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The arrival of railroads in 1876 made the area a very important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for business on January 19, 1890, covering 206 acres. On February 7, the Fort Worth Dressed Meat and Packing Company was founded. This facility was operated without profit until purchased by G. W. Simpson of Boston.
The focus on educating the youth of Texas lead to integrating 4-H and FFA high school students and making educational commitments to support their interest in the agricultural and livestock industry. In 1984, the scholarship program began when fifteen, four-year scholarships totaling $90,000 to were awarded to students entering Texas colleges ...
Tents were erected for the animals, and visitors were charged a twenty-five cent fee to view the livestock. [4] Local ranchers promoted the show to northern meat packers in the hopes of improving the local livestock industry. The citizens of Fort Worth raised $50,000 and formed a company in 1904 to oversee the event.
The Paso Robles Pavilion was packed with spectators and buyers and the constant “auction chant” of the auctioneer at the Junior Livestock Auction at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso ...
The World Livestock Auctioneer Championship is an annual competition of livestock auctioneers who practice the auction chant typical of rural areas in the United States and Canada. The competition is sponsored by the Livestock Marketing Association and was first held in 1963. [1] Brian Curless won the competition in 2017.
Bowl game schedule today: Breaking down the Bahamas matchups on Jan. 4. Weather. Weather. AccuWeather. Colossal winter storm unleashing snow, ice from Plains to mid-Atlantic. Weather. AccuWeather.
The Middleburg Spring Races are steeplechase Virginia's oldest steeplechase races. The races are held at Glenwood Park in Middleburg, Virginia on the third Saturday in April. [1] The Middleburg Spring Races were first organized in 1911 by Daniel Cox Sands. He was a Middleburg sportsman, who for four decades was Master of Fox Hounds of the ...
Switzerland said on Tuesday it was concerned by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposals to raise tariffs and is considering how to respond if his new administration does so. Trump aims to ...