'014V--!i--- - :: :: : I a 1 ' 4' ' ':'7 - 'N I I - " -- i ' 170045'"4 Ls!-L'416- - 4' '':': ':40 P ' ' tlet7Ii4 1 iz Golden Grain Grows Heavy On VtIcstern Dry Lands 1 ' ' j'$-:- - 4 ' 1 N : 4 - - ''-- : 1 - all 4 27 4 ' - ' 07''l ' ''' 2- - - ' 4ti ' ' ' 1- ' 4 :'- — :34:4::17'-- 1:r : 1 e' - ' ' ' ' ' 4 a ''' 'z it f r Ii ''' 4'"' 4 b5 - 4' ''''''" -- Zlitt5 4 - ' - :' T' ::71- - 4- ?'''4' 4t'" '' - 11- ' - - antees fertility Lime potash alumina soluble silica and phosphoric acid are present In good It Is however lacking quantity In humus but that is compensat- - ' ' 4 - -- -- lc 1 : 4i t 3?1 il&iiffs'itt::::::tIaikegtb-111i051Rit'7 '' '-- 44'"'" ''''''"'-'-:-- ' '' :?47 - " 1 k ' ' n 11 4" - t I ' -- - ( 4 - T'AtleVm----- :" - s47'":::-1- t rolling fields in spring and fall whose yields of ham ley wheat caul oats will bring framers some $121000000 Usually the soirhas a uniform texture to a depth of several feet and a mineral content that guar- farm- dead 4 illq''7 1 4'"41- - d' 4t r -' 1' e"" - - : 4- -- - '' 11 : r::70144::::i rrLa iri t 2 N -- lc 4- r40 0 -----' t Vast artpas of westrn dry locads produce bumper Wain crops- - Mechanized soders n2ove with precision to sow The workman wields Ms shiny tools the merchant shows his wares The aeronaut above the clouds a dizzy journey dares But art and science soon would " - ' ' 01!-- I' e "":N ' ""s'4-ip'S- 2 - ' :g It' $ - I 1r1 "4 ''''770 ''' 4 Sr'''''''''' 044' --- ftt ) ci a : 41: '''!4 :fll:t '' ' :'t' ::7'S 'rc t -- ' ft r 4' — - e- - ir g i'llC 7 ) r -J ' g ' ' -" ' s- - 4 - 1 ' 44'N ''''''' r '4"41e:77'''''''""'""a"'"16""":jL 2 '1 ' ' :"' 7 4 f- ' ' -- - ' 4 cr '''irl4:- ) r4-- 7 CNA gt - — t NActomm tir4t ao 'L - 'pl 4 rt-- -1 - - -- $ 4t ' 476: :IAN: r7:: do el ''''' rt f 44' : "1 ' 4A ' - ''''' '''' - '' - -- i ogigi 4- k "' : eThir-- gse" - r- tl74:071 ot1 0100 ':'' : ''':''''' '417 '' ' :'4''' ''r'"f'A'"77:7:777" :14 Z1 --- - —- - 4: 47pswiaL000"'' --' '"--:-- k 4 s'4 rn00rl rPtr""'"I w r" 41 Afit --41- -0- f '' ': - - c--- oot1slbmk-eltr'''- ' 4' 0o tr)''''' 't j 1 s:' r ' - v 14t ) jzdgompomorzmmoou - ' - i - - 7 - - ''"xlmioes"111' rf 1 ! It ' - :" f:1 : c a- ?c''- -- :27"'")t- I iionstomoo -- t ' ' t i - 4 c 7-- ' f- - 5 ' SECTION - - a CRES BLOSSON -' y----1 - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday January 18 1948 EMPIRE EDITION --- 6 6 e 1 ' 4J J -