Show F Jr I. I NOG PRODUCERS r t f f s T BASIN HOG RAISERS tho Sigman Company ing facilities at Brush Colorado to get ideas for setting up a two two- county hog marketing Association Ken McLean second from right Hog Raisers Visit Colorado Operations Thirty hog raisers from Uintah and Duchesne Counties were hosted on a trip to Brush Colorado by Sigman Meat Company of Denver August 12 to 14 THE GROUP left Vernal by charter b bus s and toured a slaughter and feed feedlot feedlot feedlot lot operation at Brush and then went wenton on to Denver and visited the Sigman Hog Division processing facilities The purpose purpose of the tour was to acquaint acquaint ac ac- quaint local hog raisers with the Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado hog operation and to make preparations preparations pre pre- for the organization of of- ofa a hog association in the basin IN JULY a meeting was held in Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt with hog raisers to begin organizing organizing organ organ- izing a hog market association with Sigman Sigman Sigman Sig Sig- man Meat Company At this meeting Ken McLean was chosen as the pro pro- mary contact man With the closing of Swifts Swift's Ogden plant in the near future the farmers were looking for a place to send their marked mark mark- ed ready ed-ready ready hogs The group plans to get together a cooperative system of trans of-trans- trans transporting porting their animals to Brush Colorado for slaughtering at the Sigman plant The Roosevelt meeting was arranged by Carl Larson of the Four Four Corners Corners Regional Regional Re Re- gional Commission I. ld J Jis Is ts shown with officials of Brush and Sigman Meat Company as os tour begins of the slaughtering facilities Basin tour members at left enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed loyed the three three day day trip |