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Show cc rr ee ee 6 2A THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER OGDEN, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1959 — LDSHead | Back East — To Seek Cash DESOTO, Mormons, Ga. who (AP) went — The west more than.100 years ago, have headed. _. East to seek cash. as The Church of Jesus Christ of § Latter-day Saints has turned af 3,700-acre plantation into a live-| j stock feed yard in this southwest @ Georgia town, , _ Some 7,000 steers now are fat- — tening at Deseret Farms, Inc. on) ~ feed mixed in a mill at the farm. The church bought the planta- § tion in February to fatten cattle § - and then market them. the Book of Mormon : i _. Deseret (the name comes from — and means | _ honey bee) is managed by Mitch-| ell W. Hunt, a 38-year-old Mor- | -mon from Twin Falls, Idaho. | | - He took the unpaid job in Aug- | ust, bringing his wife and chil- dren and leaving behind a live- § ‘Stock and land business, a car agency, and varied commercial property. Ne ge : Between February and August - an Arizona mill and feed lot owner, Charles Willis, gave his time a pay to get Deseret start- ed. Six other Mormons from the| _ West and one from Moultrie, Ga., | -are paid employes holding other | _key jobs at the farm. About 20. Georgians complete the crew, | IN The FLORIDA, TOO. Mormon | Church has ~ $50,000-acre cattle ranch , | al ing station because _ Way to the | in Bre-'§ vard County, Fla. DeSoto was ~chasen as a likely site fora feed- § it is on the markets — with 20 _ Major packing plants within 200 Miles. Sy if § Deseret will have 10,000 cattle in its feeding pens’ by summer. Each lot is kept 90 to 120: days, So in one year’s time the farm - expects to move 40,000 head. _. About half of the cattle are _ bought within reach of. nearby -- Americus, and the farm. plans to _ continue the practice of outside | buying. The farm also purchases § all its own corn on the outside, . most of the hay, and cottonseed meal, molasses and other components of livestock feed. The money, Deseret puts out for cattle, corn, hay and such — | plus the taxes the farm pays — | make it an important part of the economic life in this Vicinity. Facilities at the farm include| _ @ grain elevator at the railroad | and housing for employes. Three houses have been built. and four are under construction. The feed - mill is to be expanded soon. The Deseret branch was set up by the Atlanta Ward (or parish) of the church, which will keep the operation under its wing until it is strong and big! _ enough to make a go of it on its § |
