ABSTRACT
In 1891 the establishment of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Laramie and associated farms in several places further contributed to the future of Wyoming’s agriculture. With the use of time lines based on statistics and other materials such as maps, a picture of many of the important changes that have taken place in Wyoming’s agricultural occupance may be drawn. One aspect of agriculture about which Wyoming farm operators shared a great deal of agreement was the efficacy of modern conservation methods. Goshen County was Wyoming’s most productive agricultural-cropping county, and its harvested farmland was practically evenly divided between irrigated and nonirrigated land. A familiar scene in Wyoming along almost any highway during most seasons is a herd of sheep, some watchful, yipping dogs, a horse or two, and the sheepherder’s movable quarters. Goshen County was Wyoming’s most productive agricultural-cropping county, and its harvested farmland was practically evenly divided between irrigated and nonirrigated land.
