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Omaha’s Market First Eleven Months
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Tor (he first 11 month* of 1924 there were 7,930,748 head of livestock
shipped upon the South Omaha market. This was an Increase of 136,006
head over 1933, of the total 5,236,004 head were consumed by the indus
tries in South Onipha. That left 2,705,742 head which were shipped out
to other atates and sent Into the country arouud home. Omaha is the
world's second livestock market.
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TownancL
t Meet
EDITED *BY C. H. BEAKEEY.
4. J. Whitford Wns Watch in Contest s
The gold watch given away for the best criticism of the Agricultural >
pace of The Bee was awarded to Mr. A. J. Whitford, First and Bell street.
Fremont. Nebraska. We want to thank our many readers for the valua
ble letters which we received In this contest. Mr. M hltford was awarded
the prise by a committee selected from the circulation, editorial and ad
verlslng departments of The Bee.
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Future Looks Good for the Farmer Who Is Ready to Go Ahead
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Low Pricesj
Encourage
Buying Now
\ Review of This Year's Mar
kets Up to Date Shows New
Outlook for Coming
Trade.
Production U n s t a b 1 e |
"Never before in the history of
American Agriculture were we facing
' a period of sound economic growth
like now." This statement is being
uttered by men of national reputa
tion.
Agricultural writers all over the
country are joining in on a chorus
of optimistic singing which Indeed
makes one sit lip and listen with a
happy smile.
We Believe It, Too.
We believe that now Is the lime for
farmers to begin making preparations)
for this period of agricultural growth.)
The old rule of buying while prices.
are close to cost of production holds. !
We are conversant with the faC
that prices have begun to swing hack
tip the scale. A world shortage of
wheat, a national shortage of pork,
mutton selling high, other farm crops
doing likewise, and even farm ma
chinery beginning to pick up, all in
dications of prosperity.
History teaches us that another
fact Is: Big business, the Wall street
stock market, is gaining confidence
in the future economic stability of
America and Its Industries. The
stock market is a delicate Indicator
of the health of general business.
Lately It has shown a new strength
which has even alarmbd some of '.he
"standpatters."
Production Needs Stability.
Of emirs'1 the markets for the la«t
nusrter of this year have shown 1
s ane v rrytaiilc conditions. The
world InUler market has been a ptia
> r. The cattle market with its con
i in tied run of poor unfinished cattle
i:..s kept the cattlemen at a general
low ebb. The good rattle are selling
well, but there are too many scrubs
coming on the market. Feeding op
erations must he stabilised to con
firm with high-priced feeds.
If we are not misled, according to
He part men t of Agriculture reports
upon next year's wheat, we could
! vc another short year even with a
1 e acreage. Tint it looks an though
wo are following the old rule of
jumping right hack into the fire from
the skillet.
■Tames Howard, the former presi
dent of the American Farm Bureau,
spys:
"I am not going to plant an acre
of wheat next year."
He knows that when wheat is high
upon any given year, that the next
rear every farmer in the country |
, jumps out and plants all the wheat |
Liar lie can.
Credit Celling Better.
America's linking Interests have
done wonders in pulling American ag i
rlcultttre out of the hole that it j
crawled into In years past. With a
better appreciation from business men t
ns to what farm credit means, with
a period of rising prices to support
buying and a fair understanding that
production must l.e stabilised and
co.-ls kept down, now is the lime to
stick to the forming game. The fit
litre looks good for not only 1925 hut
for some time to come.
OMAHA MARKET
HIGH AT $18.85
Tha highest price ever paid for cat
tle at the South Omaha market was
paid by Swift A Co , on August II,
llll. The cattle were fed by Albert.
Jlracek of Verdlgree, Neb.
There were 15 head In the load of
4-year-old steers weighing a total of
22,170 pounds. Th^ee cattle were fed
In a lot of 200 head, but Mr. .Jlrrcek
was unable to get cars to ship them
all at once. They were mixed cattle,
principally Hereford*. They averaged
f ,491 pounds each. Hnyder Malone
Coffman Commlselon company at the
local market sold them.
