Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
COMMERCIAL.

COMMERCIAL.
" Lordlings may flourish and may fade,
breath can make them as a breath has made:
but the honest farmers. their coun try's pride,
When once destroyed, can never be supplied y
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A farmer by the name of Carson, liy-
ing near Lexington. Illinois. had a
bunch of fifty 200 pound hogs frozen
and smothered to death in a corn field
in which they had been turned to feed,
last Thursday. His loss is not far. from
$500.
Messrs. Henderson, Halferty and Geo.
Bark shipped two car loads of sheep to
Chicago Monday.
The loss of many cattle from eating
corn fodder containing smut is reported
in various Iowa papers. In nearly every
instance the cattle had been deprived of
water for several days at time.
A farmer in Northern Iowa finds oats
and peas cheaper than corn for feeding
pigs. He sows two bushels of peas and
one of oats to the acre, as early as the
ground will admit of seeding He be-
gins to cut and feed them as soon as the
peas are of the size to use for cooking.
The pigs eat the vines as well as the
pods.
The Hoo Market
The market for hogs was active for
the week just closed; the feeling was
firmer and prices have advanced from
15c to 25c. The receipts at Chicago
have been very light, the bad stormy
weather and general blockade of rail-
roads east and west being the principal
cause. The quantity, too, was only poor
to medium, and shippers have difficulty
in selecting suitable lots for the Eastern
market. There seems to be a. feeling
with shippers that if the weather i'm
proves and receipts increase. hogs
will range lower for the coming week.
The receipts at Lancaster market have
been good if we take into consideration
the time of year and cold stormy wealth
er. Buyers have been paying from
Is for light to S4.571 for good heavy
shipping lots, and farmers that have
hogs to sell are happy.
Tuesday, Feb. 10.-Chicago receipts
of hogs were 1880 market active,
prices firm and sc higher; sales ranged
at $4,000 $40 light. s4.4O@ s4.75
rough packing, and S4.S0(aS5.15 heavy
shipping. The receipts at Lancaster
failed to put in an appearance.
Wednesday, Feb. 11.-Estimated re-
ceipts in Chicago 10000 hogs, prices Sc
(9lOc higher. Trains delayed by snow
Receipts of hogs at Lancaster 81.
Thursday, Feb. 12.-Chicago came
in with very small receipts. only 1000
hogs on the market. Trains all snow
bound. Market 5c(9lOc higher. Ian
caster had 10 hogs on the market, and
buyers willing to pay good figures for
more.
Friday, Feb. l3.- No receipts were
reported on the Chicago hog market.
ALI roads blocked more or less by snow.
About 400 were left over from Thurs
day and prices paid about the same.
Lancaster for once beat Chicago in re-
ceipts, there being on the market II
hogs.
Saturday, Feb. 14-Estimated re-
ceipts of hogs in Chicago 5000; prices SC
higher. Lancaster receipts 8 hogs.
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Monday, Feb. 16.-Receipts in Chi
cago 10000. Hog market dull and Toe
lower. Sales ranged at S460(9S4. 95
for light, .S4.6o@s4 so for rough pack
ing, and s5Oo@s5.25 for heavy ship
ping lots. Receipts on home market
good. buyers having bought during the
day 142.
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Our Market Reports are carefully corrected
every week and are as nearly reliable as we can
make them.
LOCAL MARKET, LANCASTER.