Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-13
CATTLE MARKET IS A
MARVEL TO BERESFORD
ENGLISH ADMIRAL VISITS KAN
SAS CITY STOCK YARDS.
Ingenuity and Rapidly Of Buyers
and Cleanliness OF Surround
ings a Surprise TO British
Naval officer.

"T visited the greatest cattle market
On tho world today--your Kansas CITY
stock Yards" said Admiral Charles
Beresford of tho British navy at
the Hotel Baltimore last night "aud
! want To- say that its reputation mas
been justly eai1lrd. several Thousand
head of my crtic have been sold
through the Kansas tiN yards, and I
have been well satisfied with the rec
turns
'The market is ode greatest IN the
wonld n more WAYS than one. NV
agents sold a bunch lf 1000 'ad OF
cattle of nay McNico ranch h'rr last
w elk. and When I r.sciscd ln Invita-
tlon Saturday go VISIT tho Yards ubd
watch The unit aiding saI Solo OF ,atic
I eagerly accepted the invitation.
~ was told that there was great
deal of dirt about the yards. but Was
agrceably surprised I'M fact. ! could
not for the world see how the om-
ployes there managed Co keep things
500 clean and neat
"The system OF handling cattle as
they are unloaded from the ears.
penned. sold. weighed and started for
The killing benches. is simply marvel
Gus. noticed particularly the cone
yeniouce with which everything i4 arr
ranged. Every gate and over. pen
seems TO De "a time saver.
AT first glance the haadliuN of the
cattle from the cars Co the packer cor
TO the reloading pens se Ems Co De u
the nature OF am unbrokcn limo. 10 les
hard TO believe that no con tusian rec
suits ia the handing OF these im-
monsC numbers of cattle daii..
WORK OF THE BUYERS.
"The work probably Of the buyers
was most interesting 10 nae. 7 watched
SAL. al NJ Iaf .N
examine a load of steers and strepins
around among them poke them I'M the
ribs ana In the loins with their heavy
canes. then emerge from the pens and
make the owner an offer for the lot.
'These buyers. / understand are so
well trained I'm their work that they
can tell In an instant by the general
appearance OF the cattle just what
they are worth and can estimate the
loss 20 the packer or butcher in killing
them In England the work of these
men would be- considered as positively
marvellous. OF course over there we
have no such markets as YOU have
here. The hceves there are heavier
than the ordinary run here.
Il did not visit tho packing houses
here as / visited the big ones in Chica-
go, but ] understand that they are an
practically alike. There is vast Diff
ference. however, iu the appearance of
the Yards and the facility with which
the cattle are handled here has many
advantages over the Chicago Yards.
COMPETITION EXPLAINED.
England and Europe get the most
Of the better grades of beef killed
here 1 understand continued the
admiral. The reason for this Is that
the cattle raised over there are fatter
md heavier ana grade higher than the
average American beef TO compete
with the English raised beef. the
American packer has 20 send over the
best meat that he can secure. There
Is big demand for the American
meat and the American packer is
supplying 80 nicely
Admiral Beresford, with his attor-
neN departed last evening for New
York city He has 10 be IN England
by October ~. He expressed great
regret that he could not remain over
10 see the p. o. =. festivities. but de-
clared that he WIS highly pleased with
his visit 10 Kansas city anu that ne
expected 10 make his next stay here
much longer. (From the Kansas City
Jourual)