The answer lies in the history of Farming. With the increased mechanization it
was easier for the farmer to put in an harvest a crop and the crop changed from
Wheat for flour to Corn which also provided a higher yield(return). Cattle
generally were 18 months at slaughter so they would be on the grass out west
until yearlings then move to the Midwest corn fields to be finished before the
final trip. Look at old timetable and there was a stock special on a lot of
branch lines on Sunday so the stock could be at the Monday Morning market.
Ready for the packers.
Stock also had a 36 hour time limit to be cooped up in the stock car. At or
near the end they had to be unloaded and feed watered and rested. The reason
for large stock yards at Galesburg and Montgomery. The Q kept farms at those
two places I know of to raise feed as well as provide Feed in Transit.
Feed in Transit was provided and explained in Booklet "Simplified Livestock
Transit Billing"
10 major feed yards were Alliance, Neb: Brush, Colo; Casper, Wyo; Creston, Ia;
Galesburg, Ill; Lincoln, Neb; McCook, Neb; Montgomery, Ill; Quincy, Ill;
Sheridan, Wyo; 4 pages of combinations for movements and feeding in transit
IE; Movement Alamosa, Colo to Kansas City with feed at Lincoln, Neb. Billings
Mont to Chicago with feed at Chariton: Alliance Neb to Chicago with feet at
Fairfield
Livestock always moved on the head end to avoid slack action and injury(paid
for by railroad)
My first job with RR was at Montgomery
SJH
----- Original Message -----
From: qutlx1@aol.com
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Burlington Stock Movements
Pete,
Do you recall if these August and later stock trains occupants were feeder
calves headed for the Midwest farms and feedlots or were they adults headed
for
the slaughter houses ? If feeders the train would most likely get broken
into blocks the farther east it moved and cars added to other trains for
deliverying to the various feedlot locations. This would explain Pauls
understanding
here much farther east.
Leo
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