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2-13-1917 Tour for Students of the Nebraska College of Agriculture Union Stock Yards Company

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The Itinerary Arrive at the Stock Yards at 9:30 A. M. De-train and assemble into four groups. Group No.1 to go to the Cudahy Packing Company. Group No. 2 to go to Swift and Company. Group No.3 to go to Armour and Company. Group No. 4 to go to Morris and Company. All ladies in party to accompany Group No.3. All Stock ,Yard Company guides will remain with v,arious groups while at the different packing houses and escort them back to the Exchange Dining Room at 12:30 P. M., where lunch can be procured. Immediately after noonday luncheon, students form into original groups in Exchange Rotunda, where Stock Yard representatives will take charge of each group and escort them 1Jhrough the various depart­ ments of the Stock Yards. Meat Cutting Demonstration in Cattle Sale Barn at 3:00 P. M. Judging Contest at 4:00 P. M. Special entertainment has been arranged for the ladies during the afternoon. . Music by Green's Band, Rotunda of Exchange Building, from 5: 00 to 6:00 P. M. At 6:00 P. M. complimentary dinner will be served by the Stock Yards Company in the Exchange Dining Room. A short program of music and "talks" has been arranged. Train returning to Lincoln will leave immediately after the even­ ing program.

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FACTS Relative to South Omaha Live Stock Market THIRD LARGEST CATTLE MARKET SECOND LARGEST HOG MARKET SECOND LARGEST SHEEP MARKET LARGEST FEEDER MARKET LARGEST RANGE HORSE ~ARKET Area of site on which Stock Yards is located-200 acres. Acreage devoted to Stock Yards purposes, 140; all paved with brick and concrete. Number of scales for weij1;hing stock, 16; all equipped with latest improved type registering beams. Present Capacity of Yards- Horses and Mules ...... 5,000 Cattle ...... 20,000 Hogs ...... 30,000 Sheep ...... 100,000 Present Capacity of Dipping Plants- Cattle, head per day ...... 10,000 Sheep, head per day ...... 25,000 Total Receipts of Live Stock at South Omaha since opening of the Market to December 31, 1916- Horses and Mules ...... 804.465 Cattle 26,767,999 Sheep 44,928,475 Hogs 61 ,274,626 Total ...... 133,775,565 Total Receipts of Live Stock for Year 1916, 7,749,518 head. Average number of animals received per market day for 1916 .. 24,760 Total number of cars of Live Stock received for 1916 ...... 112,187 Average number of cars of Live Stock received per market day 360 Greatest number of cars of Live Stock receive'd in one day. . . . 1,015 Value of Live Stock sold at South Omaha during 1915, more than $194,000,000.00 Number of packing plants, ten; four large establishments and six smaller packing concerns.

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Combined Daily Slaughtering Capacity of Packing Plants- Cattle ...... 7,500 Hogs ...... 20,000 Sheep ...... 20,000 Cars of packing house products shipped annually, 55,000. Value of annual output of packing houses, more than $153,000,000. Number of cars handled by Union Stock Yards switching depart- ment in 1916, 496,404. Investment represehted in packing and stock yards industry at South Omaha, approximately $25,000,000.00. People employed at packing plants and Stock Yards, 10,000; an­ nual payroll, $6,000,000.00. Fifty commission firms buy and sell stock on the market. Eight large Hog Serum concerns located about the Yards, dis­ tributing Serum throughout Nebraska for the prevention of Hog Cholera. Nine large switch engines haul the cars of live stock from con­ necting railroads to the unloading chutes. South Omaha received from Nebraska last year, 724,994 cattle, or 50 per cent of its total receipts; 2,340,695 hogs, or 75 per cent of its total receipts, and 815,934 sheep, or 26 per cent of its total receipts, for which the packing houses paid the farmers and feeders of the state approximately $80,000,000.00. In addition, a large percentage of South Omaha's receipts origi­ nated in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Montana, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. South Omaha's packing industry represents fifty per cent of Ne­ braska's total manufacturing, and equals in value the annual gold output of the and Alaska. Its live stock and packing industry is Nebraska's greatest com­ mercial asset. As a Sheep Market, South Omaha ranks second largest in the world, and receives more range or western sheep than any other market and h8;S a substantial lead over its nearest competitor and second place among the world's sheep markets. The advan·cement of South Omaha as a sheep market, is without doubt, due to the excellent facilities offered the patrons of this market, as well as the undisputed advance of prices over other markets.

