In the days when all batches were finished by roller milling. Taken in 1955 at the original Van Buren Street factory location, 18 year-old Billy Cabell tends to a batch of letterpress blue ink. Back then, batches rarely went over 500 pounds. (225 kg.) Currently, batches of ink can easily exceed 2000 lbs. (1 M/T). Billy Cabell went on to be Kerley ink's production manager, and had a career with Kerley Ink spanning more than 50 years.