Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-11

The Monthly Fairs Will Make
Better Market for County
Ind Cause Farmers to Pay
More attention to lmprov-
ing the Grades.
The advent of Kansas City Beef
Makes I'm Improvement in
Local Stock a Necessity.

Local Stock Necessity.
At the present time considerable
amount OF Kansas City beef is re-
tailed by the local meat markets in
Little Falls, possibly One-third of the
sales being OF imported beef. The
butchers say they get this foreign
meat at price that makes it profit
able for them to handle it to some
extent in place. OF local stock. even
though the latter sells for about 2h
cents on foot. The expense of tray
cling through the country to buy
stock is done away with. as is also
the expense of caring for and killing
and dressing. ThecOunty stock that
is now bought is contracted fOrfrOm
farmers who visit the city. and is de-
livered when wanted. The amount
of money paid by the meat market
men OF the city to Armour & Co.,
who supply the Kansas City beef, is
probably upwards of $500 week, or
at the rate of over $l5, 200 a year. 1t
is unfortunate that that much money
should go out OF thecOmmunity, and
there is Il natural anxiety to devise
some means to prevent it. Only the
very best breeds Of local stock, well
fed to prepare them for the market,
can compete at all in quality with
the imported meat, and the scrub
stock cannot be got in condition to
do SO.
The stOckraisers OF the county
have not paid attention enough to
improving the grade of the stock. and
in fact stOckraising ,has not received
the attention the character OF the
county warranted. The business is
profitable in Southern Minnesota,
where the breed OF stock has been
carefully considered, and Morrison
county has as good grazing lands
and meadows as any section OF the
state
The amount OF stock raised and
sold in the county could be greatly
increased. much to the profit OF the
county, but the grade should becare-
fully looked after. The establish
ment OF the monthly fairs at Little
Falls will, among other things, add
greatly to the facilities of the farm
ers for selling their stock. A large
amount OF stock is each earshipped
from this county, and buyers now
travel over the county to collect
enough to make q shipment. In that
way there is no direct competition,
such as there will be at the monthly
fairs. Farmers who bring their
stock and other products here on
May 26, the date OF the first fair,
will meet buyers from different Sec
tions who will make their purchases
in one day, and not be Obliged to
expend time and money in travelling
over the county. A higher price can
and will be paid, than is now re-
ceiveu by owners. 1t will also be
demOnstrative that the better grades
Of stock command higher prices, and
the result will be an influence to en-
courage the raising Of better grades
OF stock. The monthly fairs in other
sections Of the state have been sue
cessfully conducted for years, and
the localities where they have been
held have profted greatly by them.
The amount of stock handled at
some OF them is surprising, and it in
creases in amount and improves in
quality eachyear. The creation of
regular and convenient market is the
best encouragement to this branch OF
agriculture, and the monthly fair,
where buyers and sellers meet in
large numbers, has been demon
strated to be of the greatest benefit.
1t is an institution that iscOmmOnly
beneficial to all elements-the stock
raiser who sells, the buyer who gets
the stock, and the business men of
the community where the fairi is held.
The buying and selling of stock is
only one OF the features of the fair,
as all farm products such as horses,
pork, Give or dressed) veal, mutton,
feeders, oxen, mich COWS, poultry,
eggs, butter, corn, feed, oats, pota-
toes, onions, etc., will find buyers at
these fairs. ~
Cheap Lands! Low Rates!
On May Goth a Home Seekers and
Business Mems Excursion will be run