Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-05-11
THE STOCK MEN REPORT
Fayoring the Location of Live stock Mar
ket at st, Paul.


establishing live stock market at
that place will submit the following
report Ia the Montana Stock Growers'
Association, which favors the estab-
lishment of the stock market with all
that it implies:
To the president of the Montana
Stock Growers Association: Your conf
mittee, TO whom was assigned the duty
of visiting st. Paul on invitation of its
chamber of commerce, To investigate
the feasibility of establishing live
stock market ut or near that city, and
whose duties were enlarged by the ac-
ceptance of a courteous invitation from
the chamber of commerce of Minneap-
oils to make like investigation in
reference to its city and vicinity, have
the honor 10 report as follows:
Having devoted four days to the
duty with which we were charged,
and having been offered every facility
and aided in every conceivable man.
ner by the business men of both cities,
we find that somewhere Immediately
contiguous to the cities of St, Paul and
Minneapolis, n live stock market is
both feasible and practicable. We
find the local consumption of beef cat
tie in the two cities to he about 10000
head per annum. This supply is at
present largely drawn from Kansas
City and the southwest, though its
natural source should be Dakota, Mon
tana and northern Wyoming, and
would be If there was at this point a
live stock market and adequate feeding
establishments TO keep up the supply
with our feeders, at seasons when
range fed beef is out of market. In
addition to the local consumption at
st. Paul and Minneapolis, drawn from
the southwest, il is also true that the
entire stretch of country adjacent to
the Northern Pacstic road Is al certain
seasons supplied with beef from Kan
sas City and vicinity, that the country
to the southwest of these two cities
within radius of two hundred miles
receives its beef from the same source,
and that the immense numbering and
mining districts of Wisconsin and
Michigan are dependent for beef on
Chicago, when the whole of the inn
mense territory above described could
and undoubtedly would be brought
tributary 10 these cities by the estab-
lishmcnt of
UNION STOCK YARDS,
abattoirs, packing houses, etc. 1t is "a
significant fact, and one worthy Of
notice by the citizens Of these cities
that there is not, north Of Council
Bluffs and Omaha and west Of Mil
waukee, single market where train
load of cattle can he sold. We find
also that the feeding of cattle for mar
ket, as a business, Is almost unknown
here, Notwithstanding that the facili-
ties are unusually advantageous for its
successful prosecution. Our visit to
Mr.. j. j. Hills farm has satisfied us
that this business, so generally neg
lected, is capable of being conducted
with profit to both feeders and grow
ers. AT Mr.. Hills farm we found i'm
practice system of feeding with pre-
pared food, consisting largely of ruta-
bagas and cut hay, with small ad-
mixture of corn meal, ground oats and
oil cake, costing but : $40 cents per
day per animal with the result, ascer-
tanned by continued experimental feed
ing by Mr.. Hill, of putting about two
and three-quarter pounds per day per
animal. In competition at Chicago
with cattle fattened in the great corn
belt the system was demonstrated 10
can produce unlimited quantities Of
such food as Is necessary for
CHEAPLY AND PRoFITABLY
stock for market. This sub
ject was eXhaustively tested by Messrs.
j. j. Hill and A. B. Stickney. If st.
Paul and Minneapolis will establish
adequate facilities for marketing and
cattle, they will undoubtedly
secure the bulk of the trade from Da-
kota, Montana and northern Wyom-
ing, and We earnestly recommend
these cities to prepare themselves to
handle the live stock business of the
northwest with its kindred industries,
and not permit themselves to he, as
they now are, Il way station on the
route from the ranges to eastern mar
kets. The vast
CATTLETRADEO OF THE NORTHWEST
has heretofore gone to points east Of
these cities, and our supplies have
necessarily been drawn from these
points but il would seem that the time
has now arrived when for the best in
terests of all concerned, IA change
should be made, and the establishment
OF live stock market i'm the vicinity
of the twin cities would in our opinion
work TO the great advantage of both
producers and consumer by aflording
an additional market, increasing the
commercial Importance of the two
cities and being of inestimable value 10
the whole northwest In the cOncentra-
tion and distribution of the increased
business that will necessarily follow
the Inauguration of this enterprs.
We therfore unhesitatingly and cor
daily endorse the movement for the
establishment of live stock market
and all the attendant industries for
the handling of live stock products at
a proper location in the vicinity of
the cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Your committee was further in
structed to visit the Marquis de Mores
at Medora, Oak, and investigate his
plan for feeding cattle at that place.
This duty was rendered unnecessary
by the Marquis de Mores appearing be-
fore your committee while at st. Paul
and explaining very clearly and in de-
tail his plan for the establishment of
extensive feeding sheds at MedOra.
The matter was referred to sub-com-
mittee with Instructions to report at
the earliest practicable date.
In conclusion your committee desire
to express their cordial and heartfelt
thanks for the distinguished courtesies
extended to them by the chamber of
commerce of th, cities of st Paul and