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Show x r Eastern U Utah UtahA UtahA tah A Productive Are Area AreaWithin AreWithin Within the vant vat va9t ( ) Uintah Basin num num- numerous num- num numerous numerous - - erous money-making money making money-makmg makmg - industries have havebeen havebeen havebeen been developcJ develope develop'cJ ' J and expanded during duringthe duringthe duringthe the last 30 years Dairying , , cattle and andsheep andsheep andsheep sheep industries are tnrce tnree twee of the most mostflOUrIshIng mostflourishing mostflourishing flOUrIshIng and larg largest st sources of In- In Income income in income - come . At the p esent time plans are areunderway areunderway areunderway underway for a dtocl .stockyard stockyard . < yard in Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - velt and Vernal to be operated opeated : by the theTrlState the'FriState theTn-State theTn State Trl-State Trl State 'Fri-State 'Fri Fri ' - Livestock LlvestQck CommAssioncompany C0l11l'111ss1on C0l11l111ss1on CommAssion C0l11l'111ss1oncompany Commrussioncompany ' company for the purpose of selling sellingcattle sellingcattle sellingcattle cattle and sheep shoop to eastern buyers buyers.The buyersThe . The possibilities of this industry are areunlimited areunlimited areunlimited unlimited as nearly all feed can be beraised beraised beraised raised here hero in the Uintah BasInAt BasinAt Basin BasinAt At the present time the-e the e these - - are ap- ap approxima approximately ap approximately - - proxima proximately tely 10,000 10000 , head of daIry daIrycattle dairycattle dairycattle cattle in this area . . Many are register register- registered registered registered - ed stock which have been Imported Importedfrom importedfrom importedfrom from some of the finest herds in toc the tocwest thewest thewest west . The climate here is i Meal ideal eal for fordairying fordairying fordairying dairying , feed grows abundantly and andwater andwater andwater water is plentiful Records show that thatit thatit thatit it is not uncommon to produce three threetons threetons threetons tons of hay to the acre , , seventyflve seventyfive seventyflvebus seventyfivebushels seventyfivebushels bus bushels els of barley and sixty bushels bushelsor or orVoeat \ wheat \Voeat Voeat or fifteen tons of corn com Sl- Sl si- si Slleage sileage si-leage si leage - - leage . Such crops through the feeding feed feed- feeding feeding - ing of dairy stock are turned Into Intosubstantial intosubstantial intosubstantial substantial cash incomes There are areeleven areeleven areeleven eleven creameries here and it is es- es estimated estimated es estimated - timated that between betweel1 75,000 75000 , , and and100,000 and100000 100,000 100000 , poun'Js pounJs poun.Jg pounJg pounds ' . of butter fat are pro- pro produced produced pro produced - duced each month in Duchesne and andUintah andUintah andUintah Uintah counties . Many dairymen re- re - receive receive re receive - ceive $1500,00 150000 $1500.00 1500.00 $ , . annually for theIr theIrcream theircream theircream cream alone . . Approximately 320,000 320000 , he-a he a heal - 1 of ofsheep ofsheep ofsheep sheep which produce annually 2,880- 2,880 2880 2,880000 2,880 2880 2,880000 , , -000 000 - 000 pounds of wool graze within toe the toeboundaries theboundaries theboundaries boundaries of the Uintah Basin BasinHerds BasinHerds BasinHerds Herds are constantly being improved improvedso so that today a great majority of the- the thesheep thesheep thesheep - sheep in this section are of thesmooth the thesmooth theSmooth smooth Rambouillet Raimbouillet type noted for fortheir fortheir fortlieir their fine quality wool . Alfalfa seed , another one-time one time - bIg bIgindustry bigindustry bigindustry industry of the Basin , . is coming to tothe tothe tothe the top again this year , and it is be- be be - lieved Heved that well wen over $100,000 100000 $ , will win be bepaid bepaid bepaid paid seed growers in this area this thisyear thisyear thisyear year . , > A new industry indury w'nlch wnlch wjlcb welch ) ' proved droved roved its itsworth itsworth itsworth worth last year is makmg malang making rapid rapidstrides rapidstrides rapidstrides strides here . Uintah " , Basin climate climateand climateand climateand and soil conditionsare conditions