By W. Dean Frischknecht
Within the excessive kingdom of the northern Wasatch Mountains, lies what's left of 1 of the West’s greatest ranches. Deseret reside inventory corporation used to be reputed at numerous instances to be the most important deepest landholder in Utah and the only greatest manufacturer of wool on the earth. The ranch begun as a sheep operation, yet because it chanced on luck, it additionally ran livestock. included within the Nineties through a couple of northern Utah ranchers who pooled their assets, the corporate was once on the top of profitable operations within the mid-twentieth century while a tender Dean Frischknecht, bearing a contemporary measure in animal technology, landed the task of sheep foreman. In his memoir he recounts intimately how Deseret controlled large herds of farm animals, large lands, and wealthy natural world and recollects via full of life anecdotes how stockmen and their households lived and labored within the Wasatch Mountains and cranium Valley’s wasteland wintering grounds.
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I told Will that the only way I could justify this was by noting that our men felt a little better after the second grub order was distributed. Maybe because of that, they would go the extra mile for us, and maybe we would have less employee turnover if they were happy about working for us. I knew the extra cost would be about $800 per year, but one disgruntled herder could cost us more than that. Will told me to keep costs as low as possible. I could tell from Will’s tone of voice that this slightly liberalized grub policy was not to his liking.
Fred was impressed, and said they could be the best on the outfit. He was smiling proudly, holding back on the lines, as he drove away from the barns at the ranch. 49 50 Old Deseret Live Stock Company Keith Moss McMurrin Collection Hay stacked loose as was the practice at the Home Ranch. Will Sorensen had instructed me to always keep seventeen two-horse teams of draft horses for use in operating the sheep outfit. The company always kept a Percheron or Belgian draft stallion at the Home Ranch. Ralph Moss liked to use a Percheron for a few years and then breed the daughters to a Belgian.
Over the years, the company had used two Belgian stallions from the University of Nebraska. Their offspring were docile and easily broken to work. Each time a new team was put into service, it was a great source of satisfaction to cowboys, camptenders, sheepherders, and everyone. The company also raised topquality saddle horses. One or two Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, or Morgan stallions were kept at the Home Ranch to sire saddle stock. Brood mares with suckling foals were turned out on the range after the mares were again safely in foal.