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NEBRASKA'S biggest asset is the
South Omaha Live Stock Market
It means more millions to Nebraska than
any other business enterprise.
During 1914 nearly seven million head :'
of live stock, worth $150,000,000, were
handled at the South Omaha market.
The packing establishments at South
Omaha annually manufacture more than
$100,000,000 worth of meat products
and other commodities.
During 1914 the Union Stock Yards Co.
handled 938,817 cattle, 2,258,620 hogs,
3,113,889 sheep, 30,688 horses, a total of
83,139 cars. During the year all records
for prices were broken.
The Union Stock Yards Co. . of Omaha
has made a home market for the west
ern stock raiser. In approximately thirty
years it has grown from nothing to the
third largest live stock market in the
world, and it has made stock raising a
safe and profitable business.
The Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha
does hot" buy or sell live stock of any
kind. It employs no agent to either
buy or sell. Its sole business is to re
ceive and handle live stock for the ship
per pending sale to the buyer, packing
houses or feeders. It has spent upwards
of $1,250,000 in the past six years enlarg
ing its facilities. Together with its allied
industries more than 10,000 men are
employed.
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The Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha
has now the most modern plant in the
world. It has made a market for Ne
braska right at Nebraska's front door.
South Omaha furnishes the best all-the-year-round
market for live stcick.
WHEN YOU SHIP TO SOUTH OMAHA YOU
BOOST FOR YOURSELF .AND NEBRASKA
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