The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-18

Packing & Provision company, and 4
ideally located on the banks OF tn
Weber river, adjoining the great rail
road yards which make Ogden tn,
transportation center of an milan,
empire.
Our readers will be interested L
know that this splendid institution
which has recently been tripled II
size. now occupies floor space total
ing 140,650 square feet. or approx
mately six acres. 1t has a daily ca
pacity for the dispatching to finished
products of 1850 hogs, 1900 sheep
800 cattle. The products of the
Ogden Packing & Provision company
ham, bacon, lard. sausage, a cook
ing compound, etc.-are recognized
for their high quality throughout thj
intermountain states and along the
entire Pacific slope. Great quaint.
ties OF its cured meats have been
furnished the allied governments dur
ing the great European war.
Had Small
Beginning.
With the firm conviction that the
mountain states furnished the logical
location for a packing plant industry,
a few business men of ogden incor-
porated the Ogden Packing & Pro-
vision company in 1901, with a paid
up capital OF $500. The first build
ing. was erected in 1906. While n
very modest structure, II represented
n faith in future realization; II was
much too large for the number of
cattle, sheep and hogs that could
then be secured and disposed of.
Standing orders were placed for every
hos that the intermountain farmers
would bring to this plant. The in
dustry soon established a reputation
for its quality products, and the local
hog supply became entirely made
quate.. 1t was found necessary to
go to eastern markets for additional
supply Of hogs.
From the inception of this indus
try, its owners have done all within
their power to encourage the farmers
of the mountain states in the raising
of marketable hogs. sheep and cattle.
To begin with, they went so far as to
which to buy hogs.
Pioneers In The Hog In
dustry OF The West
These gentlemen may rightly claim
to be the pioneers in the hog in
dustry of the intermountain country
AS the market developed. and hog
raisers learned the profitableness OF
the industry, quite an impetus was
given the business. On January
1916, the United States government
reported $4,000 hogs in Utah and
Idaho. This was tremendous ad.
vance from but few hundred ter
years before.
During the first years operation
OF the Ogden Packing & Provision
company plant, it handled less thar
5000 head OF hogs; its present capac'
ity will permit It to handle 400, 00c
hogs.
A Genuine
Commercial Factor
What this industry means to the
people living in the intermountair
country may be estimated when We
tell you that the major part Of all the
hogs we use are raised in our own
territory, the money for which finds
Its way into all the commercial
channels OF these mountain states
reacting as benefit on all its people
Extensive StoCkyard
Facilities
AS a result OF the rapid growth oil
this packing plant industry. 1t became
necessary to establish stockyard facil
tiles. The Ogden Union Stock Yards
adjoining the packing plant on tn,
opposite bank of the Weber river, t
the west, cover seventy two acres
They are thoroughly modern, ant
afford every facility for exhibitinl
and selling of livestock. Covere
sheds are provided for housing tn
stock during inclement weather. A
the yards are cement floored, pre-
viding ample sanitation and insurin
the cleanliness and health of animals
Cement drinking troughs, filled wit
fresh, pure water, are in evidenC
everywhere. The unloading pla
forms are built on a level with floor
of railroad cars, thus eliminating II
old-fashioned incline chutes.
There are facilities in these yarC