The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-08-27
SWIFT COMPANY TO
ENLARGE s. E. PLANT
INCREASING POULTRY AND EGG
BUSINESS MAKES AN ADDITI-
TON 59xSO IMPERATIVE
WORK TO START AT ONCE
GROSS YEARLY BUSINESS OF
$500, OOO-33 PEOPLE EN-
PLOYED AT PRESENT

When Swift & Co. erected their
branch plant in Sank Centre last fall
it was expected that the structure
would be large enough to handle the
business at this point for several
years to come.
That was last year.
When Local Manager Harry F.
Schmidt attended the meeting of
the branch managers held at Omaha,
Neb., in January of this year, less
than 80 days after the new plant had
been opened for business, he asked
for an addition to the local unit of
Swift & Company. The directors of
the company have gone over the vol
ume Of business handled at the Sank
Centre station and have complied
with Mr.. Schmidt's request.
Joseph Hearty and Albert Ander-
son, local contractors have submit
ted figures for the erection of an adj
dition 59x80 on the southwest corner
of the present plant. These bids have
been mailed to Chicago and within a
very short time the successful bidder
will be announced and work will
start. The addition will represent an
increased investment of $4,000.
The new addition will double the
capacity for the feeding of live poul=
try, making it possible to handle 90
100 head continuously. This will
double the present capacity. Every
chicken brought to the local plant is
put on milk diet for several days.
1t makes a better bird, as
Swift & Co.'S milk-fed dressed poul-
49,, e, fo,,,o,,et 81 oxyan tho Int 70
States as being the choicest poultry
offered to the public.
The general public has but small
conception of the volume of business
handled at the Sank Centre branch.
This years turn over will be in the
neighborhood of 100000. Sixty
car loads of eggs will be shipped dur.
ing the year to Eastern branches OF
Swift & Co. Every egg is thorough
ly candled and graded before it is
loaded into Swift & Co.'S refrigerator
cars and started East. The egg mar
ket has been extremely good all sea-
son, the price averaging about 5 cents
per dozen over last year.
At the present time there are 80
people on the local pay roll receiving
over $700 weekly. When the new
addition is completed it is expected
that at least so people will be en-
ployed.
At the present time expert chicken
pickers are imported. However, sew
eral Sank Centre people are becoming
vry proficient in this line of work and
it is the hope of the Company that
within comparatively short time on
ly local people will be employed to
man the plant in every department.
Produce is handled at the Sank
Centre plant from merchants and
buyers at rs different points in this
section of the Northwest. Swift &
Co. have made a staple cash market
for poultry and eggs in Sank Centre.
The Swift & Co. branch was es-
tablished in Sank Centre in 1917.
Mr.. Schmidt has been in charge dur
ing the entire period. The business
was a success from the start and has
shown a steady increase. This has
likely been caused by the liberal
honest and courteous treatment given
patrons at all times.
Harry F. Schmidt is the manager
of the local plant; L. ]. Lovik is chief
clerk and Lawrence Dolson is head
foreman.