The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-13
PLANT WILL OPEN
WHITAKER PACKING HOUSE TO
RESUME IN A FEW DAYS.
Mr.. Whitaker Tells What the Pros
poets Are for the Hog Industry
and Gives Some Valuable Pointers
to Farmers-He Says That Wheat
Beats Corn for Fattening,

Mr.. John Whitaker, proprietor OF the
Whltta k-r packing house, was in the city
yesterday making arrangements for tue
opening of the plant 10 this city. When
met by reporter for the EAGLE Mr.. Whit
taker said:
Yes, we will be ready for the reception
of hogs in few days. l have made a
thorough test OF hogs fat:ened On corn and
those fattensd on wheat, and the expert
ment has been in favor of wheat. At the
price OF wheat on the market there should
not be "a farmer within radius OF 100
miles of Wichita that would offer bushel
of the cereal upon the market AT he present
price. Why, do you know that il is fact
susceptible of proof that a bushel of wheat
is worth, al the lowest calculation, IS
cents per bushel for feeding hogs at the
present prics of wheat.
"The grain does not want TO be fed whole
but should be ground, soaked OF cooked TO
receive the best results from the feeding
of wheat. | am an enthusiast when it
comes TO raising hogs in Southern Kansas.
L do not believe there is healthier place
In the world for raising swine than in
Southern Kansas. The farmers should
raise more alfalfa than they do at present.
There is another thing / want you to
call the attention OF your readers TO and
that is the question of watering their
swine. As easy as water can be secured
there is 10 excuse for a farmer watering
Ills hogs from a creek or a river. Good well
water can Toe had with bat little expense.
Most of the diseases of hogs that RACES
through a neighDorhood in so many places
CAN be traced every time 10 watering hogs
from a stream There is no better chan
mel for transmitting disease than tn of a
Stream of water. In this country there is
nothing that can equal the raising Of hogs
for making money. There cannot be too
many hogs raised here for the market.
Let every man who has dollar to
spare, and desires to increase it. put it into
hogs. Our plant, aside from the Dold
plant, will be able within n few weeks to
use three times the hogs raised in this
country.
In Oklahoma, which is a tributary to
Wichita, the settlers cannot do better than
raise hogs. They cannot overstock the
market. The more they Can plOce upon
the market here, the better will be the
price. Ii costs us just as much to run the
plant upon third supply as it would if
both plants could find all the hogs they
need in the pens at the stock yards. Pack
ers do not run their plants for fun, but for
business, and can see no better invest
ment than can be made at the present time
than the raising of hogs. This portion of
the country is peculiarly located for pro-
ducing healthy swine. Again Say to the
farmers, don't sell your wheat at the pres
ent price, but feel it to your hogs and real
iZe at least 100 per cent. ~
Tell the readers of the EAGLE that the
Whitaker and Dold plant viii consume
every hog they eau furnish upon this mar
ket for the next ten years. They might as
well turn loose. There are many families
in the old country that will depend upon
southern kapsas for their supply of break
fast bacon and ham. Our customers of
fUrtv-five years will have To lock to south
ern Kansas for their Star brand of bacon.
We will look 10 the farmers TO supply US
with The hogs to meet this demand.
II have nothing to say about the poiiti-
cal land hide. 1t was immense. | am in
terested now III the hog production aud
expect to distribute thousands OF dollars
among the farmers of this country, and
the more hogs and the better quality of
the hogs furnished, the more money they
will receive"