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Show 19 furnished much ab o ve her averag e in num ber and q ualit y o f p ureb red Ram b o uillet sires f o r flo cks in m any co unt ries. Cat t le , both f o r b eef and f o r d airy purp oses, do excep t io nally well in Ut ah. It is a reco g nized f act t h at t he feed p ro d uced on Ut ah's lim e stone soil co nt ains a g reat p ro p o rt io n o f bone- building m at erial. Co n d it io n s here are rem arkab ly favo rab le f o r the feed ing and fin ishing o f hogs f o r the m arket . Utah b arley- fat t en ed hogs are in g reat dem and because o f the flavo r and t ext ure o f t h eir m eat . The m arket is p ract ically unlim ited . Poultry N o t m any years ag o Utah was an eg g - im p o rt ing st at e. To d ay the p o ult ry business is one o f the im p o rt ant ind ust ries. Utah p ro vid es all t h at is necessary and vit al t o t he p ro d uct io n o f p o ult ry p ro d uct s— an ab und ance o f wheat , oats and b arley; g reat natural d ep o sit s o f calcit e (pure calcium carb o nat e) t o t ake the p lace o f o yst er shell; m eat mea fro m Utah p acking 'p lant s; d ried b utt erm ilk fro m local cream eries. Turkey raising, although enjo ying an enviab le rep ut at io n, is still in its in fan cy. P LA CES O F IN TEREST Salt Lake C i t y is called the " Ce n t e r o f Scen ic A m erica" b ecause it is the g eo g rap hical cen t er o f the west ern region em b racing 62 national parks and m onum ents. Six m ountain- walled canyo ns open at t he very ed g e o f Salt Lake C i t y . The six canyons are C i t y Creek, Em ig rat io n, Parley s, N|ill Creek, Big Co t t o n w o o d and Lit t le Co t t o n w o o d . A n y one o f these canyo ns can be reached fro m the scenic W asat ch Bo ulevard which passes the mouth o f each canyo n. The "M o rm o n " pioneers ent ered the valley through Em ig rat io n canyo n. There is a m onument near the mouth o f this canyon where Brigham Yo ung spoke his im m ortal wo rd s, ' This is the p lace. The Ut ah St at e Cap it o l is one o f the m ost int erest ing o f the cit y s m any at t ract io n s. It o ccup ies a co m m and ing posit io n overlo oking the b ro ad Salt Lake Valley and G r e at Salt Lake. The hist o rical exhib its and indust rial and ag ricult ural d isp lays in the Cap it o l are p art icu larly int er est ing . G r e at Salt Lake is 15 miles w est o f Salt Lake C i t y . It is one o f the larg est inland b o dies o f salt w at er in the w o rld . The w at er o f the lake is ap p ro xim at ely 22 p er cen t salt . It is 75 miles long, 50 miles w id e and has an averag e d ep th o f ap p ro xim at ely 50 f eet . Th ere are 16 islands and islets in the G r e a t Salt Lake. The m ore im p o rt ant o f these are: An t elo p e Island, St ansb ury Island, Frem o nt Island, Carrin g t o n Island, Cu b Island, Gunnison Island and Dolphine Island. M em o ry Gro ve is a d elig htful lit t le park in C i t y Creek Can yo n below the Cap it o l. It is a t rib u t e t o the W o rld W a r heroes o f Ut ah . |
