Manufacture of sulphite spirit starts as a wartime byproduct
The alcohol manufactured by the factory - sulphite spirit - had to be sold to Oy Alko Ab. After Alko terminated its production contracts with spirit factories in 1954, almost all the factories in the country were forced to halt their production of 'stick spirit'. The Jämsänkoski factory also stool idle until the end of 1955. Thereafter, the factory operated until 1977, with the exception of a few brief breaks. Output for the whole period of operation was 51,465 tonnes of sulphite spirit. In wartime, many pulp mills also produced so-called fodder pulp, very soft cooked pulp designed for additional nutrition of animals, dried and shredded for mixing with other fodder. Fodder pulp was especially fed to the horses in the Armed Forces and factories' horses used in forestry work. Fodder pulp was not made at Jämsänkoski, but United's Valkeakoski pulp mill manufactured it. The following joke from Työn Äärestä magazine represents typical wartime humour: The veterinary surgeon making his inspection rounds spotted a pretty ill-groomed horse in one unit. "Private! Why have you not groomed your horse?" Private: "Best not to scratch him too much. Might soon expose the cardboard, as he's been fed on that pulp." |
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