The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-05-06

Terrell county Farmers who recently
made d brief visit to tie Mculsrie
packing plant
Here is the practical manner ~
which the trip and its effects on the
party were described Isl one Of those
who went:
The party left about fiveo'clock
stopped over at Albany for break
fast and arrived at Moultrie about
1890. A special killing had been
arranged, and this began bali an
hour after arrival Something like
80 hogs were slaughtered in rapid
succession. This was watched with
a great deal Of amazement and in
terest. soon Mr.. Brooks, president
Of the company, and Mr. Greer, the
secretary. arrived and took special
pains il showing the party the pro-
cess the meat goes through before
it is ready fol- consumption.
After the carcasses had been nice
~ dressed and inspected by 4 re
preventative Of the United States
government they were then put in
cold storage rooms and allowed to
stay SO to As. hours at temporal
ture Of about, 40 to As degrees. At
ter all the animal heat is.out the
Icarcasses are carried to a room where
they are cut into hams, shoulders,
middiags, breakfast bacon, etc,
| and sent to the pickle room. Here
the meat is immersed iii a solution
similar to the following: TO each
hundred pounds Of meat II pounds
Of common salt, 3 pounds Of brown
sugar, 3 ounces Of saltpotre, andsix
gallons Of water. This solution has
been previously boiled and allowed
to cool. After remaining here for
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 solution similar to
the following used on the outside Of
the cloth. For 100 pounds ofmeat
I3 pounds of barium sulphate, .06
pounds Of glue, .0S pounds Of lead
chromate, and 4 pounds Of flour.
From the packing plant the par
ty went to the modern farm Of Joe
Battle. Here they saw over 700
acres planted to alfalfa, burr, crim-
son and sweet clovers and one Of
the best arranged hog farms in the
country. There vas nothing but
the best pure-bred hogs, Of the
Berkshire, Poland-C hinaand Duroc-
Jersey breeds. On this farm Of
100 acres nothing but Percheron
mares are used to 90 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 a 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.
First, they we're assured tnat
they have market for any surplus
that they may have in their meat
production. Second, they found
that hog killed directly off OF
peanuts will not bring as high price
as when finished on corn or meal for
about one month. Mr.~Greer took
special pains in comparing both
kinds of meat. He says they
ordinarily make a difference Of one
half cent pound. Third, they saw
the need of small cold storage
plant on their farms. The time
meat has to he kept COO! if properly
cured has not been given as much
consideration as it should. They
saw that they should be fixed up to
cure the meat properly any time the
hogs are ready to kill, and in this
warm climate they know that a
small cold storage is absolutely
necessary. These may be built at
a small cost of from SO to $50, ow-