• During the first 11 months of 1924
the Omaha Horse and Mule market
sold 11,002 head of animals, this was
4,135 less than a corresponding period
In 1923. Yet this market had more
horses than any other market In the
country. I>onks like horses were get
ting scarce; we know the gifod one*
are about gone.
Hog Run for Eleven
Months in 1924
High
The South Omaha market report*
1,541,334 heHd of hogs for the first
11 month* In 1924, This la an In
crease of 190,321 over Inst year for
the same time.
The average weight for 1923 w*» 2>,9
pounds. The average for 1924 wa*
J3R pound*. In November there were
232.450 hogs up°n the market, 20,912
head more then during the corre
sponding month In 1923. Hogs were
the only kind of ll'e*tock to ahow an
Increase In Nnvem '
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. .5;irst Load of Steers to Bring $8.75 in Omaha
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Tills had of steers was the first load to bring $8.75 on tile South Omaha market. The market
was officially opened for business August 23, 1881. They hammered along until May 15, 1912, before they got
cattle up to $8.75. They were fed and marketed by Frank Glister, Pender. Neb. They weighed 1,291 pounds.
Buckingham Heads
Union Stockyards
*w.- r-iiMffngp
Everett Buckingham, president of
the I’nlon Stockyards company, who
has directed his business go thorough
ly during the last few year* that It
has grown to be one of Nebraska’s
greatest Industries.
Youngsters Need
Plenty of.Milk
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Dairy Product** Essential to
Health of Growing
Children.
Thin clipping from the Breeder's
Hagens Is jti«t vhat v.'t v.dutd say
if we v.frc talking about it- We Went
yen to know the; others believe that
children should have plenty of milk:
' Growing children require an shun
dance of milk, butler and eggs, and
seme meat. It Is poor thrift to send
these commodities to market eo
closely as to skimp the youngsters of
the family. Many parents assert
that their children do not like milk
and refuse to drink It. I surmise
that this distaste Is In most cates
chiefly In the *m!nd, being due per
haps to hearing others declars a
distaste for this, the bo*t of all foods
for the young. If the average
healthy child he given milk to drink
as a matter of course from weaning
time on, It Is pretty sure to consider
this beverage g'K>d, for this Is n nat
ural taste. Even children who have
ft real distaste for milk may he In
duced to take It In cocoa, custards
and hlatic mange, soups, beaten with
egg and In other disguise*.
Tuken From tin*
“Aggie” Muil Bag
Waynne Blnsmore, secretary of ^lic
Horse Association of America, says:
"That was an excellent article on the
horse and mule market which ap
peared In The Omaha Bee on ths 14th.
I hope It Is but the forerunner of
many more excellent articles dealing
with the economic place of the horse
and mtile |n farm production and city
hauling.”
"In congratulating you upon the
manner In which these livestock artl
cle* are written we want to snv that
nothing at this time can do the live
stock Industry so much good ss just
this kind of publicity
"BKI.l. pnoft.,
"Per Ram H. Bell, Wooster, O,”
The Omaha livestock market Is a
Nebraska Institution. It means mnney
to N’ehrssks. farmers Patronize vour
own market: It will pay you beside*
helping Nebraska to forge to firs!
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I May Be Wrong, But, Well, I’m Sayln’
It Anyhow
By C. H. B
There ore those who still claim that we have an over pro.' f beef
! . 3ttle. Most of th<>-*e fellows are the kind who sit down back c ..ie 'all
1 . ity desk and study market reports. Federal reports of "intentions to raise"
j '.-to. Then there are those few fellows who say. "I don't know why hut I be
i iieve there aie less cattle In America than we have ever had "
Let's Look At This Kun.
During the first II months of 1924 the South Omaha market sold 1 6S1,
027 head of grown cattle. That was 87,694 head more than they sold for the
- ;me time in 1923. Well, the desk reporter flares up and says, "Short on cat
tle! 'for crying out loud,' well Just lonk-a-at the market"' W# have mors cat
tle than we have ever had.
