U. S. YARDS, EARLY MORNING 

 Historic water tower and exchange 

 building in background. 



A Day 

 with the 



Producers 



^r^\ K R K R R R R: Where- is that 

 ^^/^ pcNky al.iriii cloik. You rc.uh 

 _J J out in the shivering tolil ol a 

 Novemlxr niornini; to shut otf tin- 

 clatter. It s (lark outside. I'our lorty- 

 five staiuiarii lime is early any time of 

 year. In Novemher it s still ni^lit. Hut 

 we're ^oin;^ to tlie stoikv.nJs to look 

 in on the ( hiiayo I'roiiiuers And the 

 day st.irts early there. 



Tin- resujeiitial seition is asleej-> at (> 

 A. M Hut not |\u kint;town. There s 

 phiity ol hu/z and exiitement around 

 I;xihani;e A\eiuie Triiiks rattle aboiil, 

 cows bawl. |M,ys si|ueal. and worknun 

 hustle to ^et ready lor the ^Aw . 



U|^ on the sixth lloor ol the I'X 

 change Huiidini;. the jMoiiueers have 

 modern, welliiuhled oitiies. the larg- 

 est ol any lominission at;eiuv on the 

 market. VC'hei) the I'jrin Hureaii set 

 up the I'roduters haik in the early 

 twenliis there was |>ronoun(.eil op|iosi- 

 tion to the newioiner. The "farmer 

 co-o|i. " was scolfed at and eondmined 

 "They won't last. I'arniers tan'l run .1 

 business like this. " said many a iritii 

 Suth words an n'l heard any more. You 

 can't lauuh olf .1 c»)mpany that success 

 fully handleil 2'i million ilollars of 

 livestoik last year, ne.irly 1 I per cent 

 of all open market receipts. 



I'irst in cattle l>y a wide mari^in. first 

 by ^Te.it odds in hi)_t;s (more tli.in the 

 next sc\en firms comhined) and now 

 first in sheep. That's the ( hicayo Pro 

 ducers record. And you will find sim- 

 ilar records amoni; the Producers at 

 r.. St l.ouis. Peoria, lndi.ina|^olis, (in 

 cinnati .inti other terinin.il m.irkets. 

 Under the le.idcrship of the St. lie I'.irin 

 Bureau lederations corn belt (.irniers 

 have m.ule an im|iressivc sl.irt in in.ir 

 kefint; livcsloik c o oper.ilivc Iv snuc the 



first Producers agency opened in 19^'- 



The cattle, ho;:, and sheep salesmen 

 are amon^ the first arrivals at the stock 

 yards. Hut a lot of work has been done 

 before. Hill Kin^. for example, has 

 been on the )ol> since the wee hours 

 ;:ivin.u out market inform.ition to ship 

 pers and truckers, heljiin^ unload ho_i;s 

 ami seeing that they are properly cared 

 for. Zack Proctor h.is been doini; 



the s.ime for the cattle truckers. I.ive 

 stock must be watered, feel and cared 

 for to look well when the buyers uet 

 around. 



Who aiul wli.il sets the price ol live 

 stock-' ^'ou c.iii .iri:ue that (|iieition 

 III doomsd.iv. I he usu.il .iiiswef is 

 ' sup|dy aiui dcin.ind The p.ukers 



tell you it s the housewife at the meat 

 counter. In the end the consumers 

 |-><)c ketbook determines how List Iresh 

 meats move out ol butelur shops .ind 



GOODMAN STORY, LEFT AND MANAGER 

 DAVE SWANSON 



"A cup of coffee starts the day." 



cold stora>;e. Hut out at flit yarels you 

 learn that both buyer and seller can. 

 and do manipulate things to ser\e their 

 own interests It's a daily b.ittle of 

 wits with the state of the weather, 

 volume of receipts at the bii; livestock 

 m.irkets, consumei ilem.in>l, the previ 

 oils day s market, and other news pack 

 ing the hcaw puiiehes in the prut- mak- 

 ing rinu 



I'rice (.onferences Daily 



At the Pcoduieis, the d.iy opens \citli 

 prue conic reiues amoni; the- sile-Miien 

 in the cattle. hoL". aiul sheep ilivisions. 

 I II Henry < ampbell. head hoi; 

 s.ilesiuan reviews iIk i^overnineiil sum 

 ni.iiv ol the markets the day belore to 

 check the tien<l Ralph .Si liaal . I'verett 

 |.im,es. Hill Kini; .ind Ice Miller sit 

 vMlh him. Weather rcp-.irls, the day's 

 receipts at (liii.iuo. livestock rceei]->ts 

 lor tile ilay and week at the sc\eii piin 

 iii\il mirkels .iiid siiiul.ii data .lie eon- 

 si.lered. Whv iIk scAen markets ' Hf 

 1 .iiise they vsX about twotliirels ol all 

 livestock Toelav s ueeipts are e oin 

 l\ireii with a week .11:0. a ye.ir .ii;o 

 The same tor the week s receipts 



■^'este relay s aeKaiiee estimate w .is It, 

 (100 e.ittle, .'(),()()() ho^s, 10.000 sheep. 

 Mill le.irn Actual rceeij-'ts ran liea\ier 

 It 9,000. 1 1.000, and 1 1. 000 And tliere 

 .ire- 11.000 dire I Is. hous sliippul direct 

 lo the |-'ackers Not so i;<nid 'I he 

 S'> 00 top cm lioL's the d.iy Infore at 

 (hie.iiio 10 •cnis hiL'her than In 



diana|iolis aiul St l.ouis is held jMrtly 

 responsildc The bit; paekefs m,iv not 

 be so aeti\e as buvers tcKlav We'll 



The- s.ilesiiien. ne At i^iiess the market 

 to|i lor the- d.iv I ai h v\ lites his puvato 

 opinion on .1 i.ird I Ik 11 llu\ >-,iiiip.iie 



DECEMBER, 193G 



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