The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

Lard making is one of the most inter esting parts of the plant. All the pieces ! of surplus fat not needed elsewhere in the pork products are put in a large tank and thoroughly cooked by steam, after | which 1t is cooled and packed in cans of all sizes. Some idea of the size of this 1 tank can be gathered from the statement that it takes three carloads of hegs to fill it, and at one cooking they get about $500 pounds of lard. Did you ever use "Carnation" brand lard? If you have it was made right here in. Birmineham MARKETING FACILITIES The Birmingham Packing company has every facility for marketing it's prod nets. As much as possible is sold in the local market. To take cdre of the rest they have a branch in New York l city and own more than 20 refrgieratins cars in which to ship their products to ! eastern markets. These cars can be brought right alongside the building and the refrigerating system is so arranged hat all the meats can be loaded into the ,ars without being subjected to warm air for even an instant. This eliminates al! possibility of any meat spelling and guarantees it's arrival at destination in the same condition in which it started. The cattle and hogs slaughtered at the \ local plant are purchased so far as pos- sible in Alabama, though as matter of fact come is bought at Montgom- \ cry and some from the, stock yards \ in Nashville The farmers in this state | have been slow in realizing the advan- 1 tages of hog and cattle raising and it IS | only in the past few years that it has | been possible to buy in quantity from any | of them. Now, however, thanks to the
 25 cents per hundred higher than is paid | taught all the secrets of the trade the wisdom of raising stock and the ways ot | Ityro line fhot ulrao in they can load a car note the number of each grade in it and ship it to the local plant knowing just whar will be paid for
 it on arrival
 INDUCEMENTS TO FARMERS The Birmingham company offers every inducement to the farmer to dispose Of
 his stock direct to ther; here in Birming- ham; they pay Nashville prices here and I almost 25 per cent higher than is paid
 in Montgomery. So far as possible they | desire to get all their stock from the l farmers of this state and are at all times l glad to give any information to them that 1 they may desire. Their agent will b. on hand at the stock exhibit at the state Fair and will be prepared to consider the
 purchase of all stock exhibited. In other years they have acquired the exhibits
 of the Boys Pig club and expect U do so again this year. The hog growing in- | iustry in Alabama is very new and it is their desire to help it along as much as possible.
 The plant of the Birmingham Packing company is thoroughly modern in every way and is practically reproduction or a smaller scale of the largest Armour 1 md Swift plants. Their machinery is ali of the latest design; their refrigerati,y system cannot be exce',ed and they have 1 space for keeping in cold storage lV0o
 hogs and 600 head of cattle, all dressed, 1 n addition to large quantities of hams, I ,ausage, bacon, lard and their other rro- ducts. All of their electric power is fur nished by their own dynamos. In a word, it is a complete plant from start to finish in every way.
 The officers of the company are: Presi- dent c. H. Ungerman; vice president. J. P Phillips; secretary treasurer, Fred w. Phillips