Upstairs is avenue after avenue of this fringe hung up to dry half way between floor and ceiling. An excellent air circulation, aided by abundant electric fans, hastens the drying process, which even under these conditions takes from three to four days.
Upon drying, the paste becomes stiff and can then be broken into suitable lengths for packing. Sometimes one will find a curve in the macaroni, which is the bend where it hung over the pole. Experienced girls do all the packing into pasteboard cartons of various sizes, the most popular size being the one pound. For export purposes the stars, rings, etc., are packed in bulk, thirty pounds to a bag, eight bags to a case, and shipped in large quantities to Europe, Malay sia, Australia, and many other places.
Supplying Its -Own Flour.
The Hing Wah Paste Manu turing Company has been establisned four and a half years in Shanghai, and now employs 120 people on its staff, with a daily output of its combined products of 10,000 pounds a day. Another factory run on the same lines, is situated at Hongkong.
To provide its own flour the company is now erecting a flour mill in Soochow Road, which will be in operation by December. The capacity of this mill is planned to be 6,000 bags, or 1,500 barrels of flour a day. ted without permission.
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