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Show The Lelii Stockyarcls. Tim Lai pes; between Omaha nnd Sniij-ranciico. V. " V l Monday morning n represeiilntlvno iho. Bamuii VutvtciL Uio sugar factory nnd .through .tljp,jiliulness of Geo. Austin, otiislde-fortmcn of tho fuMory, he wsl allowed to Insjicct the )minc.tiso stock yard , 'trjjtitct by the Lelii Cuttle deeding Co,, w4iich irto ncaring completion. com-pletion. TlielUtftc. Slaughtering Co. aront tli bac.c Jjic ei.torpriso but tho entire construction Is under tho Immediate Im-mediate supervision of Mr. Austin nnd to liim tlio creditor Iho nlmott perfect location nnd studied convenlencea belongs. be-longs. Tho jards are due toulli of the, factory and between tlnif institution and tbo lako. There nro ten corrals In tho yards of an avemge area ol 25Cx.130 feel. Each jard is provided with allowing ycell and wlll.nccoinmodalc SOOhcod of cattle., making tlio en'lro feeding capacity of tho'jarda nbout 200hendof cattle. Tho entire cost ot construction ofthejurds flgurus. nssrvatlvcly at t3op. Thcsn arcUho largest yards be-twpnjDmnhuan(t'SanIrr.'iucl8co. be-twpnjDmnhuan(t'SanIrr.'iucl8co. .Intersecting tl(e'""corrals is (ho tsaek over whlcli the bcet'pulp is nauleu, aod which extends lCCtJftJet, On each slJo of this track arVeonstiucted mangi r for tho reception U the pulp aid pfaetically gives nboul 2000 feet of pulp manger. On the" noitb nnd south side of the ou.i!s nrc constructed tho sfccJs and hsy ma-sers-Jfft' which tho cat le can feed. Tbsrti nro' -.000 feet of 1 ;y mangci a .- Ori, iho exiteme south side of ie )a'ids is the dehorning corral. Thi il In Dm dinpo, pX,n,bollowi, nnd at io exit, iu the small end id fitted a pat it gate. The animal s nlloivcd to get is bind through thl.gjite when a leve ,s mado to descend on, its neck audi is bej down In placountll It is hchorn d by.'Mijcana ot Jujiijihehino espocla y adapted to thjs purpose, then t c animal Is released and allowed to en it a corral especially reserved for tho da. homed cattle. " f At the lime theBANNni represcntat' o was at tbo yards thcro was about (0 bend of stock thcro Hboughhi fyj. days this n u uilK-rvrft P Tie'i n c r co iti io lDLK).t About 700 of (tiioso "ealtlo came in Sunday Hiidlth'ey were eagerly feed-Ingon feed-Ingon the pulp which waa being un-loajlcil un-loajlcil for their benefit Mr. Austin explained that when tlio cattle fl ut camo Into tho j'arda they were oblh, t to etnrvo them, so to speak, befo.c the, would eat tho pulp. This peiiod on y ocnipics a short time however, as within with-in -18 hours every jtiiUnul will bo eating tlio pulp with evident relish Lntcron (he cattle receive a feed of hay with the pulp Belt they cat Very little hay, the average per head being nbtut 10 poiiudu, unless Iho leather Is try cold. The comprny baa purchased ifjoo tons of hay nbout enough to Inst them this season. On the way , bnckk fro.n tho jards to the factory the imrnensopUp silos were passed. Onoof theaovvns filled with pulp and tio wgrkuieu vveie' butlly cu-gnge'di'li cu-gnge'di'li clianglug tlie track over to Ilu othei'ln order to "lilt Hint. Mr. Austin stated that tho mnjn'r luiiipany did not expect to till the sc&rtlU silo this ear ns sp many cattio n.-o being fed nt the yardst . Near the factory Mi1. Austin pointed out two tanks nlioiit -10 feet longwlilc'j are entirely filled with Bvrnp. Tills syrup Js over two jpjirs old nnd was nt first run into these 'ttjUjH to see iftheio would be any sugar chrjetallirnthn but it was proved negatively. This syrup is wlmlulcohol cotijd bo manufactured from b.it as ct it would fall to ben remunerative undertaking. |