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Show I Work Started On New Seed Plant In Delta Northrup, King and Company, commenced work on their new seed plant in the old sugar factory warehouse this week. They recently recent-ly made a five-year lease with the county for about 75 of the south part of the warehouse. The small room at the lower part of the building will be used for the machinery and storage will be I made in the northern part of the . building. The plant will be of modern make including a complete seed processing with a capacity of 3 million pounds o'f alfalfa seed a year. A new concrete floor will ; be put into the. part they have ! leased and for two weeks during ! May of each year the livestock j show will have the use of thi part of the building as the seed will have been shipped out. Besides the installation of machinery mach-inery repairs include the floor, new windows, a large partition ah-ou! 3-4 the way up the building, toi lets and plumbing, .new docks, both for the railroad cars and trucks. An office will be built in the building and will be kept open the year round for customers. Northrup, King & Co. have been big buyers in this area for years and this is the first time they have planned a seed cleaning plant and warehouse. Lloyd Jacklin and Hilding Sjos-trom Sjos-trom are in charge of the building with a local crew of men hired for the work. |