Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-07-16


And Frank llastug j. do.d'
Voices of livestock breeders rittlo-
men and packers Throughout tho nation
uttered vNchmations ut unlshl and
sorrow recently. when tn, wires ear.
ricd news II the death 900 stamford.
Texas ~ one ~ "a, h.i kuuwu cattle.
men In the Southwest Frank S Hast.
ings. manager ~ th, 3 " : ranches
For thirty years his personality had
been factor In the packing Industry
and tho bccf cattle upd. o. sromrd
hard 10 believe that hr was guur The
Kansas 10y who grew up with Kansas
IitS's packing Industry. vino was Tor
Years confidential ed, isur 60 the hate
Kirkland y. Armour aud who later
b,camc manager ~ TOO. Oou arros ~
lJoXaa ranch property. where ho Iion.
'orcd and developed the mail order"
sal" ~ standard commercial cattle sup.
diving calves AMI Workings Ia hundreds
n rsttl" feeders annually throughout
the corn hclt
n iss f,r crv from thu s NJ $ ranch
in Texas to the board fence on q
little farm ucar Loaycuworiht kans.
where Frank Hastings as bon nf "a
at watching the first herd of TcNar
cattle he had ever seen. fifty.two years
,sRo tn" cattle were from the king
ranch iu Texas go Abilene kans.. aud
ihon shipped tu LoaVruW"rth Nmlsno
WIS iu those days "a" great objective ~
Tcu,s TRAN herds and the first great
shipping point In tho west.
~ 1870 rhuip y Armour lpHtcd q
packing house iu kansas CITY, devoted
largcl, ~ The slaughter ~ beef. nl
though tb, hog Was On important r,r
tor In the business The Kansas CT,
stock wards were simply huldu.
place. made lin" uilruad feed AMI rest
pens - the present day. probably ah"u'
twice the sip ~ thuss ~ Parsons. Kan
Some trading Was don" iu thu yards
hu, generally buyers f"r thc prhml
houses went o. Abilene. taking hard
money with them. and madc their pur
chascs a. the trail herds cmc m. q,
the fan ~ 1871 the business Wg,s wcl
Established. and the Nrmours Thought O
remarkable To h. killing ion cattle b
ten hour day.
| Al this tim tbr rsfrirfaoF rw ~
NOT been Invented without 70 nation
wide distribution Of fresh beet WIS iu
pussihc Fresh meat mainly pork wn'
shipped in barrels with Co section u
stoycpipc filled With tarbod icr Boo 900,
center. and mrit packed ahnui o. Th
lowest t,mugtiur, obtained from ihf
chs. ~ r0ff.earltl.u W.. 90 d'rruc-
aud urr,H could mot ho sent farther
than from ChwEu Goo Aurora u Gales
burg M
Artificial u mechanical rrlrlE,-ttiUn
meaning fH l-, Of TIN ammonia UrH
o,ss. was n.. used hy kmeau q Cu
~ IudHuIp... bon 1855. lfs use DO
Chicago and Kansas CITY began boz l>>'
- 1ss-. hu o. dd NOT com, iufu sid.
grvd uer fur butter eggs ch'r-f
puIl'r ,rl nuit until after 1880 bu
.ng fhis rHi'd Young Hastings sIHd
p,irl from college. was With 20 urndur
nous, ben Denver auI l,ir who. so,
sruorr. house u Ifut,uvu.fu ll
eafUrsf business experience tlN
brought huu u contact With tn' w"
VISION trad, tn, wears $500 tu 1855
marked the prrIol cot gI,r .hWgc from
"'-,r muk 'u fresh m',I d.sirDutlHu
and stt, fh, r.U swing NOT .rl- Co. fu
prstr.u Isrkug industry hut goo q ..H
rrrIIuu OF better rH''l. on 'hr ranges
ou, day m iSs1. lIbs'ur muprn',
jufp th, Kansas ct, Nwugrs uff,.
D. ..
lu.u,s. tH.r. ilt,i.nls htu uur.
tul ai waiting Ssll.u.y ufHou.
realizing why hr d.d o. Do, walked r'
The waIu .ffir, ,ud ssE,1 If ir' h.H..
needed ANYONE 600 tH, f..l. ..fNng .i.
A. mI,i,i,, with k.I. NIuu n.
lowed ,udl os lll.ful described | %,
assod wnfnu. go 4wdb ll.t u,
,,Id hardly D.. answered tu. usi..,
knew b. Q Yves b..,-l
Twelve Wears With Armour
T0,h, N,aIs ul oI.i.. with Nuu.1
Is e.. followed du.Uul uHrn ST. Ifr
In-s 1919. e,heuHI department mu
UAr. m .ursr ur v..f.H Hu.,I. tf
uuHih CONFIDENTIAL uH 1rI advisor t
kHkaud o. Nru.. so A.W..I Uu
o. Gm lf l,.... su... Mo- Hr.
t l,.I OF ,wu ...T ti..f.l. j.. .ure
ut ,urI.H WuT NHH I.EI IIH.fIH-
o.. h..u Ir. 1901. H. r..Inrn. and D.
u.u.I .. rHI lI..'n.. u .u..., .
ih, hI..I.r ..I tI. plIu. SOD, ,ua
ll In.. .i. 5000, .HI n...d.r
grew with n.. u.Ha. A.. result lr.
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