Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . ses than areowned here. The largest horse in the Basin weighs perhaps 1,900pounds, while the average work horse will tip the scales at 1,500to 1,600 pounds. ^lany horses, crossed with pure bred sires andnative mares are hardy and healthy, the sire giving the size. With such an ancestry as that and with unexcelled climaticand range conditions it is no wonder the Uintah Basin horse isin demand today on all the markets, especially in the East andSouth. There are 22 pure bred stallions in the Ashley valleyalone, and many more mares. The s
Wealth of the Uintah Basin, Utah, and automobile guide .. . ses than areowned here. The largest horse in the Basin weighs perhaps 1,900pounds, while the average work horse will tip the scales at 1,500to 1,600 pounds. ^lany horses, crossed with pure bred sires andnative mares are hardy and healthy, the sire giving the size. With such an ancestry as that and with unexcelled climaticand range conditions it is no wonder the Uintah Basin horse isin demand today on all the markets, especially in the East andSouth. There are 22 pure bred stallions in the Ashley valleyalone, and many more mares. The stallions are divided as fol-lows: Percherons, 10; Clydesdales, 2; Shires, 3; ; Thoroughbreds, 2. x\ll these are registered. In addition tothese there are dozens of grades. Siegbert, a famous Percli-eron stallion brought in here a few years ago at a cost of $5,000,took second premium at the St, Loius Worlds Fair. It is saidthis horse has 500 sons and daughters in the Basin. The mulecrop is growing. There are two good Jacks in Ashley Photo by Meyer, Vernal, Alfalfa Hay in Southern Part of Ashley Valley to Colorado Cattle. ^YEALTH OF THE UINTAH BASIN, IT AH ji^^^l^^^^-^ -m^: ?? ^ W * ^/A Hogs and Poultry One hundred thousand dollars annually is the amount ofmoney that lias been sent out of the Basin for meats and cannedgoods. The business men and farmers have long since realizedthat the biggest part of this money should remain at home, andfor the last few years thousands of pounds of meat have beencured by raisers and dealers of hogs in various parts of thecountry. Plans are now well under way for a big packing andcold storage plant at Vernal. With pure water, pure air, plentyof sunshine and soil that will produce hog feed there is no moreideal hog country in the West. Disease is practically unknown,and while cholera is mowing them down in other places. UintahBasin hogs are flourishing. If the turkejr is raised in the Uintah Basin it finds a
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