Pg. 98 and only realized ten bushels from it. Father would dig trenches around one side of the grain field, and fill them with water. The whole family worked trying to keep the hoppers back. We would take gunny sacks and scare them into the trenches and they would drown. But they were so thick that we lost nearly everything. Our gardens would be cleared but in a few hours, with not a sign of vegetation left.” On account of the grasshoppers flour had to be hauled from the east and was sold as high as $12.00 per cot. The last of the hoppers was in 1874 or 75. They came from the east and passed over the country, dropping into Great Salt Lake. Pg. 99 Early Industries. About 1870, an eastern man, William Farrell, brought a stem saw mill into the valley, and ten expert mill men. He also brought a large number of oxen. They camped in Richville that spring. The mill was taken up into Hardscrabble Canyon where they cut hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber. The cutting and hauling of the timber furnished employment for most of the men in Porterville and Richville. After using this mill about a year Mr. Farrell sold it and brought in a larger one – a 60 – inch saw – with which he was able to cut a great deal more lumber. His camp supplies he brought direct from the east. Fruits and finer provisions to the value of $1000.00 were brought by him at one time. He had a lumber yard at Richville – where the Stanley Rose property now is – which was the largest that has ever been in Morgan County. Mr. Farrell married a daughter of Billa Dickson. Nine saw mills were operated in Hardscrabble Canyon in the early days. Some of these were run by steam, and some by water. There were also two shingle mills. (see opposite page) from 99 The mill farthest up the canyon was Farrell’s mill which was located on the east fork of Hardscrabble. The timber was brought down the mountain side by oxen. The next was the Standish mill. It was located on the west fork of Farrell Canyon. The work here was mostly sawing ties. The next was Holdman’s water power mill, which sawed a great many shingles and lumber also. This was located at the mouth of Standish Fork. Then came Billa Dickson’s mill. This furnished shingles and lumber of all kinds. It was situated about 200 yards down the main canyon from Farrell’s canyon. The water mills ran night and day because they could get more power in the night than day time. Further down the canyon was Porter and Walton’s mill and at the mouth of Arthur’s canyon was Jake Arthur’s mill and Josh Williams owned a mill in the once canyon. Lumber was hauled over the mountains from these mills to Bountiful. Charcoal was produced in the same canyon. This was shipped to the mines at Bingham for smelting purposes. The lumber business