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The South Omaha Hog Market has steadily increased in popu­ larity and growth, stepping to the foreground both in number received and prices paid to shippers. This Market enjoys the distinction of being located in the very center of the Corn Belt territory which pro­ duces the finest type of hogs placed on the market, and this natural market location has been a great factor in the upbuilding of this packing center. South Omaha has experienced remarkable growth as a Cattle Market, whereas ' and Kansas City are handling practically the same number of cattle annually they did twenty year's ago. This steady growth in cattle receipts at South Oma'ha is attributed, as in the case of sheep, to unexcelled facilities offered the patrons of this market, together with the higher prices as compared with other markets. In the marketing of live stock, as in other lines of the commercial world, modern methods and facilities must be afforded patrons of public markets, and to meet these requirements tJhe South Omaha Market has, among other important improvements, completed and now in use: A new series of concrete unloading chutes costing $75,000.00. Reinforced concrete incineration plant for consuming manures and rubbish of the Yards, $35,000.00. A splendid water system with an ample supply of pure, cool, water, to meet the needs of the Yards for years to come, costing $265,000.00. Among other improvements under constructiO!l is the complete reconstruction of the Hog Division a nd additions t hereto of concrete and steel, that has greatly improved the facilities as well as vastly increased the capacity of the Hog Yards. To accommodate the growir.g needs of the Horse Market, there has just been completed the finest, most modern and complete Horse Barn ever erected at any Live Stock Market. The building covers a little over two acres of ground, and its construction of concrete, brick and steel makes it absolutely fireproof in every particular. This ad­ dition to the vast number of improvements being made by the South Omaha Market for the use and benefit of its patrons represents an outlay of approximately $150,000.00, and furnishes stall room for about 900 head.

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How the South Omaha Market Ranked in xqx6 1916 1915 IJlore••• D.cre.... J. Chicago ...... 16,729,048 13,847,059 2,881,989 2. Omaha · ...... 7,722,032 7,129,094 692,4S8 3. Kansas City ...... 7,068,575 6,308,911 759,664 4. St. Louis ...... 4,928,612 4,231,618 696,994 5. St. Paul ...... 4,238,876 3,714,909 523,967 G. St. Joseph ...... 3,483,023 3,017,243 465,780

Year's Cattle Receipts 1916 1915 Illcr•••• D.er••• e 1. Chicago ...... 3,249,800 2,684,973 564,827 2. Kansas City ...... 2,331,467 1,963,498 367,969 3. Omaha · ...... 1,4~04 1,218,342 216,962 4. St. Louis ...... ' " ... 1,200,330 991,709 208,621 5. St. Paul ...... , .. 941,115 855,589 85,526 6. Sioux City , ...... ,' 601,667 534,154 67,513

Ye3r's Hog Receipts 1916 1915 Illcr••• e Deer••• e

1. Chicago , ., •• •• • •• • • • ••• 0 9,188,224 7,652,071 1,536,153

2. Omaha • • • • • ' . 0 • •••••• • • 3,116,820 2,642,973 473,847

3. St. Louis • ••• • •• 0 • • • 0 •• 3,057,414 2,591,768 465,646 4. Kansas City ...... 2,978,933 2,530,730 448,203 5. St. Paul ...... , .... 2,674,547 2,155,201 519,346 6. St. Joseph ...... , ...... 2,198,751 1,697,842 500,909

Year's Sheep Receipts " 1916 1915 Illcre•• e Deere•• e

1. Chicago • •• • • • • •• 0 • • •• • •• 4,291,024 3,510,015 781,009

2. Omaha • 0 0 • •••• • •••••• • • 3,170,908 3,268,279 97,1J71 ., .... Kansas City , . , o . o •• 0 ••• 1,758,175 1,814,683 56,508

4. Denver • • •••• , •• o •• • • • • • 1,409,009 765,170 643,839

5. St. Joseph • • ••• • •• • • • 0 • • 804,326 877,930 73,604 6. St. Louis ...... 670,868 648,141 22,727

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