coriditions t'aJ"e taJe ' ; " are " ' Suitable 'suitable for forth forthe forths the th production of high grade bean beanand beanand beanand and pea seed for which there is al- al always always al always - ways a stable stabl marketMany markeU ma.rket market . > ; , tqil\'iarty tqil 'iarty iarty \ ' Many acres acresof acresof acresof of Eastern Utah land " ' ' planted in inbearu inbeans inbeans bearu beans ; anJ an.l anl . peas for a seed crop are arecontracted arecontracted arecontracted contracted by saed seed companies . The production of honey boney has also alsoplayed alsoplayed alsoplayed played a very prominent part in ag- ag agrIcultural agricultural ag agricultural - - ricultural pursuits pursuitsn \n n jn \ \ 1 ! ; Eastern st rn Utah Utahand Utahand Utahand and is today a very very important ifnportant In- In Industry industry in industry - dustry . Producers Produce.s Produces . receive $50,000 50000 $ , an- an annually annually an annually - nually for Uintah Basin honey which whichhas whichhas whichhas has become a famousbratyj famous/brah famous brah famous famous/ famous / , bratyj braWJ through through- throughout throughout throughout - out the entire country country-It It - , ; The sun smiles on the turkey busi busi- business busi- busi business business - - ness in Eastern Utah . This T"pis Tpis " is a afavored afavored afavored favored region for strutting atmtting cocks cocksand cocksand cocksand and many farms have wide wiqe a-eas a eas aeasprovidIng aeasproviding a-easproviding a easproviding - providIng cheaper food and better betterhealth betterhealth betterhealth health for the famous delicacy deUcacy . Dry Dryfarm Dryfarm Dryfarm farm spring weather , typical of the theUlntah theUlntah theUintah Ulntah Basin , } is a commercial neces neces- necessIty necessity necessity - - sity for successful operations . Turk Turk- Turkeys Turkeys Turkeys - eys pay the Basin $25,000 25000 $25-,000 $25 25 ,000 000 $25000 $ - , , to $50- $50 50 $50000 $50000 $50-000 $50 50 000 $ , - 000 annually This figure figur has bas iias reached reachedthe reachedthe reachedthe the $100,000 100000 $ , mark marIe in bumper yearsHog years yearsHog Hog raising in the , . Uintah Basin Basinis is a coming industry . . It has been very veryprof1lable veryprofitable veryprofitable prof1lable profitable to those who have tried triedIt triedit triedit It in connection with . , other phases of offarm offarm offarm farm production producttion . Plenty of suitable suitablefoods suitablefoods suitablefoods foods for hogs is rai raise raisz I 1 in abund abund- abundance abundance abundance - ance here oere including corn , potatoes potatoesbarley , barley , etc , which produce the fin- fin finest finest fin finest - - . . iMagnificent i * est grade hogs Magnificent are the wheat wneat fields fieldsof fieldsof fieldsof of Eastern Utah in the early summer summerand summerand summerand and the late fall and the Uintah bas bas- basIn bas- bas basin basin - - in is fast becoming beconung the granary of ofUtah ofUtah ofUtah Utah Flour mills in Duchesne , Roo Roo- Roosevelt Roo- Roo Roosevelt Roosevelt - - sevelt and Vernal are equipped to toturn toturn toturn turn out 1200 pounds of flour an anhour anhour anhour hour and the Roosevelt and Vernal Vernalmills Vernalmills Vernalmills mills are provided with machmery machinery machmeryfor machineryfor machineryfor for chopping and mixing mbClng grains with withconcentrate withconcentrate withconcentrate concentrate for dairy feed . . New developments and also new newweal newwealth newwealth weal wealth th are being made in agricultur agricultur- agricultural - - al enterprises in this section and the thecompletIon thecompletion thecompletion completIon of highway 40 making makingmarkets makingmarkets makingmarkets markets so easily accessible has been beenthe beenthe beenthe the chief factor in this too progress . - r x ' raiy " x xxs xs a f 4k 4kM M r rrg"t rrgt " c s s4s o- o - oc1 + 4s 5 - c1 1r n n1r f fS fw fw fM $ S w w M qM qMA qMs A s M MM Mr M r ) s e # , ' $ 4 * N n ' M ! , ry a r rN ' ? + C Cry t4 b bl ' l $ x xY xk41 Y k41 4 4N 4q K N q . .f f . , , M .Fi .Fb .F1WWl i oh r r.F .F F . b 1WWl 1WWlil il ilJe Je L LBEAN .3 3 . _ _ _ _ _ _ $4 4 $ ( $ 34 % $ , $ BEAN CROP-RaJsed CROP RaJsed CROP-Raised Raised - by Tony Garcia of Indian Bench |