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                                                               EXHIBIT 10 (C)(6)

              MEMBERSHIP, MARKETING, AND/OR PURCHASING AGREEMENT
                      OF GOLD KIST INC., ATLANTA, GEORGIA


For the undersigned to be recorded as a member and be eligible for patronage 
refunds and other member benefits, this agreement must be accepted and on file 
at Gold Kist Inc. headquarters.

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    First Name (or Name of Partnership or Corporation)          Init.      Last Name           Social Security No. (or Fed .ID. No.)
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                                                                                       Country of Residence
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   Name of Farm, if different from above                                              
                                                                                       Location No.            Patron No.
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Street or RFD No.                                                                      FOR ATLANTA OFFICE USE
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City                                        State          Zip Code           + 4      Member No.            St. Code     Co. Code
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Status of Member: (Always check one)

                         
                         [__]      Proprietorship
                                                                                                       _______________________     
                                                                                                       Owner's Date of Birth
                         [__]     Partnership (print full names of all partners)

                                   ___________________________________________________________         _______________________
                                   First Name               Init.          Last Name                   Date of Birth

                                   ___________________________________________________________         _______________________
                                   First Name               Init.          Last Name                   Date of Birth

                                   ___________________________________________________________         _______________________
                                   First Name               Init.          Last Name                   Date of Birth
                         
                         [__]      Corporation - (Print Name and Title of person signing membership agreement)
                               

                                   ___________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       Name and title of person signing below.


CERTIFICATION: Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

(1)  The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to
     me),AND

(2)  I am not subject to backup withholding either because I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am
     subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or the IRS has notified me that I 
     am no longer subject to backup withholding (does not apply to real estate transactions, mortgage interest paid, the acquisition
     or abandonment of secured property, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and payments other than 
     interest and dividends).

Certification instructions.  You must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by IRS that you are currently subject to
backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return.

The person whose signature appears below acknowledges that the full text of the MEMBERSHIP, MARKETING, AND/OR PURCHASING AGREEMENT 
of GOLD KIST INC., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, appears on the reverse side of this agreement and is incorporated herein. By initialing here 
________, I also certify that I am engaged in the production of farm commodities and am eligible for membership in Gold Kist.

Given under the hand and seal of the parties this ______ day of ___________________, 19 _______

____________________________________________                __________________________        ______________________________________
By: Corporate Secretary                                      Location                          Member's ("Producer's") Signature
Revised 7/9/96                                                                                                                 G-1

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                                                          ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


Receipt of Gold Kist Membership Information Packet dated October 25, 1996, is acknowledged and the information above is confirmed 
correct.

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Applicant's Signature                                                                          Date

Delivered by:  ___________________________________________________________                     ________________________________
                Gold Kist Employee's Signature                                                 Date                             
                                                                                                                                

            ___________________________________________________________                       
            Gold Kist Employee's Name (Please Print)
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               MEMBERSHIP, MARKETING, AND/OR PURCHASING AGREEMENT
                     OF GOLD KIST INC., ATLANTA, GEORGIA


Gold Kist Inc., hereinafter called "Gold Kist," and the undersigned, hereinafter
called "Producer," agree as follows:

1.   By signing this agreement, the Producer represents that Producer is engaged
in the production of agricultural products within the meaning of the cooperative
Marketing Act of the State of Georgia. Unless already a member of Gold Kist, 
Producer applies for membership in Gold Kist and agrees and consents to abide by
the By-Laws of Gold Kist, with particular reference to, but not limited to, the 
following:

     ARTICLE XVII, Section 3, Tax Consent. Each Patron, by virtue of Producer's 
membership in Gold Kist, consents to take into account in the manner provided in
Section 1385(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended from time to 
time, or any successor provision thereto (and hence generally to include in 
Producer's gross income) for the taxable year in which received by Producer the 
stated dollar amount of any Patronage Dividend certificate or written notice 
of allocated reserves or per-unit retain certificate issued to Producer pursuant
to Section 2(b) of this Article XVII. The consent hereby given shall survive 
termination of the Patron's membership.
     
     The Producer does hereby direct that any unclaimed funds to which Producer 
is entitled be transferred to the Gold Kist Foundation, Inc., as provided in the
Gold Kist By-Laws in Section 8 of Article XII.

