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Show T . Present and Future of ofUintah of"Uinfcah ofUinfcah " . Uintah Basin Livestock LivestockBy . By B . B U HL IL Strincham BtrIn&bam BtrInbam strintham & I In the prehistoric prehlstorlo age w when n mar marfirst mtfirst an anfirst first . appeared on the horizon horbon Uve live livestock livistock -s- s - - . stock stood by bis his side aide as . a his hb chief chic chicsource chlsource . source of food and clothing ThJ.s1 ThJs1 . ThJ.s1relationship Thb Thbrelationship Threlationship Is I Istock relationship between man and Uwstock live uve.j uvej uve.jstock ' - . . stock has changed little since the tin tindawn ttdawn . dawn of hlsl history ory > Livestock hat hatplayed haa haaplayed hiplayed played a vital part In Irt the llvea llyea UV of ofevery 01 01every < > f every resident of Ulntah county countyThe countyThe count The first white man WUUam WOllam William Ash Mb Aslley . - . ley Icy who came CBI11e carne here hero In 1824 . set .set va UP UPa ug uga a bu.sJn busJn business . founded on I1ve&tOck I1vetOck livestock livestockfurs llvcstoci & , . furs and hides of wild wUd animals ILtllma1a . . In Ir I l86l 1861 1881 Brigham Young sent a party part3 partyfrom part3from part from Salt 'Lake Lake ' Into Ashley Asbley valley valleyI valleywith valle I with the obj object objeet t ( > of f determining detennlning its itssu1tabllity itssuitability 11 suitability su1tabllity for colonization What Whatwas Whatwas . was their report ? pit Fit Flt Only n1y for forgrazing forgrazing tcgrazing > r grazing The first white se settler t1er , . an anexIndian anexIndlan aex-Indian aex Indian ex-Indian ex Indian ex-Indlan Indlan - agent Capt Dodds Dodda was a aI astockman astockman stockman The first range cattle cattlebrought cattlebrought cattibrought brought Into Ashley valley was wasbrought wasbrought wabrought I brought here by a Jew by the name nameof nameof of Popper In 1878 The first sheep sheepwer sheepwere sheewere , wer were " brought Qrought drought Into the valley a few fewI fewyears fewyears fe'years feyears ' I years later Jater eater by Bill Caldwell CaldweU Thei There There ThereIs Thereis e Is no 'record record recordof ' ( record of the arrival of thefirst the thefirst thfirst first pigThe pigThe pig pigThe The cattle business proved to be behazardous behazardous hazardous In the early days becaus because becauseof becauseof of the cattle rustlers from Wyoming Wyomingi Wyomingand Wyomingand Wyominand i and the Brown Browns Park area . , . Many Manyof Manyof of the early settlers gave Up tip the thebusiness thebusiness business because of this th18 condition conditionAs conditionAs As the pioneers of Ashley valley valleydepended valleydepended depended on livestock chiefly chleny for fortheir fortheir fc their cash Income so we the pres- pres prespnt present preaent , - - pnt ent population depend on the samesource same sameoourcf samsource oourcf source ; ' for our major cash croi crop cropWe cropWe > We are definitely a livestock Uvestock coun- coun county county county - ty tyThere tyThere There are 2 2748 2748000 748 000 acres In Uln- Uln Uin- Uin Ulntah Uintah Ulntah - - tah county 2 per cent only of the thearea thearea tharea area Is farm land and 85 per centof cent centof cenof of the crops grown on this thlo ; 2 pPrl per pPrlrent percent UP rent cent are feed crops raised to feedlivestock feed feedI1vestock feelivestock I1vestock livestock Then what Is this 98 98per 98per Bper 3 per cent of the land we have left leftgood leftgood lei good ! 00d tor for ? It was to In Capt Dodd Doddday 8 a 8day aday day a very rich pasture capable capableof capabiof of feeding more livestock than It Itdoes Itdoes 1does does today Although today In Its Itsrather Itsrather Itrather rather depleted condition It 8Up- 8Up sup- sup 8UpDort.s supoorts supoorts - Dort.s Dorts oorts . rouphly routhly roughly ! about 200 200000 000 sheep sheet17 17 000 cattle 1 1000 000 horses and andabout andabout amabout about 3 000 deer and some prairie prairiedogs prairiedogs pralrldogs pralrldogsSixty B dogs dogsSixty Sixty cents of every dollar you youand youand yo and I handle each day comes directly di- di directly dlrectly - rectly from livestock Forty cents centsof centsof centof of this amount ( ' comes 'omes omes from the thesheep thesheep th & sheep Industry and 20 cents fromrange from fromrange frorrange range cattle dairy cattle hogs hogstUTkeys hogsturkeys hogiturkeys tUTkeys turkeys and chickensNow chickensNow chickens chickensNow Now more . about a.bout this thts 2000 2 200000acre 000 OO 000 000acre ( ) acre pasture that surrounds us onall on onall 01all all sides This public domain Is Isthe isthe 1the the "reate reate " greatest t single asset that Ulntali Uln Ulntah Ulntah tah tali county has The forage har bar harvested barvested harvested vested from this area brings the themajor themajor thmajor ' major cash crop Into our commu conunu communlty conununity conununlly nlty nity It Is a resource re.source . that wUl will wUlI wUlreproduce willreproduce wllreproduce I reproduce Itself indefinitely indennitely unde under underI underproper : I proper care We think the dress dressQueen