Record Details
page 201
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 201 Final Report : Survey and Evaluation of Archeological and Historical Resources, Central Utah Project, 1977 ..., page 201 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 201 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; 201 inches a year and comes either as snow in the winter or as thundershowers thunder showers in the summer because of the sparse vegetation and the rocky to sandy nature of the soil the soil does not hold moisture well and the runoff is rapid there are no significant springs on leland bench other factors which influence the location of reservoirs are the division of the bench into two grazing areas and the location of corrals water sources other than the artificial reservoirs are the duchesne river and natural depressions in dry years it is necessary to truck water from the duchesne river to the sheep in 1976 emory smith trucked water and in early june 1977 bert coleman was trucking water although it costs more to truck water this cuts down on the distance which the sheep must walk thus they walk off less weight there are six or seven corrals on leland bench according to emory smith the corrals are only used to hold the sheep prior to shearing and for two or three days after shearing shearing of smiths sheep begins around april 20 to 25 today the shearer is a mexican american from texas according to smith sheep must be penned up for two or three days after they have been sheared or until they develop a mucous lining under the skin this lining protects them from the cold if they are not penned up at night they will separate wander off and get cold an examination of the distribution of corrals indicates that they are located well away from the access roads to the duchesne and green river flood plains this would minimize the disturbance to the flock from traffic cut down on the loss of lambs during lambing season and reduce the risk of theft the corrals are also located near water sources the mean distance from corral to nearest water source is 1.44 144 km range equals 0.50 050 km to 2.20 220 km in five cases the nearest water source is an artificial reservoir in one case the nearest water source is the duchesne river although corrals and water sources appear to be associated it is not known if one determines the location of the other or whether other factors are involved some corrals are located at the heads of washes or small gullies the sides of the gullies or washes are used to confine the I 1 sheep and to funnel them into the corrals other corrals in open areas use long wing like fences to achieve the same purpose eighty eight abandoned sheep camps were recorded on leland bench these camps are not randomly distributed about the bench their location probably reflects the interaction of at least five factors As is the case of the corrals the camps are located so as to avoid the |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/7741 |
