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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect Gentleman Farmer: Family Uses of the Coalville Property
In a sense, John never left Coalville. He knew it had been a good place to grow up, and he wanted his family to share that experience with him and to receive benefits from it. When his father, Walter M. Boyden, died in 1935, John gradually took over the responsibility for about 2000 acres of grazing land and 100 irrigated acres that his father's family had worked in the Coalville area. When his friends were encouraging him to run for the U.S. Senate in 1940, they said of him: "With his other professional responsibilities John Boyden is a farmer. He runs a farm of several hundred acres up Coalville way, and of great pride to him are his registered Herefords and his registered Chester White hogs. O his farming he can best tell f you himself, but certainly as he tours the state he can talk by experience, direct to our largest voting class, the agriculturist." In future attempts to public office, it tended to be understood that he would carry the farm vote. The yearly round of events involved taking the stock out to the grazing land in the spring, planting whatever needed to be planted in the irrigated area, taking care of the prize cattle, hogs, and horses, getting ready for the first crop of hay, riding through the grazing area periodically to see if the stock was getting along all right, if the cows and calves were faring well, etc., getting ready and hamesting the second crop of hay; harvesting the barley, bringing the stock in to the winter feeding area, working with the animals during the winter, then starting the round all over again. The Rees family helped John with the property: planted, irrigated, harvested (with the help of the Boydens), and generally took care of the routines that required continuing attention. The Boydens tended to assist with the seasonal work and John was in regular contact, first with the father, Ralph Rees, then with the sons, Elwyn or "Pink," and Ken. Considerable attention went into the general management of the ranch property as with other projects that John took responsibility for. Sometimes when he was away overnight he would write a memo to himself concerning ways the property could be improved. He read pertinent literature, and kept good records of general operations and
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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