Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-12

Those VINO have not shipped there
ask, What do o think OF that
place anyhow
Being in Grand Forks last week,
the Herald visitor took a run out to
the packing plant to get some idea
pect in shipping here. w. S. Bouse
is h buyer. the mar with. whom
the business is transacted. He was a
buyer in the South ST. Paul yards
for is years. and it is evident hat
he knows his business. In ESwcr to
the visitors questions he said:
Average Purchases.
we are buying now On an aver
age about twenty-five carloads per
week, cattle, hogs and sheep OF 81!
grades. We provide a market for all
classes of live stock. The best grade
is used for u products, the shin
grade goes into the stock and feed
ing class. We don't try t fatten the
old Gamers. Most of the cattle or
ing in are Shorthorns and Durums.
The heavy runs OF cattle are about
over for this year Our cattle re-
ceipts have run as high as $50 per
day.
Our hog receipts have been light
so far. Feed is cheap this year, and
| expect the farmers will not ship
the hogs until they have fattened
them. Last year they started to
market hogs in September. The in
dications are this year thai they are
holding both cattle and hogs. A good
many lambs, are being shipped.
Most of the farmers keep their lambs
too long, n they get thin.
1.-THE switching facilities are good
here. Within an hour or two after
the freight reaches Grand Forks the
stock cars are switched from either
the Great Northern or the Northern
Pacific tracks onto the sidings here.
We have men working here both day
and night so that the stock can be
unloaded Immediately upon arrival
The stock pens will accommodate
about eighty carloads Of livestock at
one time. and six carloads can be
handled. at the same time on the con
crete unloading platforms.
Good Yards.
The yards are we'll protected
from both heat and cold. There
were only W. or three days last
summer when we had to shower the
hogs. Our hog receipts have run as
high as 1900 hogs per day.
During July, August and Septem-
Der our receipts were light, and we
had to buy from Winnipeg and St
Paul both cattle and hogs to keep up
our output. Ordinarily we do not
get much stuff from Canada as there
is a duty of So Is per cen on it.
I'VE handle the association ship.
ments here a good deal. A number
Of farmers in a community may &C
together to make up a carload. The
returns are all pro rated, and each
farmer gets his own check for his
pnrt re fho .oroS~rro4> Tho state
ments for each individual arc figured
out separately. Cooperative market
ing is a, great advantage in this par
Of the country where the interest OF
the farmer is divided between grain
and stock raising"
And what of the consumer, has he
any interest in this matter? Meat j:
heavy, and the ooner shipping ex'
pense can be stopped the cheaper the
finished product will be to the con
gunner, n the more the seller will
have made Of the less expensive
transaction. In avoiding shipping it:
livestock five hundred or more miles
and then shipping it's meat back thu
same distance, the farming con1mun'
ity is saving not only it's own profit:
but is also making it possible for thu
consumer to live more cheaply. RI
The local packing plant produce:
two brands OF goods. the SWee
Clover and the "Wildrose," tn,
Sformer being the special fancy pro
duct and the latter the standard
grade. Its best quality ranks will
the best packing products of th'
country.
Government Inspection.
The Northern Packing compan.
ships it's products to other states ant
hence its entire plant is operated un
der United States Government inspec
ton, there being three representa-
tives of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry Of the Department of Agri
culture stationed there. DR.. M. f
Schwab is chief of the staff, and i
veterinary inspector. Every apima
is carefully inspected before an
after it has been killed. All product
are under constant government in
spection during their process o
preparation for sale, and each pack
age must Dear. the government STAN!
before being placed on the market
; DR.. Schwab's word is law aroun'
!, the packing plant. II he orders tn
| condemnation of an animal in Who'll
or in part, the order must be strict