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Show 00 on is now STOCKGENTER Heavy Trading in Cattle, Sheep and Hogs Secured Through Union Stock Yards. In a comparatively short time Ogden Og-den has gained enviable prominence as a livestock center, rivalling Denver, aa a market. With better transportation facilities, facili-ties, there are those ogd"n boosters who dare to predict thatonl a short time Intervenes when ugden will even eclipse, the Colorado mart. Much of the success of the growth I of the livestock Industry is directly, traceable to the I'nion stock yards. , which bays grown to large propor-tiona propor-tiona from a small corral west of the present Southern Pacific shops. Teh present atock yards cover j 2Z acres on the Weber river bottoms and additional pens and corrals are added each year. California meat companies have buyers stationed here to attend the dally sales and the movement of 1 I tie sheep and hogs to coart points ; Is growing steadily. Not only Is stork shipped from Ogden as a center, but I stock bought In the eo.rt is turned ; loose In the local ards for feeding' before being reloaded for points farther farth-er west. Trade in feeder cattle Is also Increasing In-creasing and the! ar 'rlmtly passing through the Ogden yards The dgden Packing A Provision I company, which operates a plant neat ihc ?tock yards, is a heavy 1 , u ;. . -. m.: meats packed by the local concern are -hipped to all parts of the country- A concern that works In conjunction conjunc-tion with the stock yards Is the I'tah Mining & peed compemy, which op-erates op-erates feedlots for 9tock. Stock raisers rais-ers place their stock In these lots before putting them on the market and In the dally arrivals shipments rr..iii tho Utah .Milling & Feed company com-pany yards are listed. Numerous commission companies have, offices near the stock yards and their trading cattle, sheep, hogs and horses swells the local list appreciably. 00 |