The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-09
PAYS HUGE SUM TO FARMERS In
YEAR FOR LIYESTOCk-PLAN
UNDER u. s. INSPECTION

The Hagan C Cushing Packing
company, which ranks among Mos
cows largest industries, is just COM
pleting the construction of a brick
building for a central heating plant
at the company's plant, west of town.
| The new building is 24x4S feet, with
two stories. The basement will be
used for the heating plant, two so
horse power. boilers being installed.
The brick smoke stack is 60 feet high.
The upper floor will be used as a box
factory and storage room for containers
the new building, which is a few feet
away from the main plant, thus ac-
commodating departments which
which have hitherto taken up con-
siderable room in the main building.
The additional room is made neces-
sary by the steady increase in the
business, The Star-Mirror is inform
ed by G. A. Hagan, manager of the
company, the demand for the pro-
ducts of this local industry having
increased until Hagan & Cushing pro-
ducts are shipped to practically every
community within a radius of 100
miles of Moscow, meeting success
fully the competition of the big
packing concerns, until Idaho Pride
bacon, lard and hams are in evidence
in almost every home in the terri
tory, and in every food retailing es-
tablishment.
Good Demand for By-Pr0ducts
The by-products of the plant have
a ready market, too, tankage and
cracklings being used by the farmers
in the Palouse and Nez Perce terri
tories for hog and poultry feed, and
as such is most valuable Nothing
goes to waste abont the big plant.
Under Government Inspection
The food products of the plant are
government inspected, DR.. E. V. Ewers,
an experienced government inspector,
being in charge, and being one of the
busiest men about the place, keeping
an eye on every piece of meat that is
prepared for the market and where
everything is not just as it should be,
attaching his government tag which
must be left there until the condition
is corrected He looks especially af-
ter the sanitary conditions, insisting
that the men at work about the meat
are cleanly clothed and that all de-
partments are kept thoroughly free
from dirt of any kind. The U. S. in
Spection number is 811.
Much tuberculosis in Hogs
One of the special duties of the
government inspector is to detect di-
'ease in the animals slaughtered.
tuberculosis is encountered frequent
y, especially among hogs, and seems
to be on the increase A few days
ago, in a bunch of 130 hogs slaugh-
,ered, 33 per cent were affected with
zed in most of the animals afflicted,
)ut being general in few, making
t necessary to condemn the carcass
All affected parts are eliminated and
he company sustains a considerable
oss in this way
More Livestock in District
The farmers in the Palouse and
Jamas Prairie districts, which are
he principal sources of supply tor
he Hagan & Cushing plant are rails
ng livestock more extensively now
han in a number of years past, ac-
;ording to Mr.. Hagan. This is espec-
ally true of hogs, there being many
more hogs available for the market
low than year ago. There are
more sheep in the market also. The
logs have proven the most profit
able livestock product of the farm
he past year, the demand bens
good, while the price, at one time in
he summer was up to IL cents, live
weight, and the market is now from
to 81a cents for top hogs Steers
ire bringing the farmer about cents
ind veal cents, while spring lambs
ire s cents per pound
Mr.. Hagan states that he can no
ice strong tendency toward di-
-ersifed farming in the Palouse
country in the past year, or since the
lrop in the price of wheat from the
var figures, and believes that this
will continue to develop, the farmer
lot only benefitting through the
of his livestock but also
'uilding up his soil, which was be
oming depleted because of the steady
ropping of the past few years. He
ays the company would greatly pre-
er that the territory tributary TO
Ioscow would produce enough stock
0 fill the plants requirements, and
elieves that with each year there
ill be an increase in the local pro-
uction. At the present time many
are shipped in from the
amas Prairie district
The average number of hogs slaugh-
cred per day at the plant is about
90, with about 35 head of cattle. in
ddition to veal and mutton. About
250000 is paid out by the company
, the farmers annually for livestock
, fill the demand for the products of
le local plant. while from 20 to %
len are employed in operating the
lant
The L. o. L. class of the Christian
unday school met this week and
acked box of baby clothes which
ley made for the children's home
Omaha Nebraska. This box -
seful Christmas gifts for the little
eople will be shipped sometime next
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