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BREWER AND BREEDER 



47. A real contributor to the science of livestock husbandry 

 was Capt. Frederick Pabst of Milwaukee, Wis., prominent 

 brewer and head of the Pabst Brewing Co. Capt. Pabst was one 

 of the first men in the west to utilize brewers' grains as the major 

 portion of the ration fed to the several hundred steers annually 

 fattened on his farm, and thus became a pioneer in an industry 

 which has reached rather large proportions in brewing centers. 

 Having effectively demonstrated the value of these byproduct 

 grains for beef production, he built up a herd of purebred 

 Jerseys, and demonstrated its value to produce milk. 



Capt. Pabst was born March 28, 1836, at Nicolausreith in the 

 Thueringen Forest of Germany. When but twelve years of age 

 his family emigrated to America, coming first to Milwaukee, but 

 settling shortly afterwards in Chicago. Here financial reverses 

 to his father and the death of his mother (1849) forced him to 

 earn his own living. His first position was that of bellboy in a 

 hotel, on a salary of $5.00 per month and board. Here he worked 

 for three years, and then became a cabin boy on the Goodrich 

 line on the Great Lakes. His services were so faithful and his 

 progress so energetic that at the age of twenty-one years he 

 became captain of the steamer Sunbeam. 



In 1862 Capt. Pabst married Miss Marie Best, daughter of 

 Philip Best of Milwaukee, and shortly thereafter renounced his 

 sailor's life to invest all his savings in the brewery of his father- 

 in-law, in which place he took up active work. Three years 

 later the firm was christened Philip Best & Co., and Capt. 

 Pabst became both leader and manager. In 1873, when incor- 

 poration occurred, the yearly production totalled 100,000 barrels 

 of beer. 



Capt. Pabst was an incessant laborer. In 1888 his partner, 

 Emil Schandein, died, leaving the entire management of the 

 gigantic institution upon Capt. Pabst's shoulders. So broad 



