Monday, June 4, 1923 - On the Road Again through Battle Creek to Sturgis, MI

Another beautiful day. Bright, mild with a nice cool breeze. Arose 6:30 A.M. Packed up. Breakfast & Worship. We bid Nellie a fond farewell and left Lansing at 8:35 A.M. 70 miles via Charlotte, Olivet & Battle Creek to Mother's cousin Mr. Charles Turnbull. We stopped and went through the W.K. Kellogg Company at Battle Creek. It was very interesting to see how the food is made of which I have consumed bushels. 15,000 bushels of corn are used daily in the manufacture of over a million packages a day. 5 tons of malt, 5 tons of sugar & 2 tons of salt are used daily to give the exclusive Kellogg flavor. Over a million dollars a year is expended annually for advertisement. Work is carried on continuously in 3 shifts of 8 hours each. We were treated with ice cream, given souvenirs and samples of Kellogg products. A cafeteria where food is sold at cost price, a beautiful social room, emergency hospital etc, are at the disposal of the 1200 employees. Cleanliness, care and courtesy were noticeable characteristics. A very pleasant and profitable trip, well worth the time spent. We took dinner and had a pleasant visit with Cousin Charlie Turnbull. His wife died several years ago. A Mrs. Krontz is keeping house for him. Her daughter Irene also there. Maggie Turnbull also came down on train to help with dinner. She rode with us to Sturgis where she lived. Supper with her and stayed overnight. She lives just out side city limits of Sturgis but is going to move. H.H. & I stayed in and wrote. Mother, Father & Maggie went out calling on relations (distant). Talked. Evening worship. To bed 12 P.M. Thankful for health.

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Below is a map of the Clossons' possible route on this day (from Google Maps).

Kellogg's doesn't give tours anymore; that ended in 1986, much to the disappointment of many customers. Below is a photo of the factory as it looked in 1923. It must have been a lengthy tour!

Taken from Prairie Lakes Journey blog

Stanford gave a few statistics about the company as it was then. Those 15,000 bushels were up to 110,000 by 1980, and they were joined by 225,000 pounds of bran, 9,000 bushels of wheat and 12,000 pounds of wheat germ each day (taken from MichMarkers). Doubtless the total is even more now. With all the factories they have around the world, they need more employees: over 35,000 in 2014--up from the 1,200 working in Battle Creek in 1923.