Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-01-11
The Growing Demand for Meats.

It really seems that the increased
prices upon meats have stimulated rath-
er than retarded consumption. During
the third week in October of the pres
ent year, the receipts of cattle at the
Union Stock Yards of this, city were
larger than at any previous time since
the yards were established. Yet, right
at the time of these heavy receipts, and
during the height of the scare among
shippers and Eastern buyers growing
out of the increasing shipments Of
dressed beef, we find, by referring to
the market report for October %, the
week following the very heavy receipts
referred to, at which time the receipts
were again reported as very heavy, that
"shippers bought with more than ordi-
nary freedom, anything good enough
for their use being taken at an advance
on the prices OF the day before 1t
was reported that no extra cattle were
in the market, but that "sales above IS
reached a larger aggregate than for any
day recently" Sales at s. and better,
on the 26th. exceeded 1000 head, and
some sales were made at S. SO. Sixty
head OF Montana natives were sold for
shipment, at $5.75. We refer to these
sales because they were made immedi-
ately after the unprecedentedly large
receipts.
The fact is that no producer needs
fear becoming the owner of too many
cattle or other meat-producing animals.
provided he is SO situated as to give
them prope care and maintain a profit
able growth at all seasons. The very
poorest of the poor-those who former
ly seldom bought meats-now swarm
about the retail shops and buy shank
bones, rib tips, flank pieces and all,
anything that will make boil, stew,
or work into solp. The rapidly-in-
creasing population of our tilies is
made up very largely of the laborers
and operators from foreign countries
class of people who ate but very little
meat in their own country, many of
them none at all. Increased wages,
with an advantage in the price of meats
here, compared to that in their own
country, prompts them to eat meat;
and this class of consumers alone abb
sorb an enormous amount of the low
er grades of meat every day.
Under the various demands, grad
uated by taste and purse. the re-
tail butchers are enabled to asso
their cuts as the grocer asserts his COT
fee. there being ready buyers for each
grade-some cuts going as readily at
twenty to twenty-five cents as others
do at seven or eight cents. The can
ming of meats opens a market for such
low grades of meat as hardly any butch
er, no matter who his customers are.
would tolerate upon his hooks. This
trade being. as it is carried on, very
profitable, enables cattle growers to
close out unthrifty, thin animals, get
ing, in the absence of any fat, the full
market value for skin, shrunken mus
Giles, tendon, bone and Otfal. The &C
emulation of this class of stock u on
the farm affords lesson that no OBJ
serving farmer can fail to pro t by, as
he has had ample opportunity of seeing
that he can no more grow good. profit
yielding meat upon the class of stockre-
ferred to, than a thrifty crop of corn
upon dry. sandy knoll.
Ii beef. to meet the demands of the
lower grade OF consumers and Gamers,
could be produced at cost in keeping
with its sell ng value, then there would
be some apology for growing it. The
manufacturer makes light article of
cloth to meet the demand from a GER
tain class of customers. He iweaves
into this fabric cheap material. makes
it light, and sells by the yard. in place
of selling by the pound. AS rule, he
is supposed to make a higher relative
profit upon the low-priced goods. But.
unfortunately for the farmer. he has no
low-priced material to weave in. The
grass that will grow and fatten steer
at three cents. will. with or alter rapid
ity, grow one at six cents; and what is
true of grass is equally true OF gran
feed. Lite Stock Journal.
Prof. Tyndall says there will be