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Show Farmers Behind Project ...... $65,000 Feed Mill Assured For Uintah Basin By Fall Purchase of J. G. Peppard Seed Co. Building Assures Success Of Co-op Less than a month after farmers farm-ers and stockmen of the Uintah Basin met at Roosevelt to hear a plan discussed that could bring a cooperative feed plant to this area, a complete organization has been set up, building purchased, pur-chased, and considerable ground work has been covered that guarantees that by fall of this year a $65,000 plant will be in full operation. According to Rulon Anderton, president of the Uintah Farmers Union Cooperative, and active advocate of the feed mill, who made the announcement to this paper immediately following a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the old J. G. Peppard Seed Co. building was purchased from Howard Harmston and Willard Day for $21,000, and work will begin immediately on renovating renovat-ing and getting the building ready to house the plant. On Jan. 25, representatives of the farming and livestock industries indus-tries of the Basin met at the Roosevelt LDS amusement hall to hear a report from a 15-man delegation which studied feed cooperatives in Colorado, and an address by Arthur Gaeth, Farmers . Union field man, on the subject of feed cooperatives. At that meeting an organization committee composed of Ray Brown, Monarch; Orson Neilson Vernal, and Alma Wills, Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, was named to begin active ac-tive plans toward perfecting a permanent- organization. They were assisted by Dick Axtell, Utah fieldman for Farmers Union. Un-ion. ( At the Tuesday meeting Mr. Brown, was elected to become the permanent chairman of the board that will direct construction construc-tion of the mill and carry on the program from that time forward. Selected to assist Mr. Brown are Marion Harrison, of Neola, vice - chairman; Charles Edwards, Myton, secretary-treasurer; Alma Wills, Roosevelt-Leslie Roosevelt-Leslie Goodrich, Bluebell; Lynn Ross, Arcadia; G'eddes Lindsay, Mt. Home; Lynn Huber, . La-point; La-point; and Orson Nielson will, represent the Vernal area until' they confirm his election or appoint ap-point someone to take his place. The new organization will be known as the Uintah Basin Farmers Union Feed Mill, and will include Duchesne and Uintah Uin-tah counties. Success of the venture became a certainty Tuesday as farmers and stockmen began paying in their initial $50.00 applications, and Farmers Union assured the meeting they stand ready to finance the project with what funds can't be raised locally. It is estimated by the committee that approximately $40,000 will be needed to purchase and install in-stall the machinery and equipment equip-ment needed to make the Basin plant one of the most modern in the nation. Assistance in setting up the Micitt oiiu Luijiyicuu an urbanization urban-ization will come from specialists special-ists in the field, with Colorado being in a position to supply a man from Denver who has had considerable experience in the field. The Extension service of tho Utah State Agricultural college col-lege will also assist with the project. A thought coming out of the meeting Tuesday and the Jan. 25 meeting suggests that the cooperative co-operative feed plant will be a great asset to the Basin. "It will assist local farmers in marketing- their feed without having to ship it from the area, and at the same time afford stockmen and farmers an opportunity to purchase feeds at a price that will make livestock feeding a profitable business. The plant itself will supply employment for approximately 5 to 8 men. It is possible that the plant will begin operating on a partial par-tial basis before fall, but full-scale full-scale operations aren't expected before September of this year. |