The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-30
MORE CATTLE
Are RECEIVED
sTocKYARDs OFFICIALS, HOW
EVER, SAY DAIRYMEN ARE NOT
SELLING HERps.-DRouTH ON
IN ONE OF CAUSES OF IN
CREASED SALES OF CATTLE.

From st. Paul comes the assurance
that there is no ground for the report
which has been going the rounds to
the effect that the dairymen Of the
as a result of the drouth. The st. Paul
northwest are selling their dairy herds
Pioneer Press has the following:
Although the receipts of cattle at
South st. Paul for the month of July
will be twice as large as a year ago,
neither the officers of the stock yards
company nor the buyers in the yards
believe that an undue proportion Of
dairy cattle is being received. Reports
that northwestern dairymen are selling
market are not true, according to the
company, which says the farmers are
wedding out their poor mixers, and in
number Of cases large raisers of
cattle are Shipping in beef cattle because
Of the threatened shortage of feed
this fall.
For two or three weeks dairy cattle
were arriving freely, but that stopped
week or two ago." said one buyer at
South st. Paul this narning.
Many Eastern Buyers Here
I'VE have an order for dairy cattle
to be shipped to Pennsylvania" said
another, "and we can't fill It, There
are buyers in the yards from a number
Of eastern points. This is unusual at
this time Of the year, but IL there was a
would get all they want
"Our records show that from the re-
ceipts Of 5000 cattle every Monday
this month"; this market has consumed
all but about $50 of each lot" said
A A. McKechnie secretary Of the
Union Stockyards company.
"Dairymen would as soon sell their
farms as sell their herds" continued
Mr.. McKechnie in discussing the situa-
ton. They may sell some of their
animals, but other dairymen are buy
ing them, or they intend to fill their
herds later"
Large Increase In Receipts.
Last July was a poor month with
cattle receipts of $4,000. This year the
end of the month will show nearly
double that amount. Figures compiled
by Mr.. McKechnie for the Dispatch
this morning show that up to date,
Minnesota has sent $1,000 cattle 10
market this month compared wit H.
900 for all Of July last year. In lIx,
manner the two Dakotas have also
greatly increased thei: shipments
Mr.. McKechine has had letters from
raisers Of cattle intimbating that they
were about to market a large number
and asking about the price. One ship
per in Montana writes that he could
not buy hay for his 1900 head. This
has. been the case with hundreds Of
others in other years." said Mr. Nc
Kechnie. "Since the settlers have gone
to Montana and fenced in the land
hay has been hard to get Cattle nc
/ longer winter themselves on the
ranges.
Sheep Receipts Growing.
zone man from north of st. Pau
told me that crops were good in hi
section, but where he had one COY
last year he has two now and he /
selling some of them. The large suppl.
is coming from all sections of tn
northwest, but the drouth has no
struck every corner of the state. Their
are alternate patches of good crop
and pastures and this leads us to be
lieve that the drouth is only one Q
the causes, and not the only one, TO
. the big shipments"
An Iowa buyer, with $50 acres c
pasture was at South ST. Paul thi
morning buying lean cattle for pastur
this fall. Sheep are coming to marke
rapidly, but many of them were he'll
over from last year in hopes of
higher price this fall and others ar
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