Milford chronicle., 1915-10-01
MAJOR LANK VISITS CALIFORNIA

Editor Chronicle:
Before we left Milford you requested
that l write brief report of our trip to
California and our experiences enrOute,
and we are complying as hest we can !;
for the descriptive is a very much big
ger job than we supposed it would be.
With Mrs. Lank as my travelling COM
paniOn, we left Philadelphia on August
25th and reached Chicago early in the
morning of the 26th, and on emerging
from our sleeper the first person we
saw was our old Milford friend, Bob
Small, and say, it was some greeting
we mutually exchanged. The smiles
were of the kind that won't come off,
even after reaching his hospitable home,
where we remained over night with him
and his most cOngenial wife and their
very handsome home.
The next morning we went to the
Stock Yards, through and over which
we were conducted, and where we wit
messed the slaughtering and packing op-
erations. They were a wonderful sight
indeed as we had never witnessed any,
thing of the kind. The great droves of |
hogs, cattle. sheep and calves start in !
lines and never stop moving until they |
are killed, converted into beef, and |
finally packed ready for shipment. 1t is |
marvellous the system that is maintained. |
Everything is watched by inspectors
representing the United States Govern |
ment, to see that nothing enters into |
the work that should be eliminated. |
The cattle, hogs and sheep are inspected
for disease before they are killed, and
watch the carcases in every
Even the refrigerating
vaults, which contain many thousands
of cattle and other animals, are watched
closely by these men.
SEES OLEOMARGEINE MADE.
The "Oleomargerine" manufacturing
department was an interesting place to
visit, and the various process of making
this substitute for butter is or should be
seen by everybody. The sample given
is was far better than most of the but
ter we get in Milford, and it contained /
35 per cent of butter fat
We called on William E. Chittenden, ,
/ Milford man who learned his trade of ,
printing in the Milford Chronicle office, ,
md where we worked together as print
RS apprentices. He is at the head of !
he Chittenden- Leidy Printing Company /
# Chicago, and they are certainly pros f
erOus. Our stay was limited, and we
eft on the 9th instant for BrOokfield, n
llssouri, and after a good rest in our q
leeper, we arrived early in the morning y
see the country we were travelling 4
yer. .
Much of the land in Southern Illinois Il
nd in Missouri reminded me of much n
the farming lands in Sussex County, n
delaware. In some parts the land was
vel and well cultivated, and the crops n
,oked well, especially the hay crop. "
le saw alfalfa growing in almost every bl
art we passed through. n,
We reached BrOOkfeld about noon and =,
ere greeted by our cousin, R. J. Beau I,
lamp, another Delawarean. We had -,
1t met for fourteen years, and believe
e, it was some talk-fest between the
omen folks and the male part of the Ii
miles as well. The automobile was W
lied into service, and we were shown TO
Il beauties and attractions of the Mis- IS
uri country, which is rich nj
FARMERS BURN WHEAT STRAW. mi
The thing which made the most strik- mi
g impression upon me was the fact
at the farmers of this particular sec no
m got rid of their straw by burning an
in the ricks where the threshers left fol
1t is not hauled into the cattle wards by
be made into manure, as we in Della WI
ire do with it. They use no manure We
fertilizer on their crops. me
The corn is husked on the stock and str
ter that the cattle are turned into the ov,
Id to consume the short corn and eat cit
: fodder. The hogs run with the cat Pr
and they seem to be the main money gr,
Dduct of the section. an,
Ne saw very few vegetables growing. ma
we noticed several fields of oats had clir
been threshed, and some of them De
re growing green in the shocks from pei
t weather conditions. These, we were thi
], would be hauled into the cattle and the
IS as they are. c
It Brookheld we ran into rain and the ok
ather turned cold, so that an overcoat we