dres,3ueen dres3ueen , Queen Elizabeth wore while whUe on hpr her hprvisit hervisit hfvisit r visit to America recently came out ou , of our hills hUts . . AS All Aa you rou know , . her herg he hegown h g gown wn was manufactured from tram Utah Utal Utahwool Utalwool " woolThlrty.flve woolThirtyfive wool Thuty.flve Thutyflve Thlrty.flve Thlrtyflve Thirty-five Thirty five . - . ) years yara ago . , , our summer awn- awn sum- sum awnmer awnmer - - : mer pastures the Ashley Aahley Asb1Cy tore.st torest forestf forestfwas . ( was put under cqntrol control control and reproduces reptO- reptO repro- repro reptOduces - - ' duccs duces year alter attet after year year about the thesame theeahe th > same eahe came amount of bt bj forage toraKe In 1D3 1835 $ , , therubl1o the - public -rubl1o rubl1o domain dontalp do waa was placedlq placed . uqder \lq- lq uq- uq lqder \ - - " der 1 yederal l"ederal lederal " ederal regulation resuJation regulatlon The rkng rang- rang range5 - " . es ea e5 were In . ! such a depleted C01\dJ C01 dJ cozadl \ . Ion lop due to over OVeI ' grazing graztbg &Dd Dd and &Dddrought anddrought & 1 drought that drastic reductions reductionshad reductionshad had to be made in m livestock UvestOCk . . . Tinenumber 't11e t11e Tine 't11enmnber ' ; number nmnber of sheep were reduced reducedabout . ' about 33 1-3 1 3 - pen perf per cent cattle were werer wereeduced ' r reduced duced educed but slightly allghty ! because becau"e becaue " they theybad theyhad the ; had bad been largely eliminated llJulnated from fromthe fromthe the range due to scarcity SC&1'Clty SC1Clty & ' of pf forale forage , . Aren't Arent ' theee the.se these . drastic reductions reductionsgolnlr reductionsgoing , going golnlr to work a hardship on the thecitizens thecitizens . citizens of our county ? Yes But Butthey Butthey ' they were necessary In order to tosave tosave save this great . natural resourc resource resourceof ' of ours oursWhat What is being done to rehab111 rehablll- rehablll rehabllltate . - tate the range ral1ge besides the reduc reduc- reduction reduction reduclon - " - tion ; lon of livestock l1vestock ? First stock stockhave stockhave - have been eliminated from the thewinter thewinter winter range during the growinggPgcon growing - - gPgcon " " r " " "on on " ; on re'eeding reeeding re-eedlnlt re eedlnlt needing ' - both natural naturaland naturaland and artificial art1fic1al Is being carried on onby , by the grazing service water holes holesdrift . , drift fences rodent control eroo eros- eros erosion . - Ion control and many other bene bane benefle1al banefacial ficlal fle1al facial practices are being carried carriedon carrle < on by the CCO CCC camps But how 18 Is 18this Isthis this loss in financial returns , , , due dueto dueto du to reduction In numbers going to tobe tobe t be compensated compeIUlsted for ? First Bet- Bet Better Better Better - ter range Improved quality of ofI1vestock oflivestock o livestock I1vestock more productive Uve- Uve live- live livestock Uvestock - I Iter stock less loss of livestock , , , bet bet- bet better . - ter Iamb lamb crops better wool crops cropsbetter cropsbetter better calf crops tatter fatter beef more moredoOors moredollars doUors doOors dollars on less numbers . . What are we doing to Improve Improvethe Improvethe the breeding of our herds ? FIrst FIrstI FIrstThere FirstThere I There is a state wide program programsponsoring programsponsoring sponsoring thevalue the the- - value of a wcll- wcll well- well wcllbred wellbred - bred animal an1mal We have on annual annualtwo ' two day livestock show In annualI the thecounty thecounty thi I county when premiums are payed payedfor payedfor paye < for the best class of livestock We Wehave Wehave have an annual feeder-breeder feeder breeder - - day daywhen daywhen da WeI : when a tour is taken to all aU the thelargest thelargest thilargest 6 I largest feed lots and breeding breedingranches breedingranches ranches In the county Again It itIs 1 t , Is against the law to turn an unregistered un- un unregistered - ' registered bull bun on the range Thea These Theseactivities Theseactivities < ; activities are showing markedre marked re- re results results - . suits sults In the Improvement of ot ourlivestock our ourlivestock livestock livestockIs Is the fattening flittenlng of Ihestoci Ihest livestock livestockprofitable ck ckI ckprofitable profitable In this section ? Not un on unless onless I less you have your own feed In Inour Inour our Isolated position It Is uneco uneconomll'al uneconomlral uneconominal nomll'al nomllal nomlral ' to ship feed tor for fattening fatteningpurposes fatteningpurposes fattenlnipurposes purposes However lowever { we feel that thatfeeding thatfeeding tha feeding has quite a future here ifand If Ifand 1and ' and when it rains so w the farmer farmercan farmercan can get water for his crops Is It Itprofitable itprofitable " profitable to ship livestock I1ve-stock I1ve stock - feed fepd out outof outof of your ( ' county 'ounty ounty ? No We advise adv1se ourtanners our ourI ou : I tanners ia I mer ners , > t to t " > . , ship hip fro fm-n fm n frmn . " - his ranctt rancho ranch o hing hlng hang without a tall taU _ - - |