The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-01

Minnesota has an industry in the Union
Stock yards of which the people of the
state may we'll feel proud. The fiscal
year of this institution, which is rapidly
forging to the front rank among the
great live stock marketing centers of the
country, ended yesterday with the old
year. The record of receipts for 1901
shows decided falling off in every item,
with the one exception Of hogs. In spite
Of this fact, however, the officials of the
yard company are well pleased with the
business that has been done, and regard
the year as highly satisfactory
The decline in cattle, calves, sheep and
horses may be attributed to circum-
stances over which the yard officials have
had no control, and other marketing
points have suffered to an even greater
degree than has South st. Paul. The
shortage in cattle is due directly to the
fact that the usual outlet for the feeding
cattle, the Southern and Middle West
states, was a barren field this year. The
extreme hot weather and the lack of rain
dried the pastures and left nothing for
the cattle in these states, where farmers
are always buyers to the extent of thou
sands and thousands of cattle. During the
past year these buyers We're not in the
market for a single head and in many
instances they shipped the cattle that
they had on hand to the ranges in the
Northwestern states, where grass was
more abundant than ever before known.
While this reversal of the usual conditions
has been detrimental to the local market
this year. it will work wonders in the
future, and the harvest will be reaped in
the year to come.
Visible Supply of Sheep.
Sheepmen attribute the shortage in
sheep to several things First, Western
feeders had on feed at South St Paul in
1900 more than 100000 sheep. This year
they have sent in not more than 100 900
sheep. The visible supply of sheep in
the country is even greater than last
year, but ranchmen, in many instances,
are holding their sheep on the ranges and
are not sending them in to be finished.
Others have sent their sheep to market,
direct from the ranges, in a half-fat con-
dition, rather than finish them with high
priced grain feed. AS South St. Paul is
principally a feeding station, and there
is very little outlet from here for any,
thing but finished sheep and lambs, these
ranchmen- have passed by us this year in
favor Of Eastern points. Sheepmen say
that many OF the ranchmen who follow
ed this course have been heard to express
regret that they did not ship to South st.
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this sentiment will work great good 10
the local market this year.
Horse Receipts Fall OFF.
The decline in horse receipts is but
natural. Receipts in 1900 were little short
of phenomenal The Western horse horse
craze on, and the horses were rushed
in from the ranges as fast as they could
be rounded up. The commission firms
behind this business at South ST. Paul
were in 1900, doing the bulk of their
business at this point. In 1901 the trade
was split up and sent to several other
points, and South St. Paul naturally had
TO suffer. In the meantime the rush has
subsided and has given way to a steady
trade that is much more profitable.
The following table shows the receint,
for the year just closed, compared with
1860. The figures for 1851 are not accu-
rate, as the records are complete for only
the first eleven months OF the year but
the estimates will be found to be within
few head of the official figures, to be
given out later.