[Rollo S. Jones looks over part of the 643-acre farm owned by the university south of Spanish Fork, ca. 1957]

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Call Number	UAP 2 Folder 221
Photographer	Unknown
Title	[Rollo S. Jones looks over part of the 643-acre farm owned by the university south of Spanish Fork, ca. 1957]
Description	Rollo S. Jones, manager, looks over part of the 643-acre farm south of Spanish Fork, which BYU acquired in 1957 to provide experience for students in the College of Biological and Agricultural Science. Max V. Wallentine is assistant dean and director of the farm. In addition, there is the Animal Science Center north of the main campus. On these farms the students learn how to cope with problems in weed infestation, fertility, drainage, irrigation, topography, feed production and storage, animal nutrition and management, dairy science, record keeping, meat production, horticulture, and overall management of a complex farm. The program is managed mostly for the education of BYU students, although other benefits result, such as research and experimental activities. Also, the farm produces its own feed, and the products of the dairy are processed at the Dairy Products Laboratory near Deseret Towers for use on campus. On the big farm the college maintains 652 Holstein dairy cattle with 353 milk cows, 100 beef cattle, and 385 head of swine (Yorkshire and Hampshire). At the Animal Science Center are a sheep flock of eighty registered Suffolks, about a dozen quarter horses, and a poultry project with about 15,000 hens in twelve buildings. BYU animals are consistent blue ribbon winners in the state and national fairs and shows. In addition there are hay barns, machine shelters, fruit storage buildings, lounging sheds, a milking parlor with a 2,000-gallon automatic cooling tank. offices, maternity and calf barns, a feed mill, a 6,000-ton silage pit, a 1,000-ton vertical silo, and ten homes for twelve families of faculty and supervisors. There are also many acres of alfalfa, corn, barley, and soybeans; five acres of experimental vegetable crops; pastureland, orchards, and agronomy plots; roads, canals, and settling ponds. Over 400 students are involved in field-trip programs each year, and 150 or more have major laboratory projects at the farm each semester. Work-study internships provide on-the-job experience and employment for many students.
Edition	Electronic reproduction;
Publisher Original	Brigham Young University
Date Original	ca. 1957
Date of Photographic Print	ca. 1970-1975
Publisher Digital	Brigham Young University
Date Digital	2005-01
Physical Description	Gelatin Silver; 18.9 x 24.1 cm. (7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Medium	Gelatin Silver
Dimensions	18.9 x 24.1 cm. (7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Holding.Institution (Owning Institution)	Brigham Young University
Subject	Farms Domestic animals Brigham Young University. College of Biology and Agriculture Jones, Rollo S.
Topics	Farms Domestic animals Brigham Young University. College of Biology and Agriculture
Geographic Place Names	Spanish Fork (Utah)
Subject Category	Brigham Young University--History
Genre	Photographs Portraits
Historic Time Frame	Wilkinson Era 1951-1971
Citation	Brigham Young University : 1000 views of 100 years, 221 top left
Relation (Collection)	BYU Photographs 1000 Views for 100 Years
Provenance	The Brigham Young University Archives at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.
Rights (Patron Usage...)	http://www.lib.byu.edu/sc_copyright.html
Type	image
Format.Use (Format)	image/jpg
Identifier	UAP2_F221_p221topleft.jpg
File Size	5496.345 KB
SIRSI id	a2760331

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