. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. SHIPPING CATTLE. The largest receipts of stock in one day were:Cattle, 82,677; calves, 8,089; hogs, 74,551; sheep,81,884; horses, 1,481; cars, 8,864. The owners of these great droves of cattle are put tono trouble of handling from the moment the stock ar-rives at the yards. From that time until it is sold andtransferred to the new owner the stockyards employesfeed, water, yard, handle and in every particular care 20 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY for it. The charge for this service is: Yardage for cattle
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. SHIPPING CATTLE. The largest receipts of stock in one day were:Cattle, 82,677; calves, 8,089; hogs, 74,551; sheep,81,884; horses, 1,481; cars, 8,864. The owners of these great droves of cattle are put tono trouble of handling from the moment the stock ar-rives at the yards. From that time until it is sold andtransferred to the new owner the stockyards employesfeed, water, yard, handle and in every particular care 20 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY for it. The charge for this service is: Yardage for cattle,twenty-five cents per head; horses, twenty-five cents perhead; hogs, eight cents per head; sheep, five cents perhead; calves, fifteen cents per head; feed—timotliyhay, $ per hundredweight; prairie hay, $ perhundredweight; corn, $ per bushel. One yardagecharge covers the entire time the stock remains in the. REMOVING A CRIPPLE. yards, whether it be one day or one month. The feedused is of the best quality. From these sources are derived all the revenues neces-sary to cover all the expenses of the stockyards. Whilethese revenues may be immense, the expenditures main-tain a just proportion thereto, as will be seen when it OF THE UNION STOCKYARDS 21 is said that these expenditures include the cost of con-struction, feed, bedding, weighing, fuel, gas, electriclight, lost stock, salaries of 1,500 employes, attorneysfees, taxes, insurance, stationery, salaries of officers,cost of maintaining the police and fire departments,and interest on bonds and capital invested, all of which
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