They v.'i Uhl explain the calf run of 97,660 head as being about steady,
j That Is we only lost 2,*'-98 head of calves This would be no mors than one
i good old time ram her would raise. We are going to tell you what we think
about the cattle runs this year. v
Figures Plus.
Figures wJU not lie, that’s true, but figures without something back of
(hem don't mean anything when It comes to being a prophet. Too much
stress Is put upon statistics. We nfust tie up figures with the things back
of production We w(ll say that from a casual glance we have plenty of cat
tie. Too many lattle and not enough beef. The good ones have been pouring
into the market by the millions since 1920. They have been coming in for
whatever thp market offered, why’ Ileci use cattle men all Over the cattle!
producing states have had to sell off the good one* They have been so
blooming hard up that they sold Just as many and as good ones as the'
could get off Most cattle men have ripped, slashed and gutted their founda
tion herd*. They are still doing It In 1924. We are basing our Judgment from
actual observation.
Seeing Is Believing.
The run* this year have not surprised u*. We went out this turomtr for
ths express purpose of seeing. We went to Missouri first. Thsn Iowa, Me
hraskft, South Dakota, the northwest, the southwest, Old Mexico. Whit did
we learn about the cow business?
First we are convinced that cattle good ones are getting scarce Cattle
men upon sri, I farms cattlemen upon big ranches, all cattlemen have heen
i it.)r iilat.i, They ; is .ill In debt. They will he In debt for * me time They
me selling calves, heifers, steer*, dry cow*, every hoo’f which look* half
ready to go.
The Southwest Sllpj^g.
Out In Arlxona, southern I'allfornli Nevada and New Mexico a*
well as western Texas we saw things that still make us think of bnneyards.
daisy fertiliser and broken homes. The exlreme drought of the southwest
along with price declines has shipwrecked the range business Those fellowe
ore going out of cattle and It will be many year* before any outfits take up
their range* and rework them. We *aw good cows, young ones, reeling like
k.-li tons, and It Wh* only October. The Indian department upun the Apache
‘t nation was feeding tlir-lr breeding bill's alfalfa and cotton seed cake
which they had hauled over 11"* miles from Phoenix. Our c-rltlc mav say.
Why, they (lie taking the cattle down In the 8aIt Liver valley and running
them upon Irrigated pasture " That pasture reins for about 16 per acre. Now.
vou cow men, how many months at six bucks per could you keep at the
game with cows which are selling for 110 with the calves thrown In?
Now the Time to tie* In.
Ton fellows who have heen waiting for the critical time to get started
with a herd of good cattle. W* don't want to say, now. But we will say this
much. Liquidation has been carried out to the ninth degree. The United
Stetes government la making arrangmente to finance the business In a
sensible way. The agricultural commission appointed by President Coolldge
will attack this problem of American agriculture first. They will stabllz*
credit. Then wetch cattle com* back. If you have the money to go, our ad
vice le get going now. Before June we will ee* good fat oattl* selling to high
that they will tek* your breath.
Fanners Lead in
Milk Consumption
( ily Dwelleri Aleo Fall Be
hind in Due of Blitter,
Report Shown.
The country s* a whole need only
nn average of 17 pound* of butter per
capita, according to the lulled Slate*
Department of Agriculture reporta
upon the rniieiimptlon of butler end
other diary product*. The farmers
consumed 38 pound* per capita. The
average consumption of milk wan fi3
gallon* per person for the entire roun
iry. while each fanner ucjed *l gal
lone.
During (he laet 10 yenre the farm
er* have Increased the use of milk
nine gallon* per capita *nd 1 he 10
year Increase of butter has been two
pounds.
Speaking editorially of thl«, the
Dairy Farmer *sy«: ' II I* time to put
Ihe proposition up to our city friend*
- two third* of ntir population ar* IIv
me In towns. 1
The Palrj. published In Fngland.
