There were animals on the farm, too: chickens and rabbits, a sow and her piglets. Godbey tried establishing a dairy, but because he couldn't provide pasteurization for the milk, city manager Sims Ely put a stop to it. The cow got away once and wandered up into town to the delight of Boulder kids. The policeor rangers, as they were called thenpenned the cow behind the police station, and when Godbey went to bring her home, Ely asked he leave her there for the school kids to enjoy awhile. Tom Godbey's sons managed to earn money from the farm: they bagged all the manure and sold it to Boulder City gardeners for 50¢ a sack.
In the late 1930s the Godbeys sold the farm to Franklin Stice and his family, who brought in hogs and a horse. They fed the horse with grass they raised along the irrigation ditch, and collected garbage from Boulder City restaurants to slop the hogs. Eventually, shortly before he retired in 1941, Sims Ely pulled the Stice's lease and shut down the farm, concerned about health issues.
Where Tom Godbey's corn once grew and where Frank Stice's hogs used to rut today is some of Boulder City's most expensive and desirable property.

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