Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-05-29

Frederickssund, Denmark.-We take
off our hats to the Danish packing
house and its product. Here a most
efficient packing house takes a high
grade pig and manufactures him into
tho best bacon on earth. II Armour
or Cudahy or Morris were here he
would be compelled to join us in our
salutation Of the packing houses OF
Denmark Here is the last word as
10 efficient scientific treatment of the
dead porker.
But in Denmark they demand some
thing more than scientific treatment
In the packing house. The Danish
theory is that to produce good bacon
you must 60 back into the history OF
the pig They want to know Of what
breed he was, that he was raised in
a sanitary pen, on pure, wholesome
food, that he was between five and
seven months old and weighed from
1870 to 200 pounds when butchered.
He may not be a scrub. picked up
by the buyers and rushed into the
yards to be killed and cured, as may
be the case in America. The Danish
pig is an efficient scientific agency
for Transforming pure milk and grain
and root crops ana fodder into fine
pig meat. And 80 when the best
packing house methods deal with the
best pig the result is sure to be the
best bacon. And the farmers after
they have raised the pig and cured
- II. which
they themselves own, insist that they
get the profit from the sale. So these
Danish farmers keep possession of the
bacon until it is placed upon the
counters Of the retail dealers in Eng
land. In this way they get all the
profits there are in the entire process.
Organized Without Money.
This is the way in which it is done
The bacon factory here at Fredericks'
nnd is owned by 1900 farmers. There
are big farmers and little farmers
among them. Some of them have
only five acres, and others have hun
areds OF acres Some contribute only
,ne or two hogs per year, while 9th
ers send theirs in by the hundred
Strange to say, while the factory nov
represents a very large investment
and while the farmers who own 4
have in the aggregate great wealth
the plant was established without tn'
direct investment of one dollar. There
was no capital paid in and there wer'
no bonds issued. A large number o
farmers simply got together, organ
nj dfroHfnd fha
these officers should, in their behalf
borrow sufficient capital at the neal
oy bank to erect the plant and star
the business. And the bank steo
for it. well knowing that the uniin
tied liability of hundreds Of farmer
who we're interested in the bacon fat
tory was the best security In tn
world; we'll knowing also that unde
proper management a bacon factor
was itself one of the most sound an
profitable business ventures int
j which these same farmers could q
rhe loan was obtained with the I'll
i Restraining that repayment should b
I annual installments running owe
ten years and that these payment
should be made out OF the net earl
Inps of the concern. There Is on
annual meeting of the members eac
year, and although the financial Il
:erests which the different member
have In the concern vary largely,
ia one man one vote no matter WI
"a NAV he. the owner of small far
IT of a large farm. The man WI
delivers one pig per year has u
same voting power as he whose a
1ual product amounts to 1000 pig
rhe annual meeting elects board
e. 81 directors. These directors no
sr our meetings per year. The dire
D. ors employ the superintendent al
>. manager.
:" Hlah Grade Manager.
This concern is owned by 80
lis hrifty. close-fisted. money maAl
armers, but they do not run tn
BUSINESS on any narrow gauge pla
TO rhey know that Incompetence DO
lot nav. They want good results al
30 employ the best superintende
and manager that monetary cons
I'D srations can secure. His name
Frederick L. Sleek. He Ia an et
IN sated. widely read much trayei'
,at scientifically trained business ms
gho understands farming and h
.aising in all its details. He kno
:. Ill about pigs from breeding to e
nR. He has studied every kno'
a. process of Transforming live pig II
the finest bacon. He knows all abe
me by-products. be they sausage
fertilizers made from the blood.
10 understands the problems of ira
'ap portation. He is familiar with
Fcs markets Of the world and with
demands OF each. Into his plant
mas introduced all the latest eficier
devices. He is in the broadcast sen
Teo a competent. efficient. high pri'
manager.
ne Although for some twenty or thi