Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
Designation of Courses. Although courses are not grouped in years, students can easily tell the advanced courses from the more elementary, the numbers following each course indicating which particular year of work the course should be taken in....
frost about October 5th. The Milford Valley is colder in the north portion but varies but little from the dates as to frost at Minersville.
The climate or weather conditions in the county are temperate, not being subject to either extreme heat or...
so far completed as to be suitable for the occasion. The earth floor, spread with a blanket, sufficed for a table and the seats were of oriental style.
The year of 1855 had been a year of calamity, famine and distress. The crops in this part of the...
of twenty-five cents was ordered paid on wolf scalps. The record was signed Lorin Babbit, Judge; W. G. Nowers, Clerk. The court was held in the open in Judge Babbit's door yard.
All the public lands at this time were unsurveyed by Federal...
A. J. Wilson, J. Harris, C. Willden, Joseph Armstrong, D. D. Reese, J. Tattersall, H. Tattersall, Thomas Richards, D. C. Adams, W. Holgate and W. Hall.
The Adamsville townsite was surveyed in 1867, and named Adamsville after its founder, David...
ground to procure a livelihood. Aside from this, the flow of the creek, after the spring fresher of highwater, soon dried up and the low lands in the first section alone pro-vided crops.
In the course of time, school section 16 came into market and...
INDUSTRIES IN PIONEER DAYS AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING
Agriculture and stock raising were the two most important industries in Beaver County in pioneer days.
The Mormon founders of Utah built their culture and institutions on an agricultural...
THE SCHOOLS OF BEAVER
SCHOOL HOUSE BUILT FIRST YEAR
In writing this history of the early schools of Beaver, we have interviewed the few remaining pupils of those days; have had access to a few old letters and diaries, and some short articles...
ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION
In March, following the arrival of the pioneers, George A. Smith, one of the Authorities of the Latter-Day Saint Church and provisional leader of the Southern Colonies, en route from Parowan to Salt Lake City to attend...
the ground. The washouts were repaired, and the ditch is in use today.
About three-fourths of a mile southwest of the intake, Nelson Hollingshead built a grist mill, which he and Charles Burke operated until 1900, when it was moved to the Ernest...
Due to shortage of water in the early days, there was little hay raised by the Minersville settlers. To supple-ment the small supply, the ranchers, farmers and stock-men would make regular trips to the Yellow Banks, 20 miles north of Minersville,...
so light all the chickens left their roosts. This appearance lasted nearly all night. Sat., Nov. 5, 1859 Rode to Beaver. Bishop Farnsworth requested me to become one of his counselors and take charge of Minersville. I advised him to defer making...
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE IRRIGATION AND WELLS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN MILFORD VALLEY THE "RISE AND FALL" OF REED In early days there were beautiful ranches along down the river in Milford Valley. There was a ranch at Yellow Bank owned by James...
Company took over the water from Minersville, where Reed people got their water, and transferred that water to the "flats" south of Milford. The land at Reed became so dry that crops failed and the people had the leave their lands and homes and...
ing, perhaps, the water level dropped and alfalfa seed could not be grown. The farmers then, of necessity, began farming on a more practical scale. There were crops of all kinds of grain, corn, alfalfa and potatoes. These are the principal crops at...
that his pump did not throw enough water to irrigate the land, and his crops were a failure. The well crew first was put to work sinking a five-foot cement curbing with perforations, but this was finally abandoned. A wooden frame strainer then was...
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FARM LECTURES
To be Given at the State High Schools by Members of the
Extension Staff
Agricultural College of Utah
1910-1911
MONDAY MORNING.
1. Lecture on Farm Animals.
(a) The live stock industry in Utah.
(b) Composition of foods....
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(1) Seeds, cuttings, layerings, grafting, budding.
(b) Planting and cultivation of trees.
(1) Preparation of the ground.
(2) Species and varieties for various localities.
(3) Cover crops.
(c) Pruning and spraying.
THURSDAY MORNING.
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periments in which to determine the amount of moisture, humus, etc. in various types of soils in our locality. Three hours credit. First term.
Cereal Crops. This course deals with the history, cultivation, development, and marketing of...