The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-10

and geographic location will surely make
itself felt in determining the future great
market centers of the country. That the
great packers of Chicago have not been
asleep to the new conditions is quite ap-
parent and is plainly demonstrated by
their location at the western points re-
! packers have within the past few years
established themselves at Omaha, Kan
sas City, Sioux City, st. Joseph, St.
Louis and st. Paul. AS the broad states
| and territories of the far west are de-
veloped, new markets must come into ex-
| istence, and the older ones become OF less
| Importance.
ST. PAUL A FACTOR.
In the evolution of the markets St.
| Paul is destined to become a conspicu-
Gus factor. Its geographical location is
| such that it commands a vast territory
| north to British Columbia, and west TO
the Pacific ocean. This magnificent en-
! pire, much of which is yet unsubdued ny
| husbandry or occupied for ranges, is fast
| developing into farms and ranches for the
raising of cattle, sheep and horses.
Doubtless the finest natural ranges
with the best water and nutritious grass
es in the world, are those that are only
beginning to be developed in North and
South Dakota and Montana. The great
ranges of the Dakotas and Montana are
breaking up and disappearing, and in
/ their places are developing the ranches
| with their permanent occupants and their
! domestic herds of cattle and bands of
sheep and horses. The transformation is
already at hand, and the wilderness of
the ranges is being supplanted by the
farm and the evidence of thrift and of
! civilization 1t is difficult to fully I'M
| derstand the possibilities of the vast area
! of country referred to when fairly de-
Veloped, because it is greater in extent
and greater in resources than that upon
| which Chicago, the acknowledged leading
| live stock market of the world, depends
| During the year ending Dec 81 1900
there was received at the st. Paul Union
stock yards 1890 cars of live stock,
amounting in the aggregate to / ,239, $50
animals
The value and classificati ton of these
animals was as follows:
100000 hogs. value ........... 1924 600
1850 calves, value ........ $500. 445 GOO
4S00CO sheep, value 2,720000
2G,6S9 horses. value ........ 100000
Total value ...... ............ .$14 109, $40
Some of the animals passed through
to other markets, but there was actually
paid to the producers more than $12,0OO,-
600 in cash, two-thirds of the value of
the entire wheat crop of Minnesota at
the market stations of the state in the
year 1882 when an average crop of wheat
was produced.
The stock yards business in St. Paul be-
gan in 1888, when 100000 hogs were
brought here from st. Joseph, Mo. con-
trary to market conditions, in order to
supply the one concern then struggling
for precarious existence. Beef and
mutton animals, fit for the block, were
,,roIz,o DIT oh
would glut the market and force the ship
per to reload and move on to other mar
l1ets. In Swift e Co., who are now locat-
ed here with an extensive branch Of Their
business, we have the greatest packing
firm in the world. This aggressive con-
Germ is now shipping Minnesota cured
meats to every corner of the globe where
commerce and civilization exist.
During the year just closed they have
bought for cash at South ST. Paul $4,000
animals for packing purposes, paying for
them $1,000 GOO, and the supply was far
less than required.
During the year mentioned they have
constantly employed over 700 men. Their
expenditure for salaries and LABOR for the
year 1900 amounted to $408, 1904
The prices here are the same as Chi
cago less the freight charges from here
to Chicago. The market is religious?y
maintained upon this basis therefore, the
shipper who gives it the go-by for other
markets, must lose the shrinkage of the
animal in weight while in transit.
While many of the prominent live stock
markets have reached the acme of their
greatness and are either declining or
struggling to hold their own, st. Paul is
! gaining at the ratio of rs per cent each
| year.
Beginning in 1883 as the twenty-ffth in
| Importance, she greets the new century
! as the ninth. tr
! Situated at the gateway of an immense
| territory, whose area is greater than all
| of New England, and which is Justly rec
| ognized as the finest natural grazing dis
trict in the United States, where climate
| and all of the natural elements combine
to form ideal conditions for stock raising,
| the future greatness of st. Paul as one
of the most important live stock mar
kets of the country is assured.
MAY REFLECT COOPER.
| The Minnesota State Agricultural So
! cietv will close it's three days annual
session with business meeting this
morning at the Commercial Club. Presl-
| dent Cooper will deliver his annual adj
dress and the annual reports will be
listened to, after which there will be an
election of officers. 1t is probable that
the old officers will be reelected. The
management of the society during the
/ past wear seems to have given entire sat
| isfaction and those attending the ses-
| sion appear DESTROYS of Ie-electing john
| Cooper of ST. Cloud, president, and
| Thomas H. Shevlin. of NJ nneapolis; and
Chester R. Smith, vice presidents. ]. II.
! Ietson, Of Alexandria, a member of the
board of managers. has refused to serve
another term. N. G.. Sawyer. of Part
ridge; J. E. Cooley, of Duluth; ana l.. ID.
Iaird, of Austen, are ali spoken of in
TI11 rlNr
! elected board and officers will eject the
! secretary and treasurer next Tuesday at
! a meeting at the Merchants. The pres
| ent secretary, f. w Randall, and the
| teasurer F. w. Wilcox, of Northfe.A
will undoubtedly be reelected. It is
! understood that the report of the reso
| luton committee will recommend urgent.
! ly the need of improvements at the state
experimental farm.
| T. L. Hacker, professor of dairy hus-
| bandry at the school Of agriculture, read
ali interesting paper yesteday afternoon
on 'Dairying in Minnesota-Past, Present
! and Future - Minnesota has improved
to remarkable extent in her butter
making, the paper stated, but farmers
l who pay special attention to this de-
partment of farming have still much to
| learn in methods of feeding and caring
for the cows. AS an instance, the paper
cited that the common COW at the state
farm brings in $31 more annually than
| the common COW throughout the state.
This is due to the superior methods at
| the farm.
0. C. Gregg. superintendent of the
| Farmers institute. of Minnesota, spoke
! briefly on THE Improvement of Cattle
on the Farm An interesting talk on
1.-THE Influence of Feed on the Body of
the Growing Pig was given by w. A.
Henry, dean of the department of agTi-
culture of the University of Wisconsin.