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include cattle which have come in off of grass and are not good 

 enough for killers ; steers reshipped from other markets where 

 there has been no demand for them, steers which have been 

 "warmed up," that is, given a short grain feed before leaving the 

 country, but not enough to make them sell with fat cattle, and 

 culls which have failed to do well in the feed lot. Here will also 

 be found many steers from dairy cows, sired by beef bulls and 

 carrying enough beef blood to have desirable (acceptable) color 

 markings but not enough to insure beef type and conformation. 



KANSAS CITY. 



' Kansas City is generally considered the greatest feeder mar- 

 ket in the country. This is due to its situation just at the edge 

 of the range country. Here will be found a larger percentage of 

 grass cattle and stock calves than at any other market. These 

 cattle are drawn largely from western ranges where attention has 

 been given to breeding cattle for beef purposes. The ranch own- 

 ers come to Indiana every fall to buy our pure bred beef bulls in 

 car load lots in order to improve their herds, thus cutting down 

 the supply used at home. The result is that grass fat cattle from 

 the west from July to November sell in competition with our 

 native corn fed cattle of plainer quality. Cattle bought at Kansas 

 City and other western markets usually have had little or no grain. 

 The supply to select from is so large that a feeder can get almost 

 anything he wants on the open market rather than through scalp- 

 ers. There is one section of the yards given up to firms which 

 deal exclusively in stock calves. These are largely Hereford, 

 Shorthorn and Angus shipped in from the range and sorted into 

 lots which are uniform in breeding, weight and age. Occasionally 

 there will be found among them calves from dairy districts sired 

 by Hereford or Angus bulls, possessing typical Hereford mark- 

 ings or black and polled like the Angus, which will prove a dis- 

 appointment to the feeder. The freight rate from Kansas City 

 and the long trip should always be considered by Indiana feeders 

 when purchasing on that market. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Indianapolis Stock Yards are conveniently located in the 

 south part of the city. The supply of feeders here comes chiefly 



