Show l tong Dong ng Step Taken In Plans For Turkey Processing Plant PlantA A long sk step p toward providing a II turkey processing plant to handle birds grown In Washington and andIron andIron andIron Iron counties was taken Tuesday night when a meeting was held In Cedar City with growers from the two counties co Ity agents bank officials and others in attendance Clyde C. C Edmonds general manager manager man man- ager of the Utah Poultry Association Association tion tion and Charles Rudd live poultry poul I try manager of the association met with Ute the local representatives and after hearing a report of conditions here her the number of lords ds now being produced and the possibilities for future development outlined two taro plans under which the association tion would cooperate One of the proposals was that thata a cooperative growers organization be lie set up and subscribe stock Inthe Inthe in inthe the plant so that after a few years ears the growers would own the plant The Utah association would build the tile plant and operate it until such time as Uio the growers were ready to take It over oyer Under this plan the grower must agree to send all his birds to the Ule plant and pay a are re regular regular re- re gular processing fee approximately per pound and also subscribe stock at the Ule rate of SOc lOc per bird handled At this rate the plant would became become the property of the Ule growers after three or four years Under the other plan the northern northern northern north north- ern operators would build and operate operate op operate op- op erate the plant the growers contracting contracting con con- to ship their birds to the plant and pay a regular processIng processing processIng process process- Ing fee The first plan Is the most ac acceptable acceptable DC- DC to most of the growers and a committee was appointed Tuesday to work out details The committee Is composed of Walter Cannon St. St George Wayne Sandberg Sandberg Sandberg Sand Sand- berg Washington Moroni Sanders Seth Beth Jones Enterprise Joint Hurricane and Joseph Thompson Hamiltons Hamilton's Fort Cedar City seems scents to tb be the logical location for the plant since It offers of of- fers fees railroad shipping hipping facilities and since geographically a large number number number num num- ber of the birds are grown groan In lo localities localities lo- lo more to this point although a large percent of them are owned In Washington county Many of the birds are located at New Harmony Enterprise Enterprise Enter Enter- prise and Pinto Since Cedar City would benefit most from the stand point of employment em em- employment furnished and elated advantages advantages advantages ad ad- vantages some of the Washington coun county country y growers are of the opinion that Cedar City capital should be used for the erection of the plant However they express a willingness willing willing- willingness ne ness to cooperate In all other ways and are anxious to do everything possible to secure a plant The establishment of such ch a II processing plant would do much to fo the turkey Industry Industry Indus Indus- try and would assure continued growth of the Industry This would provide a new now Industry for this section comparable to the pod pea both from cash crop and an employment standpoint |