▁would ▁look ▁when ▁completed . ▁ ▁Since ▁early ▁Ut ah ▁residents ▁were ▁ge ograph ically ▁isolated ▁from ▁manufact uring ▁cent ers ▁on ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁East ▁and ▁West ▁coast s , ▁they ▁re lied ▁upon ▁the ▁Society ▁and ▁the ▁annual ▁ex position ▁to ▁learn ▁new ▁and ▁better ▁methods ▁of ▁far ming ▁and ▁manufact uring . ▁ ▁The ▁D . A . M . ▁Society ▁was ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁Ut ah ▁State ▁Fair ▁board , ▁but ▁it ▁instit uted ▁branches ▁in ▁various ▁count ies , ▁which ▁are ▁regarded ▁as ▁for er unn ers ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁fair s ▁held ▁throughout ▁the ▁State ▁today . ▁Ex pos itions ▁were ▁not ▁the ▁only ▁concern ▁of ▁the ▁Society . ▁The ▁members ▁listed ▁the ▁min eral ▁resources ▁and ▁gathered ▁agricult ural ▁statistics ▁for ▁the ▁territory , ▁worked ▁on ▁re clam ation ▁projects ▁that ▁attract ed ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁civil ized ▁world , ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁progress ▁in ▁the ▁arts ▁and ▁sciences . ▁The ▁Society ▁was ▁also ▁responsible ▁for ▁establish ing ▁the ▁first ▁experimental ▁garden ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁Mississippi , ▁the ▁Des er et ▁Gard ens , ▁located ▁at ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁Em igration ▁C any on . ▁The ▁main ▁purpose ▁of ▁the ▁Gard ens ▁was ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁pure ▁seed ▁for ▁distribution ▁to ▁the ▁various ▁settlement s ▁of ▁the ▁Territ ory . ▁ ▁The ▁Society ' s ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁was ▁by ▁no ▁means ▁provincial ▁in ▁their ▁a ims ▁or ▁methods ▁of ▁promotion . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁a