Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-14

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Fredsrickasund, Denmark I'VE take
/ on our hats to the Danish packing
house and It's product. Here most
efficient packing house takes high
grade pig and manufactures him into
j the best bacon on earth. II Armour
or Cudahy or Morris we're here he
would be compelled TO Join us In our
aaiutation OF the packing houses OF
Denmark. Here III the last word as
10 efficient acientiflc treatment OF the
dead porker,
lint fri Denmark they demand some
thing more than scientific treatment
| lii the packing house. The Danish
theory ii that to produce good bacon
yon must re back into the history OF
the pig. They want to knew Of what
breed he was. that he was raised In
q sanitary pen. on pure, wholesome
food, that he was between i've and
seven months old. and weighed from
| $50 to 900 pounds when butohered.
He raay not be a scrub, picked UP
by the buyers aud rushed into the
yards 10 be killed and cured, 80 may
be- the case In America. The Danish
| pig II an eflicient scientific agency
for transforming pure milk and grain
and root crops and fodder into fine
pig meat And 40 when the best
packing house methods deal with the
best pig the result liz sure to be Tho
best bacon. And the farmers after
they have raised the pig and cured
the bacon In the bacon factory which
they themselves own. insist that they
get the profit from the sale. So these
| Danish farmers keep possession Of the
bacon until II IL placed npon the
counters OF the retail dealers IN ing.
land, In this way they get all the
profits there are In the entire process.
Organized Without Money.
This Ii the way In which 1t II siene.
The bacon factory here al Fredsrieka.
sund Ii owned BY 5000 farmers There
are big farmers and little farmers
among them. Some OF them have
only I'VE acres, and others have hum
drcda oh acres. Some contribute only
one or two hogs per year. while 9th.
ers send theirs IN by che hundred,
Strange to say, while the factory now
represents very large Investment
and while tho farmers who own II
have IN the aggregate great wealth,
tho plant was established without the
direct investment OF one dollar There
1 was no capital paid In and there we're
no bonds issued. Al large number Of
farmers simply got together. organ.
tied. elected officers and directed that
these officers should, In their behalf
borrow sufficient capital at the near
by bank 60 erect the plant and start
i for n. wen knowing that the uniima
tied liability or hundreds or farmers
who were interested LIN tho bacon fac
tory was the best security In the
world: well knowing also that undei
proper management q bacon factory
was itself enc BIZ the most sound aft
profitable business ventures ints
which these same farmers could &C
Hlah Grade Manager.
This concern Ii owned by 5000
/ thrifty. cloaenstad, money making
farmers. but they do not run this
business on any narrow gauge plan,
They know that Incompetence does
not pay. They want good results and
30 employ tae best superintendent
and manager that monetary consid,
oraticns can secure, His name IL
Il Frederick Il. Sleek, He ID an edu.
Gated, widely read. much travelled,
scientifically trained business man.
who understands farming and hos
raising til All It's details. Re knows
all about pigs from breeding to eat,
ing, He has studied every known
process Of transforming d live psg Into
the finest bacon. He knows all about
the by.products, be they sausage or
fertilizers made from the blood. He
understands the problems Of trans
nortation, He ID familiar with the
markets OF the world and with the
demands OF each. Into his plant he
has introduced ali the latest efficiency
devices. He Ii In the broadcast sense.
q competent. efacieat. high priced
manager.
Overcoming Unfair compstltlon.
Although for some twenty or thirty
years cooperation has been In sae
| cessfui operation In Denmark. no Co
operative society can count upon the
absence OF rivalry and competition