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30 a c o n s t a n t s u p p ly o f s u p e r i o r a d o b e s q u i t e u n ifo rm i n s i z e , s h a p e , and c o l o r . I t i s l a r g e l y t h e s e c o m m e rc ia lly p ro d u c e d ad o bes t h a t re m a in i n numerous adobe b u i l d i n g s s t i l l i n u se i n t h e m a j o r i t y o f Utah tow ns. In any s p e c i f i c town, t h e u n i f o r m i t y o f t h e r e m a in in g adobes i s s t r i k i n g ; f o r exam ple, i n S t . George a l l a d o b e, w h e th e r i n a lo w ly p i o n e e r o u th o u s e o r t h e Brigham Young w i n t e r m an sio n , mea and a r e a l l a y e l l o w - b u f f c o l o r . .x’e 12" x 6" by 4" I n Parowan, however, t h e mud b r i c k s a r e a re d d is h - b r o w n and m easure 10" x 5" x 3 ". T h is v a r i a t i o n i n s i z e o c c u r r e d betw een c o m m un ities b u t n o t w i t h i n a s e t t l e m e n t e x c e p t i n i n s t a n c e s where t h e r e was more t h a n one y a rd i n th e community (H u n te r, 3 6 1 -3 6 2 ) . The adobe y a rd i n e a c h community u s u a l l y s t a n d a r d i z e d t h e s i z e o f i t s own p r o d u c t . Some c o m m u n itie s , f o r exam ple, American F o rk , p a s s e d an o r d i n a n c e t o s t a n d a r d i z e t h e s i z e o f a l l adobe b r i c k s made t h e r e ( C a r t e r , 1958, 1 6 6 ) . Im provem ents i n m ixin g and p r e p a r i n g t h e adobes accom panied t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f adobe y a r d s . The e a r l y method o f tra m p in g th e mud w i t h b a r e f e e t was abandoned a t th e y a rd i n f a v o r of a s im p le "pug m i l l " w hich u t i l i z e d a h o rs e o r mule f o r power ( F i g . 4, p . 29 ): I n t h e b e g i n n i n g , t h e c l a y was mixed by hand o r by tr a m p in g w i t h t h e f e e t . L a t e r an adobe m i l l was fa sh io n e d . I t was made o f a s t r o n g lum ber f o u r f e e t s q u a r e a nd f o u r f e e t deep , w i t h a p in e lo g e i g h t f e e t lo n g and one f o o t i n d ia m e te r p l a c e d u p r i g h t i n t h e c e n t e r o f i t , i n w hich sp o k es w ere t r a n s v e r s e l y i n s e r t e d s i x t e e n i n c h e s lo n g and a f o o t a p a r t . On t h e t o p o f t h i s lo g a p o l e was s e c u r e l y a t t a c h e d , a t t h e end o f w hich a h o r s e was h i t c h e d , t h e a n im a l g o in g a ro u n d i n c i r c l e s . The c l a y was f e d i n t h e m i l l a t t h e to p where i t was g ro u n d or p u l v e r i z e d , enough w a t e r added t o make i t t h e p r o p e r c o n s i s t e n c y f o r m o u ld in g . ( C a r t e r , 1958, 165) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.