Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-10-11
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At VIII to River Junction, while waiting for
the train, and "eawping" round the depot, Of
one o'clock at night, heard OF new thing
under the suu." Messrs A. T. g. o. f. Tain
tor, who keep the efreshment saloon there,
have an establishment at Queecay, few miles
west Of the Junction, whtre they put mp an.
nually large amount Of poultry for New York,
Boston and other markets, IN very novel and
successful way. Last year they sent to market
1856 tons. and not pound Of it was injured
or tainted in the least. Notwithstanding some
Of It was shipped as late as the 6rst Of June
They have a large farm, on which they have
some three thousand fowl, which they fatten
and kill as occasion requires, but the most Of
their product is obtained by agents, who scour
the country and pick up everything running
on two legs. excepting men, women and child
rem, which they find fat aud good enough for
their purposes. They commence 10 kill as soon
az the weather il cold e.ough to freeze hard.
and pack closely in double cased boxes, which
are laid away in the freezing houses where they
remain until they are wanted for use. The
freezing houses are simply wood buildings,
built very much like many ice houses, with
spaces round the outside which are filed with
saw-dust, care being taken to have good ven
iiIaion. Here the boxes Of poultry lie, with
out pound Of ice or any artificial appliance
for freez ny being used until they are called
for market, and so perfect and successful has
this simple process proved that very large
business has grown out Of what was at first
small experiment As soon as the houses
there are seveial-sre filled, customers are no.
titled that their orders will be attended TO-, and
they are filled in the order 10 which they are
received, with the understanding that the pOul.
try is to be taken whenever the purchaser
chooses to send for il, which is largely in the
month Of April, May and June, when the or
binary poultry channels run dry. The Messrs
Trsinter have been Engaged in this business
for several years, and say that the quality Of
poultry, in the region where their Purchases
are made has improved very largely since they
commenced buying, and that it is quite neces-
sary that it should be fat and fine and hard to
keep we'll. The Massaoit House at Spring
field is the only hotel that they supply direct,
all others being furnished from the New York
and Boston marketmen, who purchase ofthem.
The whole secret Of the process seems to be
in knowing how to freeze without ice, and
when once frozen to keep frozen any desired
length of time, and that the Messrs fainter
know how to do this better than anybody else
is very evident, and their meats have a standard
reputation as the best in the several markets.
The freezing being done without ice, there is
nodampness and const quent tendency to mould
or faint, which meats have when kept in or
bout ice. OF the 1855 tons sent to market last
spring, about three fourths Of the whole we're
turkeys, and the other fourth was made up Of
chickens, ducks and geese, the chickens taking
thelarge proportion Of the three latter. The
price is given when the sales are made, which
is generally in February, and nothing brings
bigger figure, If as high, as the Tainters' frozen
poultry.
These gentlemen also farm it on large scale
snd have made three several shipments this
season Of valuable blooded sheep to Austria.
Besides their reffeshment rooms at the juno
ton, they own the hotel at the same place, run
the poultry packing machinery, have two large
farms, and by way Of keeping themselves from
rusting, are now building paper mill II is
unnecessary TO say that these gentlemen are
Yankees, but will say 1t, nevertheless; it |
does me good to 90 so, and the more Vermont
has like them the better and prouder may she
be.-Sprinqtieid Republican.