The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-28
UTAH FED SHEEP
ARE IN DEMAND
Opportunity Present for Salt Lake to
Be Packing Center.
FREIGHT MAY BE SAVED
a. D. HUDNALL, SToCKMAN,
TELLS THINGS OF INDUSTRY.

Among the visitors to Salt Lake yes
terday was a. D. HudnaH of Las Ami
mas. Colo, representing the Feeders
association of the Arkansas valley. He
IS on his way to Milford. where he IS to
ship $1,000 yearling wethers. purchased
from Haley & Saunders of Salt Lake.
TO Craze on the line of the Colorado
Midland railroad during the summer
The point selected is at Ivauhoe, but
later they viii be fed at Las Auimas
on the line of the Santa Fe railroad
for next springs markets.
Discussing the success Of the Utah
sheep growers this spring Mr.. Hudnali
said.
The feeders in Colorado have found
out by actual experience that Utah
sheep are the most profitable to feed,
and for that reason they are going
largely into the purchase Of Utah bred
stock for development on their ranges.
Is an Old Stockman.
Mr.. HudnaH is a product Of the Old
Dominion state. Virginia, and has &c
voted the better part Of his life to a
study of the development of sheep
feeding I'm the west On arriving in
Utah many years ago he saw that II
was necessary to become thoroughly
ing here. and TO that end ne oTres-
ponded with the weather bureau of tie
department of agriculture at Washing
ton.
He received through the section office
at Denver a complete report Of the con-
ditions prevailing during the previous
ten years and from that report he ar
rived at tine conclusion that the eli
matte conditions of Utah We're the most
favorable for the successful feeding Of
sheep and cattle that this western
country had ever provided
As q result Of Mr.. HudnaIIS investi-
cations and Investments other persons
were induced to come into this state.
aud combined their efforts have been
fruitful i'm uubuildiug the sheep indus
try in Utah. so that today il has ar
rived at q point where 1t commands
the attention Of the leading investors
Of the country. so much so that for
packing-house purposes the lambs AMI
mUttOnS are considered UueEreiied
throughout the western and eastern
country.
Offers Suggestion.
There is no need of the sheep grow
ers of this state 10 send their livestock
back east for slaughter OF for packing
purposes said MI Hudnall- 1T can
he accomplished here. and I expect to
see the day soon when all the fat lambs
Of this state viii be slaughtered in this
locality and shipped i'm refrigerator
cars east even to Liverpool London
and the markets of the world, at a
saving of - per cent in the shrinklge-
ITO Illustrate. You take the sheep
fresh from the ranges and put chem
into cars. the destination of which may
he Omaha. Kansas City or Chicago, and
by the time they reach the end IF the
journey they have suffered from
bruises. fever due to the excitement Of
travel or from the loss or lack of pro-
per food and as a result the sheep
even before slaughter. have lost cOa-
siderable flesh as "A result of the jour
ney-
Ion the other hand. If the sheep wCr"
slaughtered here IL salt Lake. fresh
from the ranges. the flesh would bn in
prime condition and because of that
fact alone they. ought to command Il
reader rate at Ct higher price IN the
markets of the eastern states o. Z"
whatever port they may he shipped AS
P matter OF fact today sheep Irg being
shipped from this state To the abatt0ir~
in Omaha. Kansas City and thiCI-O-
and the carCasses are then SEM back
here. even as far as the coast thus en-
failing a double freight rate according
10 classification. The same - true Of
cattle. though the Utah product l. not
Yet up To prime condition because Cf
the lack of care and breeding Now
there is no reason in the wide world
Why Salt Lake should not have the ~
solute control of the sheep Industry of
Utah. ana by that 7 mean the sUT-ply-
ing of fresh meat tn the coast e .es-
Opportunity for Salt Lake.
81 see iu all this that the time has
arrived when active salt Lake Non
should be up and doing to establish
here a packing house of large proper
tons There IS Ur reason why this city
should not benefit from the demands ,f
industrial advancement and this one
matter Of the sheep raising. both fCr
wool and the flesh. should command tFa
immediate support of AN persons Who
have at heart the making of salt Lake
into a real metropolis From Wh7t !
have seen this spring of the herds graz
fng on the ratEes of this state ] am
convinced that the folds viii be almost
doubled during the next Sin months
and during Landing time I predict that
the offspring will be equal To any iH
the country
BIKE races at salt Palace May 81.
The prices on Erauiteware made by
Harris are worthy of consideration.