This paper investigates the relationship between tourism and well being, or quality-of-life, within eighteen counties in Utah. To evaluate the relationship, comparisons of the counties' differing l evel s of tourism versus their levels of welfare are necessary. To make these comparisons, three basic steps were followed. First, a social ordering model was derived. The proposed social ordering model was based upon Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of human needs. By utilizing his theory, both economic and noneconomic indicators were identified, and a basis was provided upon which to judge the differing positions of well-being. Factor analysis was applied to this model in order to aggregate the indicators and derive a single quality-of-life index. Second, measurement of tourism was developed. A direct measurement of the level of tourist activity was not available. An indirect indicator of tourism was estimated by taking the proportion of total gross taxable revenue earned by eating and drinking establishments and taxable room sales. The derived indirect variable was more reflective of comparative tourism dependency levels than of the actual level of tourism. Therefore, the variable was renamed touri sm dependency. Third, the correlation between quality-of-life and tourism dependency was calculated. A Pearson correlation coefficient test was performed from which initial results sugge sted a potentially strong negative relationship between the particular qualifiers of well-being used here and tourism. It was apparent that thE two variables that could be defined by certain available indicators were not perfect measurements of the proposed variables, but aspects or components of the desired variables . Each reflected certain attributes of the proposed variables, but not the total concept. A possible explanation for the strong inverse relationship between the qualifiers of quality of life and tourism in this study may be each county's potential for economic diversification. Other studies have shown that areas that are dependent upon a single resource may experience higher levels of economic, demographic, and social instability as compared to those areas with a more diverse economic base. These factors, which in this model would lead to lower values for the calculated quality -of- life indicator in those counties, were estimated to be more tourist dependent .

This problem is to construct a set of cumulative record cards for use in the elementary and secondary schools of Utah. In order to realize the above purpose it will be necessary to (1) make forms for the systematic recording of the data and (2) provide for standardizing methods of collecting these data.

This study was designed to determine the relative profitability of sugar beet production relative to other enterprises competing with sugar beets for limited resources and to estimate a production response of sugar beet growers in the beet producing areas of Utah. Sugar beet producing areas in Utah were delineated. Representative farm units for beef-crop, dairy-crop, and all- crop farms were synthesized. Enterprise budgets were formulated and analysed to ascertain the relative profitableness of sugar beets compared to competing enterprises in each production area. Linear programming was used to develop the supply response portion of this study. An aggregated supply curve was derived showing the acreage response of sugar beet producers at varying sugar beet prices. Rotation for nematode control restricted annual sugar beet production to 25 percent of available sugar beet land. The price range over which it would be profitable to include sugar beets in the optimum combinations was $9.98 per ton to $14.19 per ton.

Plant nematodes belong to a large group of invertebrates known as round worms, They derive their name from the Greek word "nema," meaning thread. In literature some authors refer to nematodes as nemas. In England and many parts of the United States, plant-parasitic nematodes are called eelworms. While some damage to plants results from mechanical injury, salivary secretions injected by the nematode into the plant are usually the major cause of damage. Experiments conducted in the first part of the present century have demonstrated large differences in plant growth in soil infested with nematodes and soil freed of nematodes by chemicals. Any plant subjected to nematode attack is reduced in growth. The most important nematode which attacks and retards the growth of alfalfa in Utah is the stem nematode. This parasite has been reported in most of the major alfalfa-producing counties of the state. In certain areas the nematode is prevalent to such a degree that only resistant varieties can be grown if the crop is to remain for more than two or three years. In other areas stands and yields are reduced in varying degrees. In many additional areas it is not known if the stem nematode is present, since a complete survey of the state has never been made. The objectives of this investigation were to determine the distribution of the stem nematode of alfalfa through a complete survey of the state. The physical factors of the plant and soil which may be correlated with the presence of the nematode were likewise surveyed.

A consumer characteristic profile of the snowmobile owners in Utah was compiled and compared to the general population in Utah and the United States. Other statistics were compiled which included user preferences of snowmobiling sites and machine characteristics. Data were collected by a mail survey of snowmobilers during the 1974-75 snowmobiling season. Approximately 315 questionnaires were analyzed. Additional data were collected from the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. Total economic rent values were estimated for 58 sites in Utah . These values were then separated into location and quality values. This was done by reallocating trips to sites by means of a least cost programming technique. The value attributed to location was subtracted from the total and the residual is attributed to site quality. Ten site characteristics were chosen to analyze site quality. Stepwise regression was used to show this relationship. Increasing site carrying capacity was undertaken in the model to show the effect on site quality. An exposition factor for number nf trips was derived by using the largest use month, the month with the greatest number of trips recorded. Comparisons were then made between the unexpanded data to that and the expanded data.

