The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-11-27

Mr.. Ensgaard Is employed at the
Madison dyeing and cleaning works.
From Mondays Daily.
Two weeks have now passed since
the new stockyards established by
the Cudahy Brothers company OF
Cudahy. Wis, just north Of the Man.
kato fair grounds, began doing bust.
ness. During that time thirty-five
carloads OF hogs have been handled
at these yards, making an average
OF two and a half cars per day. A
carload of hogs, according to regu-
lations, means, 1900 pounds Of live
pork. Thus on the average, the
Cudahy Brothers company has been
weighing, feeding, watering and re-
shipping 42,500 pounds Of live pork
per day.
]. II. Schuldt, the manager. worked
for the same company, when this
transshipping operation was being
carried on at Waseca. These stock
yards were closed last June, and
others were opened at Winona. Mr..
Schuldt acted for the company in
like capacity at that place.
Secures Hogs From Wide Range.
Mr.. Schuldt purchases the hogs
for the company from a wide range
of territory. Each morning he OBJ
tains the market prices OF hogs by
wire from Chicago and South st.
Paul He has a schedule of railroad
freights between Mankato and all
the shipping points from which he
buys, and thus be is able to tell in
moment, just what price he will
pay at any point. He communicates
with the shippers by long-distance
South Dakota. II Is thus that the
purchases are made. The hogs are
billed to Mankato, and on being re-
ceived here, they are weighed, fed
watered. rested and reshipped to
the packing plant at Cudahy, which
is a few miles from Milwaukee.
Since the yards opened at Man.
kato, about a carload of hogs in all
has been purchased from neighbor-
ing farmers. Mr.. Schuldt hoped to
do a larger business than this local.
ly in the near future. He wishes to
have farmers bring their hogs on
Mondays and Saturdays, not later
than two o'clock in the afternoon.
He promises to pay the highest
market price.
Last Saturday he was paying 81
per hundred pounds. and for extra
fine stock he was adding FIVE cents
per hundred pounds. He makes no
charge for freight yardage or CON-
mission.
Comparison Of Figures.
81 can give you comparison in
figures between what a farmer gets
by marketing his hogs in Mankato
and what he gets by shipping them
to st. Paul." said Mr.. Schuldt today.
Suppose a farmer has 1900 pounds
of live hogs to sell. This amounts to
a carload Saturday we were giving
seven cents a pound. This gave the
farmer s1,190 for a carload of hogs
at Mankato. st. Paul was paying
s.0715 per pound. This would make
total Of s1,215.50 for the whole
carload. But let us see what has to
be deducted. The freight rate of
16 cents per hundred pounds must
be taken off. This comes to s27.20
Then there is commission of $500
to be taken off. There Is a yardage
charge Of eight cents per hog. II the
carload contained SO hogs, this
would make 1854. There is also a
switching charge OF 50, and an in
spection charge OF so cents. All OF
these deductions amount to s44.34,
and this amount, when taken from
the total price OF s1.215.50, leaves
s1.171.16. This Is 1854 less than
what the farmer would get by sell
ing right here at Mankato TO u.s."
The stock yards are not yet quite
ready for the cattle business. Some
feeding troughs must yet be put In.
When this work Is done, cattle can
likewise be weighed, fed. watered
and trans-shipped at Mankato. II Is
expected that the business In hogs
viii show quite an increase In the
near future and the yards will de-