Arizona state miner., 1927-04-02
BORDEN COMPANY
PLANT ATTRACTS
ATTENT| ION He Re
Payroll of $500 and $4,000 paid
Monthly for Milk by Tempe Plant
Under Management of Western
Borden Co. Areuses Interest.

A monthly payroll of $500 to
thirty-five employees and $4,000
paid monthly to 140 farmers and
dairymen in this section for milk
are some of the figures that are
attracting attention to the Tempe
condensed milk plant since it was
taken over January 1, by the Wes-
tern Borden Company. And the
present output of the plant will be
made greater to keep abreast of the
increase in dairy herds of the valley,
S. A Johnson, local manager, yes
terday announced.
Tempe business men, residents of
the town and farmers are comment
ing favorably on the changed ap-
pearance of the Tempe milk plant
since it was taken over by the Bor-
den people. The general impression
of the entire Southside is that the
plant will continue to increase in
size and Importance and bring great
er prosperity to Tempe and vicinity.
Manager Pleased
eve are quite pleased with pro-
gress made by the plant since we
took it over, January l." Mr.. John
son said. And he continued: GAS
the dairying industry expands in the
valley we will expand the capacity
of the plant here to take care of
the additional business"
Fourteen hundred cows, averaging
ten to each farmer selling the plant
milk, are now supplying the raw
milk for the finished product. The
herds range in numbers from to
100, Mr.. Johnson said. The 1400
cows supply sufficient milk to bring
the monthly output of the plant to
between $4,000 and $4,000 cases of
forty-eight cans each.
Nearly the entire present output
of the plant is consumed in Arizona,
Mr.. Johnson stated. Shipments out
side the state are made principally
to California and to various points
in Mexico. Lily Milk, Maricopa
Milk, Bordens Milk and ST. Charles
milk are the four brands the Tempe
plant now produces. The Borden
company, however, has other brands
on the market, it was stated.
Themain offices of the Borden
Company are in New York City, Mr..
Johnson said. The main western Of
flee is in San Francisco. Mr.. John
son oversees operation of the entire
plant in addition to being the gen.
eral manager. G.. M. King is office
manager. Mr.. Johnson came here
January 1, from Logan, Utah, where
he was in charge of Borden plant.
Mr.. King came to Tempe at the same
time from Modesto, California.
Modern Plant
Although the Tempe plant was
built about 1900 it is still considered
a modern plant in practically every
respect. A trip through the plant
at once impresses one with the strict
sanitary measures constantly taken
to insure absolute cleanliness of the
milk. Evaporating tanks, cans, con-
tainers of every sort and all appli-
ances used in handling the milk are
vigorously inspected and cleansed
with boiling water and steam.
F. M. Windes, plant chemist, in
charge of the laboratory, where tests
as to butterfat content of the finish
ed product are made, explained that
every possible precaution is used
to keep the product at a uniformly
high standard. This is attained by
constantly taking tests of milk be-
fore it is put into cans through
sterilized tubes. From the time the
milk arrives in thoroughly cleansed
cans until it is forced by pressure
into the sterilized small containers