Bay County past and present . tions to the list. The iron and steel industry has developed into large is led by the Industrial Works, and includes the manufacture ofboilers, gasoline engines, go-carts, electrical machinery, powerfulcranes and many other products. Many of our fac-tories use farmproducts. Beans arecleaned for use;vegetables andfruits are canned;grains are groundinto flour; peanutsare roasted and salt-ed, or are made intopeanut butter; chic-ory is made into asubstitute for cof-fee, and the sugarbeet, undergoingprobably the greatest change of any, is made into sugar
Bay County past and present . tions to the list. The iron and steel industry has developed into large is led by the Industrial Works, and includes the manufacture ofboilers, gasoline engines, go-carts, electrical machinery, powerfulcranes and many other products. Many of our fac-tories use farmproducts. Beans arecleaned for use;vegetables andfruits are canned;grains are groundinto flour; peanutsare roasted and salt-ed, or are made intopeanut butter; chic-ory is made into asubstitute for cof-fee, and the sugarbeet, undergoingprobably the greatest change of any, is made into sugar, molasses, cat-tle feed and alcohol. The Michigan Sugar Company erected its fac-tory in Essexville in 1898. It was the first in Michigan. The farmanimals furnish milk and cream for the creameries and meat for thepacking company. Mineral materials are used in great quantities by the chemicalfactories, salt works, and powder factory. There are still other kindsof manufacturing that are rather hard to group, they are so Sugar Factory and Beet Field. (4) During the season of navigation the daily paper reports the arrival of theseboats giving their cargoes and the ports from which they have come. 142 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT.
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