Agricultural Farm Tour

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Title Agricultural Farm Tour
Identifier 013-1
Subject Road--Highway--Highway 40--Silver Creek Junction
Description A hardy group of more than fifty businessmen and farmers braved the fridged weather to visit farms throughout the Valley. The first was the Escalante Ranch in Jensen looking at Hereford Cattle. After having lunch back at the Hotel Vernal, they visited the Jack Turner Farm in Glines looking at Aberdeen Angus cattle and Suffolk rams. Then visiting the Hugh Colton in Maeserv viewing his bulls. Thad Stringham's modern dairy with 25 head of Holstein and Jersey cows. The they traveled to Elmer Lind's ranch where they talked about wool and the sheep industry. Arvid Merkley's ranch was next up the Dry Fork canyon, then back to Leslie Thacker's farm in Maeser. At each farm the owner or foreman would point out the interesting features of their operation.
Date 1953
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Rights Management Digital Image, Copyright 2017 Uintah County Regional History Center
Bit Depth 8
Archival Resolution 4800 x 3400 pixels; 2500 ppi
Low Resolution 800 x 600 pixels
Scanning Technician Aric Hansen
Scanning Device Creo Scites Jazz + flatbed scanner
Spatial Coverage Vernal (Utah)
ARK ark:/87278/s6qg2ndv
Setname ucl_rhc
ID 1276875
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg2ndv