The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29
FINE CHRISTMAS CATTLE
OVER 500 HEAD BOUGHT FOR EX-
PORT AT STOCK YARDS.
COnfectiOners Making Tons of HOli-
day Candies-Plars for Enlarging
II Big Packing House.

Last week was one of the banner weeks
with the Indianapolis stock yards. The
pork packers were large buyers of hogs,
and over Ave hundred head of fine Christ
mas cattle. Weighing. from 1850 TO loo
pounds, We're purchased for export. Much
credit is due to A. Kahn 6; Son, who really
put this export of cattle movement on it's
feet, and who, with others, are now devel-
oping it, The arrival of cattle on Friday
last included 104 head from w. H. Coombs,
one OF the most extensive feeders of Cal
houn, Mo. They averaged about 1850
pounds, and sold at $50. r. H. Carrot, an
other prominent cattle dealer of Calhoun,
was in charge of the cattle, and he spoke
very fiatteringly of the arrangement of the
Union stock yards and the facilities for
handling and caring for stock. He was
also well pleased with the sales, and init
mated that Indianapolis could expect good
patronage from that territory in the future.
The Daily Live Stock Journal Of Friday
devoted considerable space to setting out
the advantages the Indianapolis stock
yards offer for feeding and caring for live
stock, and to the reasonable prices which
prevail for such care, and the conveniences
for unloading and loading cattle. In COM
menting on the growth of the export trade
established fact that the Middle States at
present furnish large percentage of the
good export cattle of this country, and
probably the largest proportion is furnished
by Indiana and Illinois, or the country
tributary to this market The attention of
the leading exporters and slaughterers has
been directed here on this account, and,
while it is probably true that the export
cattle trade in Indianapolis is yet in it's in
fancy, most of the leading buyers are now
represented here, and it will probably be
only a short time until all are. The
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company and
United Dressed Beef Company of New
York have regular representatives here and
Swift & Co., Nelson Morris & Co. and 9TH
ers are liberal buyers when the prices will
justify. The principal local buyers are
Kingan & Co., C. j. Gardner and the In
dianapolis Abattoir Company, who are ac-
tive competitors for the better grades of
cattle, as Well as butcher stuff and the
commoner class for canning purposes. After
Jan. l the well-knoWn New York firm,
Eastman'S Company, will be permanently
represented here by Mr.. r. p Lindsay,
their former Kansas City buyer. 1t is due
the firm of A. Kahn 81 Son, live stock Dur-
chasing agents, to say that they have ham
died most of the better class of export cat
tie that have been marketed here this fall.
Besides the larger. number of cattle they
bought for SchWarzschild & SulZberger and
other Eastern firms, they had a very impor-
tant foreign order to fill. This was from E.
u. Poole q Co., the most extensive wholesale
butchers of London England 1t requires
an average of 600 beeves per week to sup
ply the trade of this company, and in the
past eight weeks this market has furnished
about one-half of their requirements.