The Borden’s Condensed Milk Factory, placed in Starkville, MS. In 1926 was once such venture. Borden’s first plant in the south, the factory served only that region. As a consequence, it reduced the milk processing giant’s distribution and labor costs. But that remained only part of the story. Borden’s decision to go regional and then where in the region to locate, followed a whole series of explorations into the process of condensed milk manufacture. In the course of making its decisions and situating its facility, Borden ultimately transformed rural space and practice on a far greater scale than would Ford as it created an entire new agricultural sector in the south. Infrastructure, physical, transportation and intellectual, remade the region’s farmers and their institutions.
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