Re: [CBQ] Re: westbound sheep

["Russ Strodtz" <normansen@groundcontrol.us>]

Read Steven Holdings information. He worked there, I just handled
railroading.

Russ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Harding" <dharding@nethtc.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 01 March, 2009 19:16
Subject: [CBQ] Re: westbound sheep


> Montgomery was where the CBQ had their sheep barns and large feed and rest 
> station. Livestock coming from the west would be
> unloaded here to fulfill the requirements of the 28 hour law. Owners would 
> sometimes request livestock be held for a period of
> time at feed and rest stations, to fatten them up while hoping for prices 
> to improve. Prices fluctuated based upon supply and
> demand. If a plant was short of animals and had orders for meat, they 
> would bid up the price. If Chicago had a glut of animals,
> prices would fall in Chicago. Thus setting up a situation where prices at 
> a plant in Iowa or Missouri might be higher than Chicago
> leading to a westward livestock move if the farmer/rancher thought he 
> would get a better price.
>
> Meat packing plants were scattered throughout the midwest.
>
> Doug Harding
> www.iowacentralrr.org
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