Cattle In A Stockyard

Scope and Content: Cattle in the stockyard. Note attached to photo says” The end of the trail. Cattle in the stockyard shipping corrals at Sweet Grass Montana. These cattle put on weight on the trail. The owner, Otto Skogan, estimates that he profited by ranging them. The cattle would have lost weight in cattle-car s…

History Biographical: Lloyd Knight of the Knight & Day Photography Studio started his career with the Lethbridge Herald in 1938 as a messanger. In 1940 he became an engraver covering town events and southern Alberta celebrations. Knight left the Herald job in 1951 to establish his own studio which he ran for fifteen years. He was a charter member and correspondent for the Lethbridge Active International, a young men's service club and a member of the Lethbridge Flying Club of which he was their resident photographer

Scope and Content: Cattle in the stockyard. Note attached to photo says” The end of the trail. Cattle in the stockyard shipping corrals at Sweet Grass Montana. These cattle put on weight on the trail. The owner, Otto Skogan, estimates that he profited by ranging them. The cattle would have lost weight in cattle-car shipping. The cars would have cost more than the wages of the hired hands who also had to be fed en-route. [The hired hands incidentally also put on weight.] Even the pastureage fees along the route paid for themselves….”