Uintah Basin Standard | 1964-01-09 | Page 8 | Dairy Operation at Altamont Sold to SLC Firm

Dairy operation at Altamont Sold to firm Nelson-Ricks one of the West's pioneer producers of butter and and headquarters in Salt Lake recently purchased the Uintah Creamery Altamont from Federated Dairy Farms according to Myron general Federated has been utilizing the plant for the past several years for the manufacture of condensed milk for use in ice Nelson-Ricks is in the process of converting the in to the manufacture of cheeses under the label which is nationally Acquisition of the plant was according to due to the increasing demand for Banquet particularly in Utah and the Southern California Nelson-Ricks operates 9 other cheese plants in Utah and most happy to have had the opportunity of obtaining the Altamont said to be in a where we can become part of the business community of Roosevelt and surrounding Our production is on a year-round milk producers are assured of a steady market for their pro and our employees will have year-round The Altamont plant was operated by Art who sold it to the Federated group several years