-ay*: "In America they consume
| three time* ns much milk «» they do
c
In thta country. It should ba anally
possible to double our consumption
with benefit to town and country
dwellers, and what a benefit to agrl
culture It would be tf a quart of fresh
milk were consumed where only a
pint ta now used."
Over Ton of Honey Obtained
From 20 Colonies of Bees
Bridgeport, Dec. 27 —That bees me
a paying Investment In the North
Finite valley, when properly handled,
Is demonstrated bv the experience of
*7. P. Callahan, Goshen county bee
Inspector, who has obtained an aver
age of more thun 200 pounds of
honey from a colony. The average
for one colony of bees, In eastern
states Is r>0 pounds. Mr. Callahan has
20 colonics and haa gathered more
than a ton of honey,
If you Are Belling Bred coin, pig*
dairy cow*. In fact Any kind of a com
mndfty whl« h other people ran uae *et
your proposition upon thla page It
Ia being it.id bv the kind of f«rmere
mho buy, thorc progreBPlvr enough to
rend A dally pAper.
ft lock more than ytAri for the
youth Ofnnha market to establish a
record price for fat cattle which
reached $S 7V That would aeem alow
mnrk In these d».\s of spaed) mat
ketlng.
University’s Calf
Wins High Praise
Koiivon tlic First Narrowly
M isses Grand Champion
ship at Chicago.
By H. J. ORAMUCH,
I’rofrtnor Animal If imbaiulry
Lulvenity of Nebraska.
Kenyon 1st, the senior calf thai was
made champion Aberdeen Angus steer
at the International Stock show as
well as the reserve champion calf of
the show, was more nr less a dark
horse entrant, as he had not been
shown previously, and had not been
seen by many show followers who
might compare him with steers that
were winning at the leading state
fairs during the fall. He filled Judge
Blggar's eye so well that a rather de
tailed study was made between the
Hereford calf. Deacon, that was made
grand champion, and Kenyon, before
the champion calf was placed. Hater,
Judge Blggar made some very com
plimentary statements regarding the
Angus calf and seemed to feel that
he would make a wonderful carcass.
At your suggestion, I take pleasure
in submitting the following regarding
this calf and his history:
At the Escher A Ryan sale in
June, 1913, a smooth little Bride of
Aberdeen cow was exposed at auction
and knocked off to the bid of the I'nl
verslty of Nebraska at $510. She had
a very likely looking, 4 month-old bull
ialf at foot, which later went to head
a good herd of Angus rattle In western
Nebraska at within $10 t^f the cost
price of the cow. Soon after arriving
at the university. Pride the 43d, was
mated to an Esfon of Dennison bull
named Perfection I.ad E To this gat
ing was born a heifer calf on May 16.
1918. She was named Ophelia Pride
2d and has been In the breeding herd
at the college since.
Father Has Good I.tnes.
In August, 1922, the bull. Kenyon
2d. was selected to head the ttnlver
slty's Aberdeen Angus herd He Is s
very low s^t, thick bull, possibly s
trifle high st the tall, but carrying a
verv straight set of lines, together
With a good deal of smoothness. On
September 13, 1923, Ophelia Pride 2d
gave birth to the first calf by Kenyon
-3d and this calf was named Kenyon
1st! When 2 days old he was castrated
and started on his rareer as an Abet
deen Angus steer. He was kept at
the row liorn until 8 months old. and
during this period was taught to take
milk wherever he could get It. At no
time did he have the equivalent of
more than one good cow.
Our small calves run In an open lot
with access to a division In the bain
where alfalfa hav and a mixture of
oats corn, and brsn are available at
all times No attempt Is rode here to
separate the calves, hut Instead they
are all permitted to help themselves
when they wish, or at least when the
opportunity affords Itself.
