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Show Ogden Union Stockyards Are Doing Most Extensive Business I ''j';H : Aden's position as a livestock cen-been cen-been In tho ascendancy to a I (S,icd degree- during tho past : Time was when Ogden, with its 1 ' ndld railroad facilities, was con-j con-j a' convenient feeding place. ' n, tockyarde were thought of as rule - !i?,S for the handling overnight or ft few days of stock in course of ) ; f5naent to tho middle western mar- ! SifSd 1 fact that was about the Mr' function tho yards filled. There )Q I ST Binall demand for cattlo here for I local packing business was not I i,rze and the stock raisers could not 7J f S3 a regular and reliable market for iZra 1 Mr cattle, sheep and hogs. P. ait 13 Uer0 nythine more charac- '-i ,HtIcally western than stock rals- 1 andhandllns? It seemed then to j natural development for Ogden ipl i S build up a big stock market and AH I .lockyard business and onco the en-tv en-tv and capital of Ogden men got ,' nrrted In this direction many things i rtobincd to boost this development i cntll Ogden has been placed on the 3 tan of the west as perhaps tho biggest iWl $ itock market, with yards second in nodernncss to none. During tho last i J irMr only these yards have been com- Dieted and thrown open for use and 4 y business which has come to Og- 4 J den has amply paid the fondest expec- IS, I totion of the builders. rr j iD the first place Ogden is tho log- 10 leal shipping center for a vast district IjJ ' of intcrroountaln country, the heart of f thct western cattle raising section. CD Wfcat then would be more logical for l stock raisers to do Uian to ship their i tock here for market If a reliablo ', market could be provided and prices i ruaranteed which would successfully i compete with middle western markets. Whn these yard facilities were pro- t tided and this market was assured it did not take stock raisers long to em- f brace tho opportunity of sending their fc stock here for sale and with these 1 1 ; three conditions working together Og- I i den immediately rose in leaps and Mi j bounds to the position of one of the mj, j foremost markets for all kinds of stock ! ' in the vbolo country. There are three divisions of tho i Mock business in Ogden. Marketable stock, including sheep, cattle, hogs, 1 I find a ready sale at the Ogden Pack- I in; & Provision company's plant ' There thousands of tons of meats are i packed yearly. Stock not quite ready ; for killing find a ready market at the ; I ' Hansen Livestock & Feeding com- 1 ri pany's immenso feed yards. Feeders i J ' are taken here and prepared by scien- TTi Ufic care in a fow months for prime h Tisj killing stock. Tho other department i 2nsi with Otto Meek as mnnager, this ' I branch has been adequately taken care t of. Monthly hundreds of head of t bor?e3 and mules are disposed of at i 1 theo yards. They act as the big clearing houso for horses and mules for tho Intermountain country and tho northwest. Tho Union Stockyards have been completed and In "working order only about eleven months but during that time they have handled an incredible amount of animals. From April 1 to December 31, 1917, there "were no loss than 593,667 head of livestock handled through these stockyards. This represents rep-resents 5780 carloads received during tho nine months. This amount figures at the rate of about 22 tralnloads during dur-ing each month as thcro are about 30 carloads to tho average train. Tho figures showing the total of animals ani-mals handled during this period have been compiled by L. F. Whitlock, general gen-eral manager of the Union Stockyards of Ogden and are as follows: Cattle, 64,533 head; hogs, 55,933; sheep, 362,-710 362,-710 head; horses and mules 25,481 head. And tho convincing fact that Og-den's Og-den's position as a livestock market is expanding so rapidly Is that the bulk of this stock was used here. Market Mar-ket for practically all of tho hogs and horses was found here and there was also a pronounced demand for cattle and sheep. The Ogden Packing & Provision company is constantly In the market for fat stock and the Hansen Livestock & Feeding company has a similar demand for feeder stock. Tho opening of tho stockyards here has provided a real center for the intermountain in-termountain livestock industry especially. espe-cially. It has given shippers a chanco to test the markets here by sending their stock to the yards for care while waiting a favorable opportunity and it has provided a ready demand for stock to be killed here. Stock shipped on through bills of lading to eastern markets mar-kets may be fed here and conditioned for these markets or disposed of in Ogden entirely. This condition has been further developed de-veloped here by the opening of the Hansen Livestock & Feeding plant Shippers may now send mixed loads Df stock, the fat ones being culled out or immediate slaughter at the packing plant and the feeders being taken by Lhe feeding company for conditioning far market. The location here of tivo independent independ-ent commission companies has also proved of much value to stock raisers is it has given them a chance to deal ivith eastern markets or Pacific coast markets very advantageously. During the past year tho stockyards company has not only completed its nitial unit of the yards, but has built i considerable addition, occupied by ' he business of the Ogden Horse Sales :ompany. A substantial office build- , ng for the latter company was also arranged, together with hay storage barns, a livestock ampltheater and sheds ample to care for this growing business. Adjoins Largest Plant. Adjoining, as it does, the largest packing houso in the western states and one of the most modern In the world, tho livestock company's plant Is frequented by buyers who are anxious anx-ious to secure stock both for breeding, breed-ing, feeding and marketing purposw. The location of the yards is almost in the Ogden terminal railroad j-ards, so convenient that only one switching has to be done to reach the stockyards stock-yards from aany railroad. The stockyards has in its first unit a capacity for 25.000 head of sheep, 8500 head of hogs and 2500 head of cattle, a total of 230 carloads. This will be more than quadrupled when tho final plans for covering 70 acres nro finished. The horso yards, sheds and bams were finished this year, forming practically n second unit of the stock yards. With the completion of this work the railroads abandoned all of their older yards. The first unit of tho union stockyards stock-yards consists of a concrete or cemented ce-mented area under cover, constituting tho runs and lanes for the hogs, sheep and cattle. To tho south are the cattle cat-tle yards, in the center tho hog runs and lanes and to the north the sheep yards. The horse yards and barns are further to the west. The stockyards have been built in the most modern manner known to architects. ar-chitects. The sewage system is so complete that every pen of tho yards has perfect drainago outlets and especial es-pecial provision has been taken to allow al-low of no stoppage or failure of this system. The Union Stockyards and the Ogden Packing & Provision company's com-pany's yards are connected by a bridge over the Weber r'eV which makes the transfer of stock very easy and handy. This bridge has been named by the stockmen "the bridge of grunts" somewhat after the idea of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice and the bridge connecting con-necting the parts of the Tombs in New York. Anyway it is the last bridge crossed by thousands of head of livestock. The private yards of the packing company occupy about four acres and give stockyards room for 2000 head of sheep, 1600 head of hogs, and 300 head of cattle, ample space considering the nearness of the Union Stockyards. The sheds are so constructed that the roof over the central sheds provides a system sys-tem of ventilation for the whole yards, being elevated above their height. These yards are also equipped with concrete floors and wnt'er troughs, supplying a trough of clear, fresh water at all times, |