The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1914-05-15

ach, beets, string beans, saur kraut,
sweet potatoes, and mustard and tur-
nip greens, all of which are grown
on our own land and given 'our per-
.sonal attention from the time the seed
is put in the ground until shipped out,
to see that nothing but the very best
article that can be produced is put
on the market under our label. We
might add right here, with no little
bit of pride, that our factory was the
first in the country to pack that de-
licious Southern dish of mustard and
turnip green's" and you, dear reader,
can take a little of this pride to your
self by knowing that the first solid car
load of this produce ever shipped in
this country was bought by one Of the
largest iobbing houses in Dallas, Tex
as.
In equipping the factory we have
bought nothing but the very latest inn
proved machinery. The cans are
closed and sealed without solder or
acid. We use only the sanitary can
and our packages are strictly sanitary
in every sense of the word.
Now as to the operation of the fac
tory, all produce is weighed when re-
ceived. Peaches are taken TO the
girls and women in baskets. If we
are canning unpeeled peaches for pies
the girls pit the peaches and cut out
all imperfections. They then pass to
the filling tables, where other girls
place them in cans. We are very par
ticular about this department and
each. can NUT be filled as full as it
will stand We do not pass a single
unidentified can knowingly. The cans
are then filled with pure water If
we are canning table peaches the cans
are filled with 40-degree syrup made
from pure graduated sugar in place
of water. The cans are then placed
on conveyor which carries them
through sterilizer heated to PIP de
gfirees, from this they go automatic
ally to the sealing machines, which
place the lids on the cans without
solder or acid. They then go to the
closed retorts where they are process
ed. These retorts hold three iron
cages each, each one of which holds
about 275 No. cans, here the live
steam is turned on until the tempera-
ture is raised to from 260 to 270 de-
grees, whatever is required to pre-
serve the goods They then go to the
storeroom where, when thoroughly
cooled, they are ready to label and
ship out. All other goods are hand
led in practically the same way, with
some little difference in the prepara-
ton, perhaps.
Now in the operation of our factory
it is like most anything else, to be
successful it must be thoroughly sys-
tematized. We employ from 300 to
400 people. Each girl has her own
table. buckets, knives and stool, and
it is impressed upon her that we are
trying to put out little better grade
of goods than any one else and she
must do her part to help us. Fruit is
taken to her and carried away when
prepared, overseers watch each one to
see that nothing is sighted Our help
is paid mostly by the piece or bucket
and an apt. quick girl can make from
two to four dollars day. One thing
we insist on is perfect quiet and no
talking, but attend strictly to bust
ness, and one entering our factory in
full operation is reminded of large
school room where strict order is
maintained.
We put nothing but our very best
goods into the best brand cans and
when a person gets can of these
goods he can be sure he gets the very
best that can be produced.
Our factory is one of the largest in
the South, having a capacity of about
100000 cans during a day of 10 hours.
We use only sanitary cans and pride
ourselves on the quality of our out
put from this plant.