For a number of yeara we have fol
lowed the plan of bunk feeding our
show steere at the T'nlverslty of Ne
braska When Kenyon 1st wss moved
to the steer barn, he was placed In a
lot wllh some 29 other steers, ranging
from senior yearlings down to Juntos
calves All of the feeding was done
out of doora In bunks, although the
slves that nursed went Into the barn
twice a day for milk During the sum
mer and early fall, the feeding was
done upon a twice daily ha»l“ After
the weather became cooler In Septem
ber. a noon feeding was started and
the calves sncour.aged to eat all thev
w th! The mixture fi m then on In
ti'ded cooked tarlev. ground eic lorn,
its bran and chopped beets No
posture "as provided nor waa silage
fe,| to the steeie Prairie hav and
alfalfa hav were sltei noted so that
neither became tiresome.
Weighed 1.060 Pounds,
tip until the time our cattle left for
the International, Kenyon had not
been In the bat'n except at minting
Mint. Tn other worde, be waa kept
out with the other ateera In an open
lot, both night and day, and as a re
sult, developed a nice coat of hair to
gether with a viper and appetite In
proportion, He weighed 1.060 pounds
at the time he was loaded for Chtrnro
and weighed 1,025 officially st the
International.
We are especially proud of the win
nlngs of this steer hecauee of the fact
that he was produced In our own herd.
t\ e are likewise proud tierause of the
Mot that the method of handling
which we followed Was verv simple
and practice}, and Involved s great
deal less Work than Stall feeding
w hich Is usually resorted to 4n proper
lug animals for show. Kenvon will
be exhibited st the Denver show In
January and will go to the hooks
there. As he won sufficient cash
premiums at Chicago to pav the cost
of his sire, we already feel well sat
isfled with our Investment In Ken
von 3d.
\\ hero llic l.lveMork
Went in I ‘>21.
Dm Inc the flint 11 month* of 1024 j
the South Omaha market received,
119,085 carload* of livestock 2.564 |
10*<1 * more then In I#39.
There were #M 44" head of entth
consumed In South Omaha during the
fir*t 11 month* and 4fi,91# Mocker*
ind feedet* wont to th# country thi.**
ve.ir. *crainiM 7 . In 1'» J 9 A totul
of 90 !Mi7 bend of eheep went to th
feeder* end Mocker* agatnM 49.449 in
1 *’• I for the firet 11 month*. Onh j
t* I hog* went out to the »ountr> in
1 r23. compared to 1,974 In 19 7 1.
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40 Years of Progress
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^ OMAHA'* PKOG-1 W h " " °"'aha
KBH.H in live- wuh but a village4,
"TkStin,«A**' when ,be bu,k of
s' „ ■/ its business was
done by individual merchants and
traders, away back there when the
livestock business was all production
and very lopsided from the market
ing end, there was Guilt here in Oma
ha the foundations for one of the
world’s greatest markets. The Union
Sto kyards company and other con
cerns united to provide facilities f u
tile handling of cattle when they
were shipped to town. .Stockyards
i were liuilt, weighing pens established
and other convenience* erected. This
germ of service has grown from a
mere enterprise of $300,000 to Is* a
business concern of $7,500,000. This
growth has not been accidental. It
has not been altogether the natural
sequence of geographical location
i either. It has been the ic.sult.s of uni
fi°d efforts to serve the greatest of
Nebraska’s industries, livestock farm
ing. Nebraska, Omaha is our mat •
ket! Forty years of progiess in mar
keting of livestock right at our door
deceives appreciation. W» are only
helping to make our own business
greater by patronizing this great
market.
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I TW ENTVVNINE Stockyards corn
YEAR* TO
GET M.7.V pany was open
V-✓ f()r busine — Au
gust 25, 1884. It was nearly 29 years
before a load of cattle sold for $8.75
per hundredweight. In other words,
ns an old-timer said, "we didn't know
what high prices were In those days.''
The first load of cattle to bring *8 75,
were fed by Frank Gilster of Fender,
Neb. They were sold May 15, 1912.
/-- The fight to get
I TOIGEY'.*^ ni^hl- the must money
I Dli'EEKEN r. for livestock her
'-' been appreciate.!
by the shippers to the Omaha market.
