The Chicago Union stockyards feed the world’s livestock
A detailed portrait of the Chicago Union Stock Yards showing 250 miles of tracks within one square mile and a belt line system. The yards move 9,600 cars weekly, with 270 trains, handling cattle hogs sheep and horses from a 1,000,000 square mile cattle country. Over 50,000 workers operate daily as stock is unloaded every 20 seconds during peak months.
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Union
Chicago
Chicago Union Stockyards
Railroad Man’s Magazine
Omaha
Stock Yards
Seed Corn Drying Rack Described for Farm Use
The article outlines building a corn seed drying rack from 2x6 bed pieces and 3x4 upright posts with milk pans as hangers. It details spacing, chalk lines, holes, spikes, and optional 2x12 boards, claiming the rack holds a bushel per two-sided section and keeps ears separate for quick drying.
Cornstalk Pole Hooking Causes Trouble on Double Tree
A method described as hitching a cornstalk pole by tying a long chain from notches to cleavers at the center of a double tree is noted to cause a lot of trouble at the ends. The description suggests practical difficulties when securing the pole in this manner.
Bees and farming notes on silage and soil care
The notes advise cutting silage into half inch pieces and packing the silo well while keeping bees, warn that corn cut too early yields sour silage, and recommend cutting corn when kernels glaze. They stress wet straw with oats to seal silos, improving muck land use, fall plowing for deepening soil, and proper corn planting and moisture methods.
Desert Painted Desert National Monument Proposal
A plan proposes reserving 72 square miles in Apache County Arizona as a national monument under the Lacey act to preserve it in present condition for public enjoyment. The Painted Desert region spans from the Rio Grande to the Salton Sea with varied landscapes, ancient ruins, tribes, and dramatic color formations seen along a railroad survey corridor north of Adamana.
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Painted Desert
Arizona
Apache County
Adamana Station
Southwest
el Pintado Desierto
Colorado River
George Wharton Jams
Rio Grande
Salton Sea
Utah
Mexico
John L. Cowan
Philadelphia Sunday Record
Pajarito Park
Mesa Emantada
Acoma Country
White Sands
Petrified Forest
Haystacks
Gila
Salt River
Hasgsayampa
Canyon de Chelly
Canyon Diablo
Grand Canyon
Colorado
San Francisco Peaks
Mogollons
Panamint
Calico Ranges
Death Valley
Virgin
Hassayampa
America
Uni
Alkyll
Adamana
Deadriver Canyon
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Exchange Avenue
Bedlam
New York
New England
Desert 'S Garden
Canyon
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