2.   This Agreement shall automatically terminate immediately upon the Producer 
ceasing to be engaged in the production of agricultural products within the 
meaning of the Cooperative Marketing Act of the state of Georgia. Otherwise, it 
shall continue in full force and effect until terminated as provided in the 
By-Laws of Gold Kist or in the next sentence.

     Either party may terminate its Agreement by giving the other party written 
notice by certified mail.

3.   Gold Kist may enter into agreement with other Producers differing in terms 
from those contained herein but consistent with the Articles of Incorporation 
and By-Laws of Gold Kist without invalidating this Agreement provided that the 
Producer at Producer's request may sign a similar agreement as a substitute for 
this Agreement.

4.   Gold Kist is authorized to exercise any powers conferred upon it hereunder 
through any central agency, corporation, cooperative or subsidiary of which it
is or may become a member or shareholder, or which is a member of Gold Kist.

5.   This Agreement is subject to and includes all of the applicable provisions 
contained in Gold Kist's Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws now or hereafter 
in effect. The parties agree that there are no oral or other conditions, 
promises, representations or inducements in addition to or at variance with any 
of the terms hereof; and that this Agreement represents the voluntary and clear 
understanding of both parties fully and completely.

6.   The Producer requests that Gold Kist enter Producer's subscription for the 
Gold Kist member publication for which Producer agrees to pay upon the receipt 
of bill, the current subscription rate as determined from time to time by Gold 
Kist, or Gold Kist may deduct such amount from any patronage payment or refund 
due Producer each year.

7.   In the event that Producer fails to deliver products to Gold Kist for 
marketing or to purchase farm production supplies or services through Gold Kist 
during three consecutive fiscal years of Gold Kist, Producer shall cease to be a
member of Gold Kist as provided in the By-Laws of Gold Kist and, provided that 
allocated reserves are shown on Gold Kist's books in the name of Producer, 
Producer shall be placed on the list of Former Member Equity Holders.

8.   Out of net earnings of Gold Kist form business done with or for its 
patrons, Gold Kist will distribute to Producer, on a patronage basis, patronage 
dividends, at the times and in the amounts determined and in the form and manner
as provided in the By-Laws of Gold Kist now or hereafter in force. The Gold Kist
Board of Directors has complete discretion on the method and timing of payment,
and any early payments of allocated reserves, if any, may be at a substantial 
discount.

9.   Gold Kist and Producer will submit to binding arbitration all disputes 
between the parties, whether governed by federal, state, or international 
contract law, tort law, statute, or treaty, and irrespective of the form of 
relief sought, relating to or arising out of matters of a type declared by Gold 
Kist's Board of Directors before the dispute arises to be of a type covered by 
Gold Kist's arbitration policy. This obligation to arbitrate shall survive 
any termination of membership with respect to matters arising or relating to 
events or actions before such termination. All such arbitrations shall be 
according to rules and procedures adopted from time to time by Gold Kist's Board
of Directors.

     In no event will punitive or exemplary damages be claimed by or awarded to 
either party, in arbitration or otherwise.


                        MARKETING/PURCHASING CONDITIONS

10.  Gold Kist and Producer may from time to time agree that Gold Kist will buy 
from Producer agricultural products of a type marketed by Gold Kist, and in 
such event Gold Kist agrees to buy and to market such products in a manner 
deemed by it to be most advantageous, including refining or producing other 
products form such agricultural products.

11.  This Agreement is intended by the parties to vest in Gold Kist the 
ownership of such agricultural products and for such agricultural products to 
become part of Gold Kist's inventory.

12.  Gold Kist is authorized to establish or adopt standards for all products 
delivered hereunder and may make rules and regulations governing the marketing, 
hedging, handling, shipping, grading, financing, pooling and selling thereof. 
Gold Kist shall have the right to allocate to its various patronage activities 
the expense of any and all its activities in any reasonable manner as determined
by Gold Kist in its conclusive discretion.

13.  Gold Kist agrees to purchase or manufacture and offer and sell to the 
Producer, under Gold Kist's own rules and regulations, such machinery, 
equipment, fertilizer, feeds, seeds and other supplies as the Producer from time
to time may require, provided the same are such as may be advantageous to handle
by Gold Kist in the interest of the Producer.

