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Show cooperative are: J. L. Weidmann of Honeyville; Alton S. Cadd of Nephi; and J. Arza Adams of Pleasant Grove. General Manager Clyde C. Edmonds Ed-monds reported a total volume of $20,000,000 for 1951. Increases in membership were announced along with substantial increases in the volume of poultry and feeds sold. George Rudd, manager of the poultry division, announced a total of 5.600,000 pounds of chicken chick-en and 5.500,000 pounds of turkey tur-key has been marketed through the cooperative during 1951. The Utah Poultry officials announced an-nounced a determined fight to shut out the importation of "foreign" "for-eign" eggs into the limited Utah market. A plan of closer cooperation with the Utah Hatchers and Breeders Ass'n, also was set up whereby more and more of the Utah-grown eggs will be used by the Utah producers. Utah Poultry now serves some 30,000 poultrymen in farms in the two states. The history of this splendid organization has just about been the history of the poultry industry in Utah and the intermountain area. v PRESIDENT NAMED FOR UTAH FARMERS COOP Leon Forsgren of Preston, Ida. was named president of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative Coopera-tive for 1952 at the 29th annual convention of the huge co-op on February 15 and 16 at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Other officers named were: William H. Sthorr of Midvale, first vice president; E. Smith Peterson of Salina, second vice president, and H. Ray Pond of Richmond, third vice president. Four directors were chosen at the convention. P. Oliver Hansen retiring president, and William A. Barlocker were reelected. Mr. i gtr. ...In .flffW j k A S ' , " , .. . LEON 'FORSGREN .. i' Hanson resides in Spanish Fork and Mr. Barlocker at St. George. The two newcomers to the board of directors were Jesse Spafford of American Fork and Carl Lun-dell Lun-dell of Payson. In addition to the officers and new directors named, other mem bers of the 11 -man board which determines policy for the Utah |