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were an,y differences between what Utah high school band teachers perceive as important skills, activities, behaviors, knowledge, and concepts in the context of the rehearsal and their assessment of the degree to which these i terns ·were applied during the rehearsal period. A survey questionnaire listing twenty band rehearsal instructional items was used to obtain the data. Sixty-one percent of the sample responded to the survey. The sample included all high school band teachers in the state of Utah. A correlation coefficient was computed between respondent's ratings of the validity of the instructional item to the band rehearsal and the degree to which the respondents applied that item in their rehearsals. There was a positive correlation between these ratings for all twenty items. Some items, however, had a lower correlation coefficient than others showing a lesser degree of congruency between opinion of validity and application.

The upper Colorado River drainage system yields approximately 104,000 acre-feet of silt annually to the Colorado River. In an attempt to reduce the silt load, federal land management agencies have installed numerous land surface treatments. A study was conducted to measure the economic benefits of the land treatments near Cisco, Utah, and to compare them to the treatment costs and to develop predictive criteria for estimating the optimum intensity of treatment. The economic evaluation was done in a benefit-cost framework and the criteria for estimating optimum intensity of treatment was done in a production-function framework. The land treatments were found to be effective in retaining silt, but treatment apparently resulted in decreased livestock carrying capacity. Over-all, the land treatments were found to be uneconomical.

The mapped area, which includes the eastern part of the Richmond and the western part of the Naomi peak quadrangles, Utah-Idaho, is located in the central part of northern Utah and southeastern Idaho. It is located along the eastern side of Cache Valley and western side of the Bear River Range. Cache Valley is in the Basin and Range province and the Bear River Range is in the Middle Rocky Mountain province. The mapped area is about 8.6 miles long, in the north-south direction, and 7.8 miles long, in the east-west direction. The Mutual Formation of Precambrian age is the oldest stratigraphic unit exposed in the mapped area. It consists of purple and brown quartzite. The Brigham Formation of Early Cambrian age and the Langston Formation of Middle Cambrian age overlie the Mutual in stratigraphic succession. The Salt Lake Formation of Tertiary age unconformably overlies older rocks; it is also faulted against the Mutual Formation. A major landslide of Precambrian, Cambrian, and Ordovician formations is present in the southern part of the mapped area. It is unconformably overlapped by the Salt Lake Formation. The Lake Bonneville Group of late Pleistocene age is present in Cache Valley and overlaps older rocks along the western side of the Bear River Range. The Precambrian and Cambrian stratigraphic units, except for those of the landslide, dip eastward and form the western flank of the Logan Peak syncline. A small disharmonic asymmetrical anticline, in the Langston and Ute Formations of Cambrian age, indicates eastward movement. Two beddingplane faults locally eliminate the basal Naomi Peak Limestone Member of the Langston Formation. A major normal fault, which is nearly vertical, extends along the base of the Bear River Range. Another normal fault, which is probably nearly vertical, parallels the western edge of the foothills. The folding and bedding-plane thrust faulting involve eastward movement and occurred during the Sevier orogeny. This orogeny began during late Jurassic time and extended into the early part of the Tertiary Period. Basin and Range normal faulting began early in the Tertiary Period. The normal faults produced great relief between Cache Valley and the Bear River Range. The landslide surface is thought to have formed as a west-dipping thrust fault. Reversed movement on this fault, due to removal of support on the valley side, produced the major landslide. (58 pages)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate child support orders made after legislative adoption of child support guidelines by comparing them to child support orders made prior to uniform guideline adoption to determine if child support orders had increased, decreased, or remained the same; to determine if child support orders were adequately covering the cost of raising children; to determine if child support guidelines had resulted in similar treatment of comparable cases; to determine if judges/hearing officers were deviating from the guidelines; and to determine the reasons for deviation. There was no statistically significant difference found between the mean child support order made under the legislative guidelines and the mean child support order made prior to standardized guideline adoption. When the mean child support order made under the uniform guidelines was compared to the 1990 poverty standard, no statistically significant difference was found. However, the mean child support order under the legislative guidelines was found to be significantly less than both the 1990 USDA estimate of the cost of rearing children and Espenshade's (1984) updated estimate of expenditures on children. No significant difference was found between the rate of compliance/noncompliance with the guidelines by judicial district. However, a statistically significant difference was found to exist between counties. Results indicate that there is still a great deal of variation in the amount of child support being ordered under standardized child support guidelines.

The geological column in northern Utah has had very little detailed study. Those who have made reports on this section have done so only in a very general way, making no detailed sections of any part of the column, excepting that of the Cambrian made by Walcott. Other work has been done by Mansfield in southeastern Idaho and a general section of the Devonian made in Green Canyon, Bear River Range, Utah by kindle.