This year’s huslne*-. with a total for
the first 11 month reached 1.531,027
cattle, 97.550 calves, 3,541.834 hog
2.848,733 sheep and 11,602 head of
horse* and mules The fact that live
stock shippers all over the countrv
have recognized Omaha a* the place
to ship, the very number* of the varl
on* kind* cf animals entrusted to the|
South Omaha market speak* for thel
confidence that shtppei* have in the;
mm ket to handle their business.
[ Remove the llve
f WHV it <:o*- stock market, take
‘ Kll^s 1 *' J away the gigantic
business founded
by our early pioneers in the livestock
business and imagine what would hap
pen to Omaha and Nebraska. Sup
pose, for an instant, that it was pos
sihle to obliterate every trace of the
market. Abandon it and compel our
livestock to be shipped somewhere
else. Of course, this is impossible
But don't forget that every load of
livestock which goes to some other
market does a little, even it be ever
so little toward tearing down the pos
slbllitles for Omaha's right to rank
first place in the world's livestock
marketing business. Today we stand
second. We could reach first place If
every loyal booster of our territory
would stand lock of his home mar
ket. It will pay dividends, it will
bring better service and greater de
velopment .f other lines of industry
to have Omaha rank high a* a live
stock market.
HOGS REACH TOP
IN JULY, 1919
The highest market day for hogs
in the history of the market at South -
Omaha was reached July 24, 1919.
Jicgs sold that day for $22.53 per bun
dled weight One of the loads aol-i I
that day wag fed by I*. C. Craig of1
Brady, Neb. The load of 55 head j
brought f3.172.04. “Only a few !• .■ 1* i
reached this high mark," said John j
Ralston's hog sidesman, one of the !
lucky firms to get in on this high
market.
Sheep Are Short for
First Eleven Months
There were 2,773,311 head o£ sheep 1
received at the South Omaha market j
during the first 11 months of 1923.
In 1924, during the same period,
there were but 2 648.733 head, a de
crease of 124,578. Sheep are atill hold
ing favor upon the markets of thej
country. One buyer at the market i
predicted $21 sheep by spring.
Wstch this page for a story abou' 1
corn. We have one coining about a '
fellow who rais'd! a hundred bushels j
per acre in 1924. He ie not considered
i wizard either.
Cheese Output of
First Factory in
■ State Increasing
V,
60 Pounds Manufactured on
Opening Day; TOO Seven ,
Weeks Later; Will Open ?
Another Plant.
The first cheese factory in the state
began Operation* October 0. This fur
tory is lie ye 1 »lx miles east of
ScottjibJuff in what i» rapidly be
tomir1; th< foremost dairy section of
the stale.
The tl' »i
quantity produced hi* in • as“d at
the rate o? tb-ut 100 pounds jc-r
.week. uiitil the daily.output i« bow
700 pound*.
This i* approximately the capai ity
of th present .vat. and another • »f
the same size Is to be installed in the
near future, as the quantity of milk
is increasing so rapidly that It can
not lie pared for with the present ra
pacity.
This cheese is marketed under th«
trade name ‘‘Golden Pheasant.'' ard
until recently has all been dispos d
of in western Nebraska and M?,r- n
Wyoming. Within the past few
weeks, hnr.ever, orders have been r ■
reived front ; - * parts of •
state.
The success of this fa* ary h .«
been such that already tVOn wor'h
of stock has l>een subscribed for lb»
erection of another factory north and
west of RcotftsblttlT.
The establishment of these 1?.-: * i.
brings info prominence an it ■
pi icti'ally rrew to the North 1 ^
valley. In the pas* t-.vo years, da y
farming has made rapid progress ,.i
this section, which has proven pecu
liarly adapted to this pursuit, by
reason of the abundant aitalfa and
sweet clover crops.
At present there are about 3,C00
dairy cows In 8cottsbluff county
alone. The present estimate of but
ter fat delivered In the city cf Rcof.s
bluff for the year 7934 is 410.3*
pounds, or over 2vi> tons.
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T• -ikes no re than b: v'rs to f ’ rs
x ' feller" has to v rk a little now sr.d
then.
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Mr. Business Man
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