Leo,
Do you recall where the stock was off-loaded at Rochelle? The retired Del Monte
employee told me--I think--that it occured at the Q's stock chutes east of the
depot. Assuming that this did not necessitate a cattle drive through downtown
Rochelle to reach Del Monte, trucks must have been involved, or, he was
mistaken and the stock was set out at Del Monte proper.
Bob Herrick
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> You are correct. Del Monte and silage were synomous well into the 80s. The
> silage pile was west of the can plant and was primarily the corn
> shocks,etc. It turned from light green to brown as it fermented. By the 70s
> it was my
> observation that it was trucked out to farms as silage feed. As the pile
> was dug into for shipment it released one of those many smells that made
> Rochelle famous.
>
> Leo
>
>
> Rich and listers,
>
> I once talked to a retired employee of the canning plant about their side
> business of fattening cattle on the by-products of vegetable packing, i.e.
> the discarded vines et al. He said the cattle came in by rail and left by
> truck for Chicago after they were suitably fattened for slaughter. I think RR
> told me he recalled seeing piles of sileage at the canning plant. This
> process must have ended long before Leo worked for the BN or I'm sure he
> would have mentioned it.
>
> Bob Herrick
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, rgortowski@ wrote:
> >
> > List,
> >
> > I'm modeling 1950, and I'm wondering if you would see live cattle inbound
> > from Minneapolis/St. Paul heading east to Chicago? Also, would you see NP
> > or GN stock cars heading east on the C&I? I could certainly see empties
> > heading west to get them back to the home roads.
> >
> > Also meat related - the Swift plant in Rochelle received live beef/hogs
> > from where?
> >
> > I appreciate any answers I can get.
> >
> > Rich G.
> >
>
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