Stockyard
A stockyard is an enclosure for the handling or keeping of livestock.[1] In the United States, stockyards are regulated by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. They are sometimes associated with slaughterhouses.
Some stockyards include:
- Omaha Stockyards, Nebraska, USA
- Kansas City Stockyards, Missouri, USA
- Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, USA
- Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Blue Grass Stockyards, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- The Junction (northwest quadrant nicknamed Stockyards), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other uses:
- Stockyard Landing, original name of Arabi, Louisiana
- Stockyard, Queensland, Australia
- Stockyards, California, former town
- The Stockyard Stoics, a punk rock band
- [1]Stockyard, rock band - early 1970's - from Amsterdam - Netherlands
- STOCKYARD. Magazine, a Chicago-based publication.
- A stock yard can also refer to various storage yards used in mining, manufacturing, and transportation of goods.
References
- ^ Delbridge, Arthur (1991). The Macquarie Dictionary, 2nd ed.,. Macquarie Library, North Ryde. ISBN 0 949757 63 2.
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