Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-16
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
KANSAS CITY DISTANCES ST. LOUIS
AND OMAHA PACKING HOGS.
The Number Packed Here Since November
Nearly as Many rs the Total Packed
IN Those Ci,ics-Coid Weather
Hard on sheep.

Kansas City has taken advantage Of
the increased supply of hogs this season
and has slaughtered them with free
dom never known before The number
packed since November 1 has been TO-
000, against 100000 at st. Louis and
Omaha combined
w. j. Finley and Daniel Dale. Vernon
county Mo. were here yesterday with
cattle. They report the number of cat
tie feeding in their county so per cent
short as compared with this time last
year. Hogs also short. Corn selling at
so to 81 cents. Wheat doing fairly well,
covered with snow.
r. q. Ledbetter, Cass county. Mo,
came I'm yesterday with cattle and hogs.
lie reports about a 5 many cattle and
hogs in his county as last year.
r. Il. Jackson, Holden. Mo. had In
hogs yesterday.
j. a. Clark, sheldon. Mo. was at the
yards yesterday with cattle.
The recent cold snaps and SHOWS have
been hard on sheep in Colorado. j. C.
Knollin & Booth received a letter yes
terday from Donald Mcintosh. Lamar.
Col. in which he says the weather has
been trying of late on the sheep on the
range. But in New Mexico he reports
the weather warm and sheep in good
living condition. l.. Baldwin. of the
same place, was at the yards yesterday
and corroborated the above report.
George s. Tamhlyn is in Texas.
Casey Bros. Hillsboro, Tex. sold some
cornfed Texas steers here yesterday at
S415.
c. II. Brown, Mckinney, Tex. was up
yesterday with cattle.
j. X. Berry. Greenwood. Tex. came in
yesterday with cattle.
Fraser & Haskins. Fall River, Kas..
We're here yesterday with cattle and
hogs.
j. f. Bates. Ray county, Mo. was
here yesterday after feeders. He says
the number of cattle feeding in his
county is 30 per cent short; hogs % pei
cent less Corn. 80 cents Wheat looks
badly.
Il. +. Rooney, Carroll county, Mo-. got
stockers here yesterday.
:. Il. Selectman, of Andrews county,
was at the yards yesterday after stock
ers and feeders
d. Il. Bell, Missouri City. Mo. was in
