Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-22


| From a Chicago bulletin dated Jan. 10, we ge t
the following:
| Hog cholera has prevailed more generally
/ this winter than for number of years probably
| the most fatal in Nebraska and northern and
central Illinois. From the liberal receipts it
would seem that the supply of hogs is almost
unlimited, but the marked deterioration in the
! quality leads us to the conclusion that the farm
ers are making undue haste in selling them and
that we are rapidly nearing the end. The aver
! age receipts for the week being about So hogs to
| the car load, shows we are now receiving
| young pigs which onght to be coming here sew
eral months later. Hog cholera is one cause
which helps to account for it, one car load being
received here this week good many Of which
| died IN transit
| Messrs Bidwell and Club shipped on Thurs
dav last five car loads of fine cattle TO the Chicago
market With the lot Mr. Bidwell shipped one
| very fine steer of his own raising that weighed
| 1920 pounds.
| Wewere pleased to see the smiling face Of Mr.
John Pink on our streets last Friday Mr. Pink
| is one OF our best farmers. He is now hauling
his oats to this market and receives for the
same 22c per bushel.
The BROKER Bros. are doing good business
at the old stand of Gus Huntmer. They have
bought within the last two weeks about five car
loads Of hoops and paid from $500 for flour
barrel hoops to s1s9o for hickory tierce hoops /;
they don't intend to let the market run down
The H0q Market
TUESDAY, Jan. l3.-The estimated receipts in
Chieago4S 900 hogs Market active and firm Sales
ranged at S4.15 @ Si.45 for light; S4.2O q 81. 40
for rough packing and S4.45 a $40 for heavy
packing and shipping lots Our receipts IS hogs.
| WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14.-Hogs opened in Chi
cago with very weak feeling induced by heavy
receipts, with the official figures showing $500
hogs, as the receipts for Tuesday, and the esti-
mated receipts fer Wednesday 10000 hogs.
Prices were 10c and 15c lower. The receipts at
this point 43 hogs.
THURSDAY, Jan. 5-In Chicago hogs opened
with frmer feeling Influenced by lighter rs.
ceipts and an advance of l5c and all parties buy
/
some instances packers were obliged to resort to
other markets to fill their orders The receipts
small, $4,000 hogs; this was due to trains being
| blOckaded by snow storms Receipts here Sc
| hogs.
FRIDAY, Jan. l6.-The day opened up stormy
and cold and but few hogs in the market here.
Receipts being SO hogs. Chicago estimated re-
ceipts ~ 600 hogs, market SC higher The Gin
cinnati Price Current of Jan. 49, says: 1--WE see
no reason why foreign markets will not want all
the surplus provisions this country win have on
the basis of present values, OF a fair advance on
them
SATURDAY, Jan. i7.-Estimated receipts in
Chicago for the day 10000 hogs prices same as
Friday Owing to heavy snow storms trains were
more or less behind time, therefore small re-
ceipts No receipts at this point.
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MONDAY, Jan. 10 The day opened up with
very sharp weather and our receipts small, only
81 hogs. Chicago came In with estimated re.
ceipts at 1900 hogs and SC higher
Shipments for The past Ueek--
Thursday, Jan l5-Hogs car, Cattle 5 cars.
Friday and Saturday none.
Monday, Jan. l9-One car Hogs
Tuesday. Jan. 20-0ne car Sheep.
Wednesday: Jan 21-Three cars Hogs, car
Cattle, car Hoops.
Our Market Reports are carefully corrected
every week and are as nearly reliable as we can
make them.