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Show 76 cenc - -- CLASSFEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE -- -- THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1976 :j AN OLD farm house, typical of the turn of the century, is now being restored on the Jensen Living Historical Farm - f ap 2 near Logan. The farm is under the direction of Utah State University. Man and his bread museum is in conjunction with the farm. .11 u W V JENSEN HISTORICAL FARM . SB . living in lb e Prist Visitors touring the Jensen Living Historical Farm and Man and His Bread Museum, authentic granary, from various areas around Cache Valley. "One of our biggest problems has been finding animals to go into the pens. We did find a breed of pig that was close, but we'll probably have to breed in reverse using the smallest of each litter to be more accurate of those times," Russon explained. tJtoUmiK. Ul--t be in., full ..operation in August. Visitors will view farm practices around the turn of the century. People will be employed to tend the farm" and give exhibitions of typical farm chores. "Normally, the chores exhibited will be done according to the season, but during the special opening of the farm, we'll try to be doing a little of everything," stated Russon. The "everything" includes spinning, soap and cheese making, work in the black located about five miles south of Logan, Utah, on Highway 89, will be stepping back in time to the 1890's. "For years, man has struggled to put in a better crop, build a better home and breed a superior animal. Putting that practice into reverse has been just about SCHEDULED FOR smith shop, baking bread on a wood stove and garden and livestock chores. In the search to make everything as authentic as possible, Russon said a call was sent out for animals, plants and other objects of the 1890 time period. One of the things that was donated to the project was a jar of bean seeds. .,. a. harLg ...strugglecoiQ- - mnted.BjQbb RusopKcurecv tor and curator of the Utah State University farm and museum. -- "THESE SEEDS came from beans brought from Norway in 1870 by a woman who immigrated to Cache Valley. She planted them each year and kept some from each crop. When she died, her son kept the tradition going and then passed them on to us," explained Russon. He said the bean seeds have been planted on the ; A grand opening the next two weeks, the farm site has been a hectic scene of construction and relocation. The construction has included such items as a smoke house, blacksmith shop, root cellar and animal pens. The reloca- tion consisted of moving buildings, including two cabins and an farm this year. "They're unlike any other bean I've ever seen, but they are thriving heartily," he added. The farm house is actually THERE ARE even pigs to be slopped. 1 two old cabins A the smaller' of which fs being used as the kitchen and is connected to the main house by means of a breezeway. The main cab- three-rooin is a two-stor- affair. Farm y animals include pigs, chickens, horses and even a goat. There are numerous ducks that inhabit the area along a small creek that flows through the farm site. When plowing land for the garden, workers discovered a nest with eggs and were careful to not disturb it. A dog and cats are also in evidence among the farm animals. kill-deer- 's The museum building is in stages of completion. Russon said the foyer area should be completed by the August opening. Other areas are currently being used for storage. currently WHEN i museum l COMPLETE, the will house many artifacts concerning early in agriculture the state, education 'and environmental 1 exhibits. A room has been set aside where slide-tap- e and I dial . Jl i " Iff presentations may be shown. Another aspect of the museum is the large number of "early tractors, from hand and animal power vehicles to. a huge steam tractor, stored at the farm. Several large draft horses, which are used now as a source of power, may also be seen by visitors touring the farm and museum. "We've really tried to go all out and recreate a farmstead of the past. We'll be planting crops and harvesting them in the way farmers did at the turn of the century. We intend to use all the facilities we've created the smoke house for smoking meat, the blacksmith shop for actual blacksmithing and the root cellar for storing food and not just have a sterile museum," explained Russon. film "AFTER ALL, it is the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm," he added. The museum and farm will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All visitors are welcome. III'' .i ' m, o .AND THE old horsr to be touched iJEy OLD WAGONS, as they were used in the late 1800s, are also used on the farm. 4 ft 4 and admired. ADJACENT TO THE FARM is the Man And His Bread Museum which included a large display of antique farming equipment and other Items used in growing food. 4 v 1 1 r-- - |