Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1879 — The Chicago Stock Yards. [ARTICLE]

The Chicago Stock Yards.

In a report on the treatment of live stock on the railways, made by Mr. Zadok Street, to the American Humane Association, at its recent meeting, we find the following facts relative to the great Stock Yards at Chicago. These are the most extensive in America, probably in the world. They have 1,000 cattle pens, 1,200 hog and sheep pens, and stabling for 1,200 horses. Fifteen hundred cars of stock can be unloaded and cared for daily. The system of railroads extending into different parts of the Western States, thousands of miles, center there. They occupy 350 acres of land and cost nearly $5,000,000. Their repairs cost about $150,000 annually, and it requires 700 men • constantly employed in and about the yards to do the work required. They will accommodate about 10,000 cattle, 120,000 hogs, 5,000 sheep and 1,000 horses at one' time. The pens for hogs and sheep are covered; those for cattle are not covered.