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Show . 31l il Pi r! Ri Pi J O ...wv- fesr Bclmotil 3? -is: L13lLC3aL THE LIGHTER BOURBON STtAIOHT SOURION WMIlKfY t0.4 PROOF VXC UMONT 0ISTIUINO CO.. UWMNCIIUIO, IND. iy i Registered Hereford Bulls Polled and Horned , ,' ; .-Sired by .. ' KR Gold Colonel 91st Bulls with size, quality and gain ability. Gain tested and fertility guaranteed. ' Also some re. heifers for sale. Come and have a look. We are proud to "show them. ESCIAHTE FARMS Beryl, Utah Phone CR 6 3110 D. Gene Butler. Manager G:8GOd -p0 GFOp" LB Tbon nbv pOeuj xM Irrigafid? Dry areas of the tailings pond near Kennecott's fS-S "5 Magna and Arthur Mills are being plowed and irri- JlM' '7 WIPil 1 gated. But these familiar farming practices are not iv ' 40 J ''fYS II being used to raise crops. Instead, they are the new- ( ijf (i ArfpV jhf est weapon in a long battle against dust. f' -&J Hundreds of thousands of gallons of water carry V1 y LrJi finely ground waste rock in a never-ending stream 5) ''lauWJ. from the mills to the 5300-acre tailings pond. Some- V times dust results when wind blows across dried out jrj .t Kri'v sections of the pond. V fp f$ To help meet this problem, Kennecott bought a f 'ScJfS1 ft unique vehicle. Mounted on eight, low pressure, sau- fsi?7' vl sage-shaped tires, the machine can pull itself to V- r almost any part of the pond through water and , uVw IV MSlS' over soft, wet surfaces. j nSvSy Vlt Starting at the water's edge, the machine hauls a ,1 Ipm' T It VeSVyS multiple plow to cut rows of furrows hundreds of feet ' ' ' S Vv ljtSv' y. long. Plowing turns under the dry' surface. Then, . ) 1 f? 5 water from the pond is channeled along the furrows 1 i1; A Sr LviVr to irrigate the area. The result dust is ktpt down. , . ; 1 rggyV lt VzMvn fe' - Considerable success has been attained by adapt- v: ySSls i Cpfi j&f fS- I ing farming practices to meet a long-standing prob- .t ; f: iifSjA f ti ljl lem of a mining company. But this does not mean J . vjc jfA Kennecott is satisfied. Studies will be continued to ., ltiL WL-CrAk, develop better methods to achieve greater success. ; v- y PROUD TO BE PART OF A QBOWINO UTAH |