Show a. a 4 t L 4 r k t 1 4 S 1 c 55 4 41 N 1 AIRPLANE VIEW OF OGDEN UNION STOCK YARDS AND AMERICAN PACKING AND PROVISION COMPANY PLANT Packing Company Aid To Livestock Raisers By fly A. A P P. P MILLER One of the largest single factors In inthe inthe the he raising of cattle sheep and hogs hoes in n the int intermountain country aside rom from the natural forage and range conditions has bc been n the activities of the he American Packing and Provision company located in Ogden This plant has been functioning for many years as part of the industrial section of Ogden but it was not until three years ago when it was organized ed from the ashes of a past company that it be began an to take its place as a areal areal areal real ass est to the community Since that time it has been a real factor in the encouraging of the livestock livestock live live- stock industry and its buyers workIng working working work work- ing on the markets of the Ogden union union union uni uni- on stock yards have been bidding t a a. a a Iri p x c Hy Y r s r iy N mod c OGDEN LIVESTOCK SHOW CHAMPIONS prices equal to the great packing centers centers centers cen cen- of the middle west It markets its products product under tho the Mountain Nectar and Sego Lily brands and is rapidly pushing these names into the best stores of the intermountain in in- country and the west Each year shows a commanding increase increase increase in in- crease in business with over I handled during the fiscal year from Cram October 31 1928 to October 31 1929 Its products include some 70 items among which are fresh and smoked pork fresh beef and some pickled pickled pic plc- kled and fresh mutton products By-products include hides tallow and offal The payroll I of the company runs over a year or approximate approximately ly Iy 1000 a day distributed among employees With its percentage of profit on each article sold cut to a minimum volume has become the crying need of the plant and it is rapidly extending extending extending extend extend- ing its distribution throughout Utah I eastern Idaho western Montana and some of California Of every dollar spent for expenses it is estimated that 80 86 per cent goes to the purchase of the animals leaving only 14 per percent percent percent cent for cor the rest of tho the overhead overheads The value of the packing industry to the intermountain country is contained contained con con- in their policy polley of putting their money back into their trade territory For or this reason they at strive rive to buy as many of the animals from this thil re region region region re- re gion as they can and no farmer Carmer or rancher has ever had to look further than Ogden for his market with fair prices price I assured him Practically all aU of their buin buying is la ladone done through tho the Ogden union stock stockyards stockyards stockyards yards and when this market fails falls them they go elsewhere still keeping within their trade territory Some hogs are being shipped in from the middle west To remedy this condition they are urging the growing of hogs through this region and are doing all alt in the power to promote this phase of tl livestock industry Each year tm have given a party for tor the scho echo boys of this territory who have bee be rasing raising ton litters The prices pa by the buyers representing the pac pad ing iny company nave have always been abe aba tho the market and have given adds add impetus to the th move among the cor corIng coring Ing farmers Their dall dally daily capacity permits theto the theto theto to handle 1 lOO 00 hogs a day but tl U local supply is far under this fit fil ure tire They are ro also forced to do a ce celain tain lain amount of of cattle to a asure asure asure sure a steady supply of well conditio ed beef beH Producing tons tona of cooking fi tl fi every month 30 tons tona of sausages p pi week and 30 t tons ns of ot smoked mea roes per week the company operates can c an investment of over x L 1 z t 1 7 I f 1 v vIII r t tI tf 55 III I f r r y 1 rt L I f w Y YN 1 N i l WEBER COUNTY CALF CLUBS c c K s Y f I h 1 s j jJ J 1 j J AV M w y 4 t TYPICAL OF FAT LAMBS RECEIVED AT STOCK YARDS J t 1 |