. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XV. No. 376. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 319. THE SALISBURY BACON FACTORY. In a previous issue of the A'jruultural News (Vol. XIV, p. 118), the working of this bacon factory of Rhodesia will be found described, together with certain suggestions coneerniog the establishment of a similar factory in the West Indies. In the West Indian Bulletin (Vol. XV, pp. 207-11) the Hitchin Bacon Factory at Bedford in England is described, and those interested in the matter of these factories will find a compari- son of the informa
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XV. No. 376. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 319. THE SALISBURY BACON FACTORY. In a previous issue of the A'jruultural News (Vol. XIV, p. 118), the working of this bacon factory of Rhodesia will be found described, together with certain suggestions coneerniog the establishment of a similar factory in the West Indies. In the West Indian Bulletin (Vol. XV, pp. 207-11) the Hitchin Bacon Factory at Bedford in England is described, and those interested in the matter of these factories will find a compari- son of the information presented in the two references of value. The Salisbury bacon factory, which has recently been given further attention in ihe Bhodeua Agricultmal Journal for June 1916, was originally intended to handle twenty-five pigs a week, but at the present time an average of seventy pigs is killed weekly, which, it is understood, has been made possible by the addition of an extra drying room. Certain features of this factory not mentioned in the previous reference, are well worth calling special attention to. A special spur from the main railway line runs into the factory yard, by which means the pigs are delivered direct from the station of dispatch without any second handling. This reduces to a minimum the loss incident to the transport of animals by rail, and ensures their being received in a condition almost as good as when they left home. The conveyance of the pigs in the factory itself is done in an efficient manner, and care is taken to save the blood and other by-products; but the method of killing the animals by sticking appears to be somewhat crude compared with the use of the captive belt pistol employed in the Hitchin Bacon Factory in England. Sticking is cheaper, perhaps, but less, humane, and certainly a more unpleasant for the operator. After the cleaned carcase is .skinned and weighed, it is ^plaBk. ^^ '"^ '^^ chilling room to prevent the cooling off of
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