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tj" i ' ' 4' f ti L''' i - i 141 1'1' - ' ' ' If 11 e' ? t ?' 7) 1 A - APi tr) ( ' 4 ' 7'1 4:''-- ' ':1 I i ' - i '' 4' g 'r A I 4 ' ' pi : :: ' :' ' ' 1'7 t ltAbagok pi 4:4 a N4 i''' '': st r1":140 : : 4 - "a71717:4C— :1 e '41 : was producing 51 bushels to the acre largely dile to the program of summer fallowing I put into operation" 1 J:a: " Follows rattern t - r ' -- 1 :: !'' t 1k 4 ' h:!!':: 0 t: -- It Ai Ke 1:0 4 " - frN ' ''' t ''" - '' of '' - 1!' 44 41 a T : ' 4 : t '11 liaa- - mosm----- ' - '''''''' '' Z' lit"w 't i 4 r - I' vataat 7 - - ' ' I - 7 VI7't '! 1 4 4 - ' r i ( ‘ ' ii ' i ' ' —- -4 1 '' :::::: !! 01 -- - :':' 4::oTt vx' :::::l'r1) r: ? )1 4ii ':' tlii:11 k:r t' 4— A - i '' 1: L t rii-i- 14'''' - i'il : :- w al it This is the pattern he has set for himself and has - -la t pursued throughout his career ''' Its- ' The area used to be known as "Hungry Hollow" 6 1 ii Brosnan and Mr asset mattes i apparently due to some crop failures Where modern Mr Lloyd ta justifiably proud of the Lloyd shop repairs much of the Is hich he has developed on his farm SA an electrical equipment he uses so this shop quickly pays for itself buildings now stand on the Lloyd farm there used to be an old barn and a house -- Similarly enthusiastic about the advantages pcwer winda holes so of that barn full was "The high is bringing to the farmer was Frank M 'Whitworth would blow your hat off right in the barn" Mr owner of an farm near Bancroft Ida la'"- Lloyd mentioned even model farmstead the arrangement Today farmAs the entourage gathered in his well includes use of crushed gravel with a coat of pene- '' o living (rating oil throughout the farmyard area This not yard he declared "Power has made life wyrth out here" only keeps down the dust but eliminates constant a Then looking out over the countryside dotted cutting of weeds and provides a smooth work area ' by power poles he added "At night the valley looks Naturally such a master plan toward perfection a like a well lighted city street" Mr Lloyd pioneered the would include elettricity A4 two homes are supplied with electricity on first electrical project in "Hungry Hollow" Ile has '''''eT r aft It N7eeu"""""-- a his farm along with three hot water heaters a also worked closely with the power company to take i-i aa' ' i'a04" -- - - ''' s a 1 1:' ' ' '1" ' milker cooler compressors grinders and drills his advantage of the advice of its experts on use Of a -cedar poles correct spacing of poles height of poles s' i aa power bill runs about $32 per month o '''' !'ii A real eye opener on the tour was the ultra and wires use of moistureproof bulbs and other effi- - la:- !' a!'a'"'7 1 4 t a i1 ' modern and ultra efficient large scale ddry farm of cieney arid safety measures '' i: 't 11':o'a i''''''' 17:11:1'''Th'""1'' a ' i William IL Lloyd east of Soda Springs ' Also representative of the fully cleetrified mod- - t:raa00aoa a az - ''' 1'':: 1It T Strigettli of Merlin aair'''' unit was the visited c 10TOec'trie31 t1 I ernfarms i all:00 dairy 4 pcPr drLiaydhaagura prativa ta --- -aR part of the pattern of succesiihe has folloitsed: IN'hittle near F airview aa la f Mr Lloyd or "Bill" Lloyd as he is knowtn in of grade A milk from á herd of about' 28 cows are 11!!''''-----I l it ' i that area has farmed all of his life and is a true such installations as a walk-irefrigerator' refrig' 'f j : ' I "7''''-1-t farmer at heart Ile is happiest when hard at work crated- aeration of milk feed grinding water heating tatroe - i 21 k making his operations just a little more (Ili( lent and and milking machine - - : k ' aa 1: N4 ::::: 4 aai a little more integrated But he first began worling As the tour ended and the participants returned ! 4 9!: ''' a Ha a the land he now owns back in 11925 to their homes in Idaho and Utah each member was :z::41-7----- -! a A —a-at- :a of the significance of the power poles 'At that time I was working for wages" Mr more aa ' o ti ' a a a' - ':rsa"!'-'' oiami trakir:t 0wwo—:44Wige:4-:-zat'a—'"Nc nt of me told "A pa they field south from my Lloyd pres( just1ike4i414fA444001i4t-ihgium- i nearly every farmyard jutting farm buildings produced seven bushels to the acre if because each seemed to be a small monument mark- - Electrbily perfonitsniany tasks on the st: chit- - istr: Wilitn wits 1tand4 near his modern milking parlor ohich is equipped throughout osills electrical silk e Reitd oatt'aindfluaaiarathistita-Threlatereita - ingtheailver-anniaersaart'r R 1Ib() uortly::diersitiett farm near Bancroft Ida Abuse 441 - ' iitiii 719 - f : teai4 0 7 1 '1 V 1 c : ' ) f::t r: I Ikl 4 P '0 ''' ' t i - Ot : :f vt t - i - 4 4 q' f 4 s :':' - ---- : 4 l's' ''' ' :' 'a:- a 4t ' ' l' ' - : ' ' 4''' : i- - ' i ":Le t' - y i 4 "k 1 '447 " :—I t t i irlet i7 4 V' 4 a -rTT a 4 ia 77'46 - :v:-::- f1 electririty for rural anti city use betrieen Grace and Anaconda 3lont as part of an interconnected Slisteim '' - 14 pt - it 7- a - tl' :N 1 - - ( Y '1 f i i :: '' i‘ t: t:14 ) Y fil 'i rp - A 4446- '5) tsf :ti'I 2 4 aa i 'LV" fli0" v 4 L' ? ta--1- - s A - - lighting the farm yard and barn on thr William Lloyd modern dry farm which stands near Soda Springs Ida-- - 4t1P'''' 4 It 41 41f2' -:t 44i4t:r - 44 ' : ''''"- 4 0 è PI 6- by John I He has been with the company since 1924 and 113 coped with just about every problem that can arise in the operation of a power plant After seeing the five great turbines in action electricity they provide seemed small in comparison But it is the egg washerthe milker the cooler the feed grinder and the washing machine that turns the raw useless power into a useful servant to the farm wife and the farmer See Power at Work On the Marlow farm near Franklin Ida for example the 'touring party found Mrs Woodward busy operating an electric egg washer This is only one type of electrical equipment that has made the Woodward poultry farm a success Mrs Woodward can feed eggs into one end of this washer NVoodward the rate ofLivesa$'s perilour eggRper case this would be an by hand Mr - " 17 1 - 4erat interconnected This plant is also the terminus of an 161000-vol- t power transmission line between Grace and Anaconda Mont linking the Utah Power and Light interconnected system with other similar systems throughout the Pacific northwest J E Cushman of Preston is manager of this division Maur of the Grace plant as well an ronaller Cove Soda and Paris and a gcncratinviinitsat Liakn-iSnretr':Thoniisoh: pumping station at - 4c- - 1 - : ' i ' bA t' ' I - system 6 ' '' sales manager for the purr 1610o0-sol- t tine that carries the Stephens ' - - aaaaaaainta13000kihiwatta(1electricity er' : i - - 4 I -- T -at a :i4-k- - - r electrification hourforming part off tthe company's !' :: 4 la4 ' ' s - - 4- i i 1V7 - - :: - ful:: - a 1 '- - - '! t : '4 f?--- - ' - i - t: 0 1t 1 ivr'-- ' i ' ' ' - -t tjn 4'''' ' - '''' : - i ' - I - rosier and Light Co's largest hvdroelectric generating plant uhich stands near the Bear river at tiraoe Ida-- is dispatched by nuitchyard at the Utah this intricate and impressive - 71 ' - '74 I ''' i ''Ali‘ t i':‘ it " 14 3 - - - i ' - g I '''' ' - 4 46 I '''' k 1 i 1 t "j - t : ' Nlitemigw""90k ‘ - iT '' '0 — I s'Rli ' Q1114: - - — ' i ' 1 0 - k ' '''' L''' $' ' 4' I ''' ti4- ' 1o t "i 1 :' ' PowerI generated and condutied as In pictures at lite left goes to work on farms in many ways Here it is - ' ' ' ' t i' '' --' rIPMPROStrowsao4144 1 '' ' a a ' ' ''': f:: I t- '' :4:$1 it k14N '1-- Y ''''' 1 '' a-- A 11' :is i: '''''' 471 N tal a - - "' a0 a s a a ' 11 1? i A - - ' :'A '4i1 s -' 4 - 4 ' f4 - 1 ' - '''' - r'' 7: ' : 1 r 3 ri i 4 - H' k - 4k g!' 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