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Show —_— a a eT TN eT OO ay OR OE RE Pm mid ESR - a ese toys — Associated Some 7,000. steers acre ranch named Press. Photo are here being fat-| Ine. . Deseret eee mn « =- The LDS Church is bringing a touch of the ‘old ‘West to theoH near’ DeSoto, Ga. tened on the = ‘South as shown is this scene of the feeding 1 lot on 7h By ‘Askociated Press." DESOTO, GA., Jan. 24—The tation in | February is ‘fatten its ¢ own. z | Mitchell old Morton ro erin Falls, : methods to the agut | The Church of Jesus Christ Idaho. lof Latter-day Saints has turned HE TOOK the unpaid job in {a 3,700-acre: plantation into a Sllivestock feed yard in this August, bringing his wife and : spiaah ies ‘Georgia town. ‘|children and leaving behind a “Some i.000 steers are ‘fat. livestock. and Jand business, a -otening at Deseret | Farms, | | car agency and varied commerInc., on feed mer ” a. mill: \clal property. at the farm. Between. ‘February. made dae ie} 4 gust an Arizona. ‘mill and feed |lot owner, Charles Willis, gave his. time without pay Ae get | Deseret. started. F Sider Dense. ; N oted for Utah customed to conditions as we the lack of drainage that tu feed pens into masses of mud. ; MEANWHILE, their Georgia : neighbors: are. getting used. to}. the sight of broad-brimmed| hats, so-called. cowboy. shirts |’ ‘and other. ‘western. habits.. But the accents cause some mis understandings, such as when| one Deseret resident went into a Desoto store. “You. sure do talk funny” the storekeeper said cordially. “Where you. from?” “Tdaho,” was ¢ the vester: Six. OTHER. ‘Mormons joes e ‘Tighter weights of sheep | the west and. one. from. Moul-| en's. reply. and lambs: when they were Nelo. Ga. are paid employes “Y'gee!”. esilalmed thet mer-| taken off summer ranges — holding other key jobs at the chant, Sheappwe say Iowa.”and mild fall weather have resulted in a 23 per cent in-. farm. About 20 acres comcrease in. feeders this sea- ‘|plete the crew.. The LDS Church pe - 950 9| son, the. Agricultural Mar|000-acre cattle ranch in Brev-| 1| keting Service reports. an estinpied: ard County, Fla. Desoto -was| . ‘However, 1} $1,000 head of Utah sheep — chosen as a likely site for a| and lambs being fed has 1 re- 4 feeding station because it is| on the way to the markets, “prices ‘as marketings con- 4 with 20 major packing LS ge within 200 miles. tinue at heavier weights. is mae Mitchell W. Hunt... From =. Webiito South, with ideas. | Although -| | the. number of feeders tops last. ayear, if is. off about 15.per. cent, com: pared to’ the five-year av age of Seaders. at ne s 7 et will have 10,000. Sa i time the farin expects to move fe 40, (000. head. ee About. half ‘of the ‘cattle are| | bought within reach of nearby Americus and the farm plans| to continue the practice ‘of out-| side buying. The farm- also}. /purchases- all its own corn on the outside, most of the hay,| and: cottonseed ‘meal, molasses and other companents of live: stock feed. THE MONEY Deseret suite : ‘out for cattle, corn, hay and -jsuch—plus the taxes the farm -|pays—make © it an important) |part of the economic life in| a vicinity. - Facilities at the farm. include a grain elevator at the railroad) and housing. for employes. Three houses have been. built}. and four are under. construc- tion. The. feed . mill’ is. to : expanded soon. : be| THE ‘DESERET branch was set up by the Atlanta Ward of! the Church, which will keep | the operation under its- wing : ae it ee Sno ‘and big}: |
