The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-19

these sales only fine coaching and work
horses are sold. At the annual sales horses
of finer strain of blood are auctioned.
Attending these sales are representatives.
from all parts of the world. prominent
horse firm of Glasgow, Scotland. has a
standing offer here for all the draught
horses Of good quality that enter this mar
ket.
This market has shown a steady increase
in its receipts of hogs for the first six
months of this year, while in the receipts
Of sheep there has been a decrease. There
has also been a decrease in the shipment
of horses and mules to this point. For the
first six months there was an increase of
1l2,5S9 in hogs. while there were 1886 fewer
sheep and 699 fewer horses and mules This
decrease was mainly in June.
II. C. Graybill, traffic manager of the
Union Stockyards, in speaking of the trade
of the yards, said yesterday that Indianap-
oils is one of the cities of the country
that is always looked to by dealers in stock.
The trade of this city is SUCH" he said,
that but few other yards in the United
States are TO be considered above it. When
you take into consideration the class OF
stock handled at this point, Indianapolis
ranks among the first. We not only handle
the common grade. but our greatest trade
is in buying and selling the choice hogs and
cattle. A few years ago our greatest trade
in hogs was in the fall. AT that time many
packing houses were only capable, of killing
hogs in the winter. Now climatic conditions
are not considered, all the packing houses
with which we deal have ample facilities
for cold storage and the killing of beef and
pork iSsdone the year round. AT the kingan
plant there are an average of 5000 hogs
killed each day. The other three houses
will probably kill as many among them.
Kingan & Co. and the Abattoir will each
slaughter between 500 and 200 cows each
day. By the end of the year 1 think this
number will be doubled. To supply this
trade We could not rely on the central
States alone to furnish the stock Ohio, In
diana and Illinois furnish the best porkers
when fine hams and breakfast bacon are
wanted. These States also furnish a good
quality of beeves.''
FEW SHEEP HANDLED.
Mr.. Graybill said that the Union Stock
yards have never dealt heavily in sheep,
have never devoted much attention to that
line of trade. AT the registered cattle
branch of the yards fine merino sheep are
sold. Chicago and st. Louis, he said, took
the greater number of sheep for the outside
markets.
In recent years the trade of the Indian
apolis packers has been so great that
agents of the Union Stockyards have in
vaded the Southern and Western States for
their supply. THE Southern States" Mr..
Graybill said, furnish poor quality of
beef. The cows are small and thin and
are commonly known among the trade as
Gamers That is, that most of their meat
finds itself on the market in the shape
of canned goods and in the composition of
soups. The fine cattle for Eastern and ex-
port trade, in which this city deals ex-
tensively, comes from that section of the
country west Of thel Mississippi river and
south of the Missouri river This field has
been appealed to in the last three years
as 1t is one of the greatest cattle raising
districts in the world. Many trainloads of
cattle are also purchased in the States
west of the Rockies, and those along the
nofthern boundary of the Union
Mr.. Graybill says he has just returned
from visit to Elgin, Kan. which is said
to be the largest cattle shipping point in
the country. From that point last year."
said he. 100 carloads of cattle were
shipped. During my visit there few weeks
ago / met number Of stock raisers who
had already arranged to ship several car
loads of their stock to this city. Before
left their orders had been doubled and 1
expect that in the near future many of
the cattle reaching this point will come
from that section of the country
SAVE MONEY HERE.
lone of the reasons for the popularity of
this point in buying is that a man can save
Our prices correspond well with those at
Chicago and East st. Louis. while we are
ahead of Louisville, Cleveland and Buffalo.
Another element in our favor is the fact
that we have good railway connections and
no time is lost in either shipping into this
city or dispatching stock to points away
from here.
"Our horse market has seen a rapid
growth. That is due, / think, to the fact
that we handle nothing but horses Of quail
ity, while Chicago and East st. Louis are
content with the range stock for which
their markets have many calls. The North
ern States furnish most of the horses for
this market. We also get many shipments
from Canada.t
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