The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-20
50SAW PACKING PLANT
INV OF TERRELL FOUNTAINS
no MOULTRIE IN AUTOS.
amazed BY What They Saw,
"' Cd stock Raising in Terrell Win
Given New Impetus by Trip.

az" wv Given New Impetus by Trip.
- event of much importance was
81 last Tuesday when large
lnas Of farmers and business men of
wv. .on county visited the Moultrie
l' Plant and the model farm
w. Ioo Rattle, about two miles from
u oi+v Among those geing were
", us R. L. Saville, E. w. Holdings
~tb 1ohn Shields, R. H. Jennings,
w p Allen, j. C. Hollingsworth, c..
Norton. 7. B. Raines. Pope Nc
!; W. ems Mcneil, S. -. Hatcher,
glun0IB ridg Wyatt Bridges, j. S.
IOm w K. Pace, NJ. D. Turner, D.
gOT FSngIish. Walter Jolley, B. F. Will
Fans ns' W. ]. Mathis, w. A. McLain,
I'I III Brim, j. B. McCorkle, H. A.
&C., 1,++r A. l.. McLendon, G. G. Lewis,
~ y ranier, J. w. Fox, j. q. Turner,
II NcLendon, Sr., J. N. McLendon,
a. n Laing, J. D. Laing, R. NJ. An
W. 9rop nc !. R. Mercer, w. H. Dismuke,
q W n davidson, D. B. Hill, A. c..
n WI c. H. Price, J. L. Hill, j. j..
[ I;I T. Jordan, w. H. Miller, j.
5l''l Webb. ]. C. Holland, Jack Brim,
! ~ ostor Bridges, R. L. Williams, j. F..
Bon Mercer Berry, j. r. Bridges,
p",Ti' Ranch, w. E. Brim, John Brim,
T. T Brim, Shelley Thornton and K.
H. Kent.
The party left about five o'clock,
,+onnnd over at Albany for breakfast
o o'UIr arrived at Moultrie about $50.
snecial killing had been arranged,
and this began in about half an hour
after arrival. Something like fifty
hogs were slaughtered in rapid sue
ooSSion This was watched with a
GREAT deal of amazement and inter
0st soon Mr.. Brooks, president of
tbo company, and Mr.. Greer, the Sec
rotarv arrived and took special pains
in showing the party the process the
meat goes through before it is ready
for consumption.
After the carcasses had been nicely
dressed and inspected by represent
alive of the United States government
tbey were then put in cold storage
rooms and allowed to stay &c to As
hours at a temperature of about 40
or AZ degrees. After all the animal
heat is out the carcasses are carried
In a room where they are cut into
hams, shoulders, middlings, break
fast bacon, etc, and sent to the pickle
room. Here the meat is immersed in
solution similar to the following:
To each hundred pounds of meat IL
hounds of common salt, 3 pounds of
brown sugar, ounces of saltpetre,
and six gallons of water. This solu-
ton has been previously boiled and
allowed to cool. After remaining
here for a time the meat is taken to
the smoking room, where it is nicely
smoked. When this is done each
piece of meat is wrapped in paper
and cloth and a solution similar to
the following used on the outside OF
the cloth. For 100 pounds of meat
pounds of barium sulphate, .06
pounds of glue, .08 pounds of lead
chromate, and a pounds of flour.
From the packing plant the party
went to the model farm of Joe Battle.
Here they saw over 200 acres planted
to alfalfa, burr, crimson and sweet
ClOyers and one OF the best arranged
hog farms in the country. There was
nothing but the best pure-bred hogs,
Of the Berkshire, PoIand-China and
DurOc-Jersey breeds On this farm
of LOO acres nothing but Percheron
mares are used to do all the work.
Mr.. Battle hopes to get the work
done and at the same time raise the
work stock to replace these mares
when needed. He also had large
number of cattle, but these were only
used to get milk for pigs, and the
latter looked as though they had been
getting plenty of it.
Things That Impressed the Terrell
Farmers.
First, they were assured that they
nave market for any surplus that
they NAV have in thpir meat DTOd ne