Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1911 — KRAUT FACTORY CLOSED; PACKING SEASON ENDED. [ARTICLE]

KRAUT FACTORY CLOSED; PACKING SEASON ENDED.

DeMotte Concent Put Up tons Of Sauer Kraut—Truckers and Employee, Are Well Pleased. . The packing season of the DeMotte factory was brought to a close Wednesday and the greatest amount of kraut ever packed in* one season was the result of the late summer work. In all there were 1,475 tons of kraut, or 38 tanks containing from 4,800 to 5,500 gallons packed during tlie season and from 38 to 45 hands were employed in the factory during the past several weeks. The cabbage acreage this year was' 151, the largest of any year so far. The crop was not as good as former years. The price paid for cabbage was $4.50 per ton and an acre should produce ten tons or more, thus making a fine profit to the grower. During the packing season the labor payroll was’about $360 per week, while there was paid out for cabbage to the ttuck farmers between $1,500 and sl/ 600 a week. Both cabbagtf growers and factory employees were very well pleased with the season, while the merchants of DeMotte are sharing in the prosperity. 4.7 ; .7 7.7 It will require from eight to ten men for the next five or six weeks at. the factory to handle the kraut which is to be shipped out. Already one car has been sent to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Cars have also been sent to Texas and California filled with kraut from the DeMotte factory. The factory at this time is the biggest employing institution in the county. ’ l '