Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
az Lice Stock 9 PACKING House Interests Discussed

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HOME DEMAND tNcREAsIyo
And throughout # alI tbo ,.'''''t'
peei az home here lnoreases' '''a aii for
probably due TO the fact tbot =, rms Is
more markets 10 feed ntbor t ,ugIe are
increase OF consumption por o ',In TO an
a. comforting reflection IN Oi,P,'a and
l,uh Is Drawn from tho kpo"i' eohnec.
d AZ sAuess Us provided from hone way
a Ivy considerable quantity NJ wv, plo'
h neal Is stu shippod ntn tbo gasl-
W we pehYer and River pacs. l'as
eNpeuAs OF lne year but Ms min o
=" Y blAlVallY Diminishing updo, as
maintenance Of tarld rates vbl,s lNe
prevailed for the mast four vlor. n1 l!e
lne llhellhood OF ts reduction to n WIZ
PROPORTIONS Instead of rlr lot DoA
WIN lhe erection of Inc Daokira oNes
i ste,,l,iy protected The DELAYED con
A,ilul'lon OF the latter much needed y rn
sulQllan mas accustomed murb disln
pulllWenl 10 an concerned ag tho r.p
ulp'Ue ana public generally bopsd ".
gee lhe Plant In operation this oiI ,r, ~
l9Imar are sun eanguiho of suoolo, t Ue
Well Efforts 10 procure the rao,,rsn.
llNls IRON home SOURCES for me .n,a,
PRISE ana now declnro that lbay toro
% break ground for tho fouud,ilor
me Plant not later than March j. ''
LOCAL PACKING ENTERPRISE
Considerable progress has o,,,,a.
been made n The ondolyor to nroypi,
ms Dig center with complatp 5r0I,l..
Tor meat packing Through tba ori
taiion Of the subject by me civ Drs..
last summer general interest vSs
aroused among the etockmsn M Wa
state and considerable portIor W"
me needed funds was pledged T6e
yuan Packing company was organized
out Of the old wholesale butch,rIng drn
Of Knight a Company and locoi
gtockmen ana the business p1ulpmsr,
ana trade Of the former as well as tbs
SKIN, experience and ability OF tba
old partnership wore absorbed m
a nucleus for the new venture Tba
destruction 0f their old saucb,7rng
plant by fire q month ago haslong raib,
en- than delays the building OF the new
packing house as the company Is now
killing an average OF 80 cattle. MS
sheen and probably 90 hoes a day In
It's lily lmprovised quarters at me
Union Stock Yards. using Refrigerator
cars for the transportation of the meat
to their salesrooms In the city
HOG RAISING INCREASES.
It must not be inferred that The COW.
man and the consumer are alone in
their desire to SEP more of "a home
market made for l'tahs meat products
as our farmers who raise hogs could
prohtably breed and fattcr % where
they now make one good one are az
keenly alive 10 the improvement Of CD.
portuuity constantly bperated mod
trn packing plant. adequately backed
financially would make Tor them. The
number cf hogs being raised IN Utah
Increases greatly every year. and In ad.
jacont counties Of Idaho the breeding
OF swine has taken on the proportions
OF boom IN the last three or four
years. Salt Lake, however continues
TO bring IN practically all Of the pork
lolns cut up by local dealers from Den.
yer and tho river and but a trlhng per-
centaga Of the lard hams and bacon
consumed in the state and nearby are
OF home manufacture
SHEEP BUSINESS SOARING.
The sheep business Of the state Is
about to start In on one Of lbs price
balo0nlng periods again from all ap.
pearances. Early In the year there was
little sale for stock sheep and the drag.
ging teno, ~ TO all sorts Of selling
The holdings In Utah were heavily re.
duced two years ago by winter losses
and the fear Of a recurrence Of these
a year ago, as well az the money neces.
stiles OF nockmasters induced heavy
shipping in 1903 The year began there
fore with reduced tlocks, In numbers,
on the ranges and a lighter clip OF wool
than the state usually turns on.
The latter sold for prices ranging
from l2lk to l6 cents per pound which
was fully up TO the sellers expecta'
tlons. and later, Notwithstanding the
strike. mutton and lamb values were
fairly well maintained throughout the
shipping season. A dearth OF cars pre-,
vented the movement to market ana
eastern feed-ots Of a large number
OF Utah and Idaho sheep which was
regarded at the time as q great mis-
fortune. AS wool has since Jumped IN
value several cents per pound thereby
creating n big demand for all KINDS OF
wooly-hacks. the feeling has given way
TO one OF corresponding jubllatlon
On the local market for mutton pur'
poses. wethers are selling Tor SI5 per
100 pounds and ewes for Q quarter lessi
while stock sheep are bringing rom
s2.75 to 1926 per head and the CLIPS on
their backs to ha sheared next sprlns
are about ali 1traoted 10 eastern
woolmen at pr ranging from Il 10
q cents per pound. -
In the horse line there has been conn
little doing above swapping
and the occasional snip
ment of carload LOT OF rangers But
prIces are higher on the latter sort bya
Of dollars head than specula'
tors paid early In the spring ana va.
ues on good horses Of any KIND nave
made tremendous advances In the paN
two years ...,
Therefore cowmen would say that
cattle are plentiful and good out 'oS
low in price to be profitable, ana oll
other kinds Of stockmen out THIS way
would pronounce the year excellent 10
WV 49, JAMES G, LEARY'