The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-07-19
'HAGAN AND GUSHING PACKING
PLANT A CREDIT TO MOSCOW

less than the small hams and there
/ is not much demand for them, while
it is almost impossible to sell heavy
bacon and large shoulders The big
hogs make the most lard but few
big hogs are killed now.
The big packing house of the plant
is two stories high and has all kinds
of temperature, from far below freez-
ing to far above boiling, it seems as
one goes from room to room. The
plant uses 65 horse power of electric
ity and uses steam for cooking it's
products, scrubbing it's floors and
boiling all of the flesh from bones of
the heads, and other parts not used
for food and for boiling meats foot
oil from the feet. Then the bones
are ground for chicken feed, and all
of the refuse is prepared scientifical-
ly for fertilizer, or "tankage" which
is used for hog and poultry food.
The blood is cooked and made into
tankage and there is not particle
of waste. Blood sells for five cents
pound and unedible tallow at 10
cents while edible tallow brings 20
cents pound and none of it is
wasted. The fertilizer sells as fast
as it can be made for $50 per ton
and carloads of it are shipped to
Seattle and other coast points. A
ton of tankaye was sold this week
to Thomas Kerl, of Coeur d'Alene
and shipped to Pennington, near
which place Mr.. Kerl owns more than
1000 acres of land and where he feeds
a lot of hogs.
Large Wholesale Trade
Few people living in Moscow know
that Moscow hams, bacon and lard
supply 80 per cent of the trade be-
tween Moscow and Grangeville, and
fully as large a percent. in the
country north of here. Shipments
were being made from the plant to
Occur d'Alene, Potlatch, Harvard,
Bovill, st. Maries, Lewiston, Grange
vile, Kamiah, Greer, Orofino, Pull
man and many other points. Last
month Pullman dealers paid the firm
of Hagan & Cushing more than
So 900 for meats While the writer
was at the plant a shipment of 5000
worth was sent out to the national
forestry service in the Clearwater
district.
The business done by the firm
.uns we'll into the hundreds of thous
ands of dollars annually. The plant
furnishes a market for all of the
logs produced in this part of the
and many carloads are
shipped in from distant points. This
week carload was received from
Cottonwood and next Tuesday car
DAD comes from Uniontown. Cattle
ire driven in because they are often
bruised in shipping and the bruised
portions of the carcass are thrown
way.
Plant Has Laundry
In one of the basement rooms is a
team laundry. where the clothing
worm by the men is washed. Every
me must change at least twice a
week The government inspector,
Dr.. Glaisyer, looks after that If he
kinks a mans uniform is not clean
nough for the work, he requires him
O change oftener than twice week.
The big steam laundry washes the
lothing thoroughly and the men are
lways clean.
Has Own Water System
The plant has its own water sys-
EN-. A drilled we'll, nearly 200 feet
eep. with water that rises to with
n II feet of the surface and cannot
e lowered by the electric pump that
uns continuously during the busy
eason, carries the water to big
ement reservoir on high hill from
whence it is piped to all parts OF the
liant and it has a good pressure.
Before the pumping plant was in
tailed the water was bought from
he city, but this cost about 500 per
lonth and there was not always
nough.
No Waste in Sewer
A sewer system from the plant
onnects with the city sewer and is
ute an affair. There are catch
asins every few feet that catch all
{ the refuse so that nothing goes
ito the sewer but liquid. Mr.. Hagan
lid that some predicted the grease
ON the plant would clog the sewer,
1t as he gets from 10 to 22 cents
pound for grease and five cents
,und for blood, he sees that none
wasted.
Sanitary and Clean
The plant is thoroughly sanitary
I'd clean. Hundreds of feet of hose
i'd water pipe convey hot and cold
ater to every part of the building.