A little about us...
In 1954 Dallas Green purchased a welder for $150 using his wife’s paycheck she received by sewing on 2nd Street in Ogden Utah. After the purchase of a semi load of used pipe Dallas added swing sets to his product line. Dallas was always looking for new way to grow and expand his business and in about two years of starting out he open up a tractor dealership for Minneapolis M
oline. However, this venture was short-lived due to the fact that shortly thereafter Minneapolis Moline went bankrupt. In 1959, the company joined the Utah Co-op and began selling gasoline. By 1964 a tire shop had been added to the growing business. To meet the needs of a growing customer base Layton Farm Supply was opened in 1972. UDOT’s Front Runner project forced a relocation of the Layton store and a new retail store was opened in Clearfield under the name Dallas Green Farm and Home. Dallas is the holder of three trademarks: Green Hill Fertilizer, Prince Dog Food, and Princess Cat Food. Dallas also holds one US patent. While delivering for Culligan Soft Water, he invented a plug assembly to facilitate tank transportation. A US patent was secured for the amount of $1,000 and orders were taken. Unfortunately, during the first production run, one of the parts was cast too thin. This manufacturing defect caused the plug to break easily. This costly mistake made it impossible to fill the orders and all was for naught. Dallas loved entrepreneurship and the free enterprise system. He believed that if businesses were left unregulated, everyone would receive their just reward. Those who were honest and provided the best products and services would have the most business. Those who treated their customers unfairly and did not provide quality service would go out of business. According to Dallas’s wife, Charlene, he never passed a lemonade stand. Without fail, Dallas would stop, buy two glasses of lemonade, and always leave a tip. Today the company is still locally owned and operated by the Dallas’ sons and grandchildren. Dallas taught them many of the business practices and philosophies that they still use today. The last few years of Dallas’s life were spent mainly doing volunteer work. The School for the Deaf and Blind, Hooper Elementary, and the Hill Air Force Museum each received hundreds of hours of service each year from Dallas. The museum staff reported that he had alone put in 450 hours in 1999. To all of you, from all of us at Dallas Green Farm & Home
Thank you for your support!
