The sheep yard is still there! Well at least the railroad yard is still there!
They have a neat switching railroad that works out of the old sheep yards
Monday through Friday! I often woundered why the yard tracks have so many
curves in them? Anyone know the answer? Thanks Rusty
--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Douglas Harding <dharding@nethtc.net> wrote:
From: Douglas Harding <dharding@nethtc.net>
Subject: [CBQ] Re: westbound sheep
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 7:16 PM
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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