Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-17
PACKING HOUSE
AID It's BENEFITS :
20. L. WILLIAMS TELLS WHAT
TIE FAaMFR CAN ID ATo
REST EASY
PORK RAISING PLAN
Packing House In THIS 81. will
Mean Mich To The Stock
Growers of Arkansas.
PORK RAISING PLAN

o. L. Williams, the pack ~ nous
expert wao viii look afr thu 1e
tail work r connection vi s, tnc
establishment of the Pie B.u'
rsckery, Il, &c in the citv f.
days a'.o f-li j now head i j. s&o.'-
ia"a r TIE harness srJ,,n,! Nj.
'..i='ts SOM Office in tho C.,.tfls
Bank i i.t!ha Messrs. Const:.t .av
ar. .'5,i VIE VIII have t:a.c.e ef
the rel es,ete depar INIT, II
nounce the completion Of prelimi-
nary arran gcments and WI open
their big 10. selling Campaign to-
| day.
Interviewed by a Graphic Exporter
with the request for Dack'ng
house story last evening VI vi
liams said:
Gene rning the proposed L cary
and its intended relations to the in
dnstrial development of Pine Bluff,
there is, of course, much that could
be said, though really I think the
most Interesting and important
phase of this subject is that which
relates to its connection with the
development of the farm and ranch.
Its institution is a matter so vital
to the farmer and the stoekraiser,
and the benefits it would afford him
are so varied and manifold. that [
am inclined to marvel at the lack OF
enthusiasm seemingly shown over
this feature of the enterprise.
The building OF the packing
plant at Pine Bluff will mean more
to the farm, the farmer and the
stockraiser than could the institu-
ton of any other industry or any
other line of industries we could
mention.
sIt will. first of all. enhance the
value of his lands, both improved
and unimproved, By increasing their
earning power. 1t will furnish him
a cash market for his product every
day in the year and because of its
close proximity enable him to mar
ket his stuff in any quantities he
may desire, at any time he may de-
sire, and without having to swat to
fatten car load. If he lives near
he can drive in and market n a
day, or if he lives away, Il hundred
miles or so, he can local II, and
either way he can sell his stock as
fast as they become fat, avoiding the
long haul, the expensive freight
bills and the heavy losses from
shrinhage to which he has so LONG
been subjected. Unauestionably tae
PACKING house hold for him the So
luton of the boil weevil problem
and with its establishment he may
avoid that menace by planting
hogs instead of cotton. The fitified
flucmation of a manipulated cotton
market will hold no terrors for him
when he is assured Of near and
ready cash market for. his 8 and 10
cent rolf. Which he has produced
at eos; Q four to five cents per
pound lie can go to bed and sleep
r,.dlsi,.rhe.i by his old worries and
veXationS ever the cotton situation
when lie Knows that his cattle in
I'll. zane breaks and pastures are
Du'tin., on six and seven cent beef
ar u COS. of little more than three
certs to him. His mind will be at
case S0nen he is assured that an Al
falfa hog finished on Kaffir corn
or Milo maise can go to convent
emit and ready market with two hun.
dred and twenty-five pounds o.
seven cent pork in eleven and twelve
months, and when he comes to
realize that for every one acre IN
cultivation md every two acres IN
pasture he ran produce five such
rcrkers II the season 1t Is hardly
probable that much Of his time or
attention will be consumed In trying
to produce three-quarters of a bale
OF . cent cotton ON his land"