Show co MW 0 mf ts r lime time w fo M h i ul fy 1 rs rc I 1 IN c JV colletts colle calo off fal for possible purchase of milk plant member rs 1 aral dairy cooperative association Ass oela at meetings held at the vin tab county courthouse alteria high school and lapoint ward charel chapel tuesday and wednesday of last w week voted to postpone the deadline for acceptance of free ree memberships in n the association so until april 1 reason for the extension according 9 to E eldon don billings association n president ent is because it was d disclosed through rions held at the meetings that many dairymen do not understand the purpose of the organization Z after april I 1 a 10 membership fee will be ch charged arg alvin carpenter secretary of the utah council ot of farmer cooperatives 0 er keir at v es wax was the principal afe speaker at the meetings he declared c red that the farmer Is the fellow who buys retail and sells wholesale purpose of ithe the organization of dairymen and farmer cooperatives Is it he explained pla ined ried to give the producers producer a bargaining power the contracts which the local cooperative uve has been using were determined ned by the members to not be exactly suited for use in this area mr carpenter was requested qu ested to draw up a more suitable b I 1 contract form when these new contracts have been completed they will be furnished members for signing resigning re and the turn old signed contracts will be returned the scale off was explained by mr billings as being levy which will be assessed on each pound of butterfat which the dairymen sell through the association the amount of this levy will be determined by the members but will probably be either two or three cents a butterfat pound this money will be placed in a forced savings account in a local bank and each individuals farmer will be bg credited with the amount paid by him the fund will accumulate in a revolving fund part of which will be allocated for the payment of association expenses and the remainder earmarked tor for purchase of a possible processing plant ant however if if it develops that at the association will be able to deal with milk distributors and manufacturers without the necessity of purchasing its own processing plant the money earmarked for the plant in the revolving fund will be refunded to the various members nearly ninety per cent of the dairymen in uintah coun ty have joined the association said mr billings the directors of the association asso catlon cation and hid various milk distributors and processors operating in the uintah basin met in an all an day meeting held at the uintah bank directors room monday to discuss awarding of milk handling contracts by the association no awards were made at the meeting instead th the e directors directo t a voted to call for sealed bids from the milk companies these bid swill be opened march 24 ra 1 n ICU 9 and contracts will be awarded at that time the directors em expressed themselves ro u g 0 of f favoring home industry 1 in n th the 0 awarding of the contracts contra acta ot |