Agricultural Farm Tour

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.