| Show '' 1 - 4 8 EMPIRE EDITION- ' - i c 'I'HE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Stmday January18 1918 - sEcrioN In i - 2 & t i t--:- ii 2 4:it-!- l::- - -- !1' i ' ''''"JP Z7 '''''b ''''''''' ''''''' " - C - ' - ' - - )gt ' ' '' ' ' ' - 3 '' : - :4: ' ': 7 ' - - tp ‘ooeoo'' O 4441 tv act ' --" - el ' 1 'i ow' o"-- It ?4:6:07t:! 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' s 1 I demonstrating the most desired types of Hereford Shorthorn and Angus the preferred tea - l 1 41 1 species One of today's major develop ments is the beef cattle project undertaken by the 'Utah State agricultural experiment station in conjunction with other western stations A grant of 410- 000 from the Sears Roebuck foundation has been used to purchase superior animals and state and federal funds will be made available to carry on the work The object is production of superior animals in regard to rate and efficiency of gains quality of carcass and reproductive ability rn 1 L a J) rill 9 N 1 S't V - a I -- (1-1)--r- 1-- ‘ i Hereford and Shorthorn calves now are undergoing a series of Leta as they develop the purpose of which is te identify the more efficient and rapid gain- These indiing individuals viduals will then be used to de- velop family lines The breeding system used will be one that will tend to produce individuals that will transmit their good qualities more uniformly to their offspring A high standard of type as evidenced by accepted beef conformation will be required at all times and a high level of fertility will be sought In both sexes Porkers fattening on modern hog ranches of the west provide - ' - TT 1 Besides fine hams and bacon the porkers wind up as quality sausage being prepared here by crews in the American Packing cmd Provision Co ‘1 quality hanis and bacon to a41 nnthinv if ilftt s pork chops sr x : roasts and '' variety ot aa sages for an e: tensive market Pacin tiousti i and meat pro4 essors find t ' ) I growing quart tity -- of port avail able 144 - 1 i - - - t- ' i I " - 1 1 1 i k - 7‘ N 1664 1 distribution fresh and cured meat and s - t canned and processed tot-Aa of Jan: 1 lciati farms counted 208000 hog'4 Utah 77000 Wyoming 7000ii t' and Nevada 23000 10-1- : ii cu " 11 rn (7)1 TT 1 1 1 1 - 3 1 & 4 d '''4i1 1 1 -- - I 1 er ! hs BLNGIIA111 COUNTY PRODUCTION The total' area are in Fort Hall territory There are 2455 farms in land is 165750-acreirrigated land is 140000 acres t of the county Is 1397000 acres of 'which 230000acres t he county Total farmland Is 904374 acres total crop - 1 - - t 1 ' r- ' 1 1 - e'''''''-' k --1- ' ' :' - 1': zi - - 7' i' : f It E - - e4"''' — 1'gle'"'"''''''''77-"----3''' 0: ' '1'-- - r :" : - : - ' lk IS - : r ' '4"' t 7 1 - - o'd 11 4 4 11 1 - cNbk- - ltv‘-:- a0-- q ' "' aoi e" t i k i - a 'i t 80000 acres potatoes 3ie1ded about 3600000 sacks 2000 acres peas yielded about 300000 pounds12000 acres beets yielded about 1704000 tons 1200 acres beans yielded about 1440000 pounds The grain acreage for winter wheat was 7786 and spring wheat was 23748 The hay acreage is 46000 The yield was higher in1947 than the previous years I AN : geg ! t' 0 : t-- '4 ii:'t BLACKFOOT STARCH PLANT below was built in the fall of 1941 At this time they handled about 75 tons cull potatoes At the present time their capacity is 250 tons per day Their pay roll last year was $12000000 This is all from cull potatoes which in years past were just waste to farmers issmoinh ' ' - - A 'g k 1 Yr w40'''' 1 1 s - summ14 it f A -(3 1 - : : 1"11101"44141111P44Z4Sopor4444 1:1041441444 Ws'40 -- Q -- e "41444 tø ?::stt40 t '''''':1: tef 0 t t 111:117 t """"1016-- ' 1 'eI pr'i' '' eastern Idaho A N - ikv 1r 't - 1 '1 1 -1 ii l' ‘f--41 IDAHO GRIM ALFALFA SEED GROWERS ASSN Is made up of some 400 members which are from Southmillion pounds They handle small field seeds for anyone They handle over three-fourtsmall field seeds a year Have a volume that represents $33000000 per year to seed growers FILER SEED is a large pea and bean concern Has a volume of $275000000 spent for peas and beans Their total 13ay roll for the last year was $7600000 ' 004kute44 - t''' ''' 404':':' 1 i e t i 4 14 ' 1 : ' '"-- - - one-quart- r 4- - 127eleamo A '''i t4 - ILNtt4toLi : ''11:: :"'"7: m1:11: ' - 0 N- of the Eastern Idaho State Fair which is the largest in the Intermountain West BLACKFOOT This year total attendance was over 75000 people Total money spent for prizes and entertainment was over $4060000 The plant shown in the foreground 'of picture at left is worth million dolJars Fair dates were the second week of September Blackfoot with an approximate population of 5500 i also is tie county seat of Bingham County i 1 - 0 - -- z 1f Ii i 7' is the home 1 - 1 40-- - ! i'0---!- ' -- r-- :' r nee cognizant oh6-- 44t ø:tr-----:-'44- "" 1:" - AP 41162mit '''' I ' - TAt i 1 0 3 1 t1 4 --- - 4"-- 4!:444 - 414 -- - -- - 4 7 -- 4 t' - ' 4 - - ! t - 1 - - ''- le ' : - i - ' ''''4" Art—'" -' 15i' - - -r--- - :t A ?Tsii ' - 4 I ! J s Ai : ' rf c'r "f"77 rta J y - Improving range stock in the past 10 years Several factors enter into this picture Better breeding stock has been made available a reseeding program to replenish ranges provides new sources of feed and big busk 004A t4r ft 40166- - t i t 1 rpHE west is becoming quality-- I minded in its production of beef cattle and has gone far in (2:11t:e '1Ieg 71V' 'N 3 - J: ) i ''' '111'' : IN- 't 1: :7 ' '' - - - 'IL 21000000 ' o4 I: ::f-4 t meat and wool potentialities The newest type the Targhee is regarded by many growers as the answer to their problem of producing the most meat and the finest wool from the same animal The wool clip is worth 44e - : -- 4 10 Hog raising assumes new importance in the west's quality meat pt duction program 378000 of these animals being valued at 3127133Ca 4 Choice beef hcmging in the storage rooms of packing houses ready for wide distribution over the meat counter or to be processed and canned '-- " '411' - 1 I ir v''t' 7 - — A 7:0 -1 1 1k ' - 4 I :r- "I - - k i sk s' ' A t I 1 t 1 I I ' - t I V 2832000 1 77: g 1 - ' ' :! - - :- L't NA 4' Z : ' - i t I 11 '2 s itk- a —44 - - A -:- - j '' 1i 11 - 00041 ''40-‘'- --7 -- Jan 04 ' ' ti-- t- :1 IV L '' f1 ' 4 :r :i: k 1 1 rt' 4 i Atöm"4" ''' -- 1 i 4 it it A rtc -- - 1:: 1 1 18408000 i'rA"::oIL:::emsdllNMVW""M6'nli'kttOgditeb3biibs d''j' ''''"7"r-aki-r i - — -- :4 ' ‘-'- - e''''"' —sz-z---— - ---' 14 - -0 - -- Sheb ?4 - e' i :irrp sf --- " dok L 4 0- 1 f (A:- --- -- -- or' r"srft ' ' 4 5 I A A 14 I t:: ':' f 'I t w - - 114 1 '! ! 7 :ip As''' 4 til '' -- : 0 or IL-- u ' ' :-- N 1 :i 'ii I kr I 4 '1 e - i e - a - -- : V - ng -7- r - 1 i -- - ' : let i ' 69627000 $12705000 30489000 5489000 19215000 4247000 Wyo Nevada 1089000 5508000 Livestock grbwers and breeders today are bent on developing a dual purpose sheep for western ranges They want finer wool and a better carcass alOne breed the Corridale ready is established as a sheep of the desired type The Panama and Columbia are more or less established oreeaswirn improved de- recs t c :it - 4 " k ss 4-- - 7'' I - - 7 ''kr (4 ' - r ' - - -- ! Iii ) Idaho Utah heavier fleece Lambs go to market now in the fall following their birth instead of being held as wethers for one or two years before being butchered Hampshire effect on the economy of the area is widened through related industries of meat Tacking and processing wool handling and feed production latich account for sizable pay 105032000 18723000 110GS Cotswold a stur-:produce dieof animal with finer and A t 11366000 62056000 Nevada to A' 0: of sheep range this has been crossed with the Lineoln and 1- 06- -- - 4 1:'t i 1 fs Income Idaho —217425000 $37383000 138755000 423761000 Utah 291070000 46926000 NVya Nevada 118750000 16361000 SIIEEP AND Litmus Idaho 85612000 $17511000 p--- ':' Io I ' 5 Groats Pounds - s 1 3 J FINE RECORD! The intormountain empire set an enviable record of meat production for 1946: CATTLE AND CALVES j - - on beet tops or in pea fields to improve both their meat weight and fleece quality Virtually the entire spring lamb crop is now marketed by Oct 1 - DEVELOPMENTS in the sheep industry of the west are notable over the past 25 years both' as to weight and quality of —f fleece and lamb If carcass While ' '1 " the Raznbouillet Empire supply zniticrns of Americans with choice beef veal and lamb and provide the textile industry with of pounds of fine wool from Its herds of sheep and -- - reel :1 :4 "I 7 ) - - ROLLLNG ranges of the 7-7 ' t - "'' -- - Livestock itdds Fame I Improved To Products of West - : - 'it''' s! 471 vo -I' ter the wesrs 6000000 shzep grow fat cmd develop Eno heavy fleeces for the shearer V - 'he - I : ! ss -- On high mountcdn ranges in summer and ert flats or ranch feeding grounds in 11 i I ''''''' e r j - - - f F '!:'-e- 116 - - J111) - 104110 - Lt i ''''- t ' t f o' 1 :: ' - - i k4 1 ' '- : rt w4mww------------ 1"4411b18"-"-- C- Iti 'N"' ' :M' : beef-produci- ----- Am A- I ' "' More than three million cattle and calves make up the Intermountain Empire's herds whosit qualities Improve year by year ' Trsr10"17 I ''''Irts' '''3'ni--olt---- ' ''''' e'''''''"‘':'''r 11 4' e - 03 - ' - 5 :i- i -- "NO 4 -- -f 1 ' I 'NA '' ''' 3 -- do 1 a" $ 01 t ----- - (7 elt7:4 At N Alk - gt I- -1 '14''''4 4 - 1 I — tr ''' 77 ' I - c 77'N 1 ft r - (i jk '"' - : jir' ' — - ‘t'' L ' 7 '' -- -- s Itr - v ' ' es 40141041)e ' -- ANZ4 'Ot Ch :' - I z tit Iv 4 :' — -- - '1110 Pis1' - - -"- - — 40:4 ''"-- 411' '"4t4--$'41v41 "44- -- 441tV41eb "014141) -7-' ' --- - —1: at4t4 lo - lk:OritT z 01 n 1 D- A- t‘Tr11 r 0trit:It'' IL-- )Z -- - z--- 4 v 1 I t !- c -- V I- ''' Atic'10kvb00114 0 00l r IV ‘ :11i:144 ') rt ti '1:) 0 -- 0111"'Nk It I'Vegower 4'!7 t '' ' 401 - - ' ' " - ' - 4 :: r:' ''''''''''''''''' ':"': :: '' : AF!11448 A r' i - - t ' r - i i - -- 7 :7 qt - r T ::: - -- t to---- N: F: - 4 10 4 ' e '' ' - : s'C i- t 7- i y ' ' s ' 17KMm)4 - - - - - - t ' - ' - - ' - I 00' ks14ort - ' '41 - --- ' -------- --- - - - - ---- - -- 4 - -- 7 !:- t :' 1 - '''' 7 - t : -- "'- - e- -- ' ' 4- ' g ' '''''' : le ' i 14i :10'' ' -- -- ------- '''" - ti - 0 - 4:t' 42i-- 44r- zr - 11T1 vsl p i 4 t-'1- fr '- -r 410 e441 4 - - ' ' --"---"- ''' : -- ' : - ----- i : ' - - - ' fr- - - --- -- q - a4 ':- : i - ' - --- ''' - i- ' ' - - -- 1 4 ! 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'''''- : -- - -- - 0 - - - --- t '"' y I ET")-- ' 'trtsuswoomeo - - ------ - k- - 7— IS ' ' 'r-- r --: -- ---- '‘' 4 - -'- -- k ' : ' 4' -- - ' ' "' --- - 4 4 1it Ldd - ' r- - t'-'- i ''' - - A' 77-- I 2- IIk - ds - : ---- -- I '''N - ' - 1 - - :': t - 1 Z 4 ts:ei ' ------ 18200 head hogs 10400 head sheep and 14802 head of cattle Their pay roll is $2160000 per year 4 ' - - - - ' :: - : : - i - $ — 5 - 0 - totals for that year of $20000000 and has grown to where the last year the total sales were $389000000 selling 1:' - -J 4-- -- - ' '-- -- '' 1 '- ::--:::A BLACKFOOT AUCTION COMMISSION CO right is a growing concern It was organized in 1936 It had sales - Ipr--- -- - : - - ' r L ' ' - 0 - - ? - - '' ' ' - Blackfoot has several potato houses to handle their potato crops a tt - hs - if: BLACKFOOT POTATO & FRUIT GROWERS ASSN which handles potatoes grain- feed and coal does three-fourtmillion dollars of business Their pay roll expense is $7829300 --- --i -1 L' 46-Tlytab- ) ‘4 :N '-rook 711 :'leAt6-- : - '''''k'''''' '' ' - 4t4t4 " - ''"''')r ' ele"- ' - - 4''''' :: t i r- Ni-- ' - II- i 1 4' -e - : 7 - r--7 ' 7 - ' ' -- 41 U tq g Ef 1-te-r-- 1 r7""'-41( 14 I a ? - |
