The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-25

every e handled. We look over the
raDorts and find that in the last batch
of $1,000 only forty-four eggs we're
bad. That Is only about two BAD
eggs to the thousand. The eggs are
all candled before they leave New
Orleans. and only the good ones are
paid for. Those which come cracked
are saved and used in the bakery
The same care is employed as 70
the butter. Uncle Sam buys the best
the creameries can furnish. n that
only in bulk. 1t used to be that butter
was sen down in prints, but II was
found that il cost ) cents more per
pound to bring it that way, and that
il did not keep as we'll. For this rea-
son the government has its own but
~ter-cutting machines and it cats and
packs its own prints. The butter now
sells at AZ cents a pound. and 1t IS
of the grade which costs 8 cents more
han that in the states.
Fresh Beef F'O
We find the chambers colder and
colder as we go on with our journey
Those in which h turkeys. ducks.
squads and milk-fed chickens are
kept is only twelve degrees o zero,
an: the fowls are frozen stiff. Here
there are fresh fish. oysters. canvas
bach and teal ducks. as we'll as sweet
breads and other such things. take
on,A Of the chickens in my hand. and
pound a box with it. 1t is as solid
as ice and l have little difficulty in
breaking the boards.
x little further on is the meat
cooler. the temperature of which
keeps the flesh as hard rs a glacier.
Immense quarters Of beef hang from
the racks. There are 700 quarters in
this single room, and this will last
only five days. The beeves come in
by the thousands at 4 shipload, and
they go out almost as fast. 1t takes
mole than 5000 cattle 4 year to sup
ply the canal employees. and about a
ton Of pork chops are consumed every
day. AS to corned beef. the govern
rnent makes its own. 1t has watts
connected with the cold storage de-
rartment which have a capacity Of
20, 900 pounds. 1t takes about 1000
pounds Of such meat every day to
supply the demand.
100 900 Gallons OF Ice Cream.
Uncle Sam makes his own ice
cream. and he sells his employees
eighty thousand dollars worth every
year. This is sent out in tubs to the
hotels and the retail stores. The
flaVors are changed five or six times
a week. and there's a special arrange
nient for supplying ice cream on Sun
days. AS to the ice itself, that is
AioAC III Tx NOAN = = pAoA& IL
amount manufactured is ninety tons
a day. and the ice receipts for one
year are more han 5000. 900.
Uncle Sans Bakery.
But p we fly from the poles
to the trOpics. We can do 80 by
walking from h cold storage plant
} to the bakery and laundry. which are
not far away. The bakery is one OF
the largest on earth. and everything
there is done upon q big scale. The
dough is kneaded by machinery in
loaves, being cut by a dough dividex
which makes seventy-two loaves every
minute. One batch Of dough will
make 1900 loaves. The ovens are
great chambers walled with porcelain
each OF which will bake 800 one
pound loaves at a time. Altogether
they can make $4,000 loaves in one
, are now being consume every TWEEN
{ ty-four hours. The employees Of the
bakery are both white and colored,
! with a white man at the head.
, Uncle Sans laundry is another bic
; feature Of this mercantile establish.
: ment. 1t consists Of several large
5 halls which are filled with Jamaica
> negresses, washing and ironing. The
clothes are passed through five wa.
, ters from cold to hot, while the ma.
; chlnery scOurs GU the dirt. The
: wr:Dging is done by centrifugal fore.
: in machines like those Used for sugar
! making, and the ironing has the aie
= Of electricity. The latter work il
= performed by negro girls who receive
: from I to 10 cents an hour. Eacf
! has an electric iron fastened to a tub,
over her head. and she uses an iron.
: ing board covered with white cotto,
which is 80 supported that it is leve
With her waist. AS to the whit,
shirts. they pass through pressing ma
chimes. and the collars have specia
machines Of their own. About 1000.
Oo) pieces are washe and ironed her
every year. and the annual income 0
y the institution is almost 800, 900.
e Nevertheless the prices are low
q Lii en- coats cost II cents each; collars
, a cent and a half; drawers. 5 cents
and cuffs, 3 cents per pair. The charg
for washing a silk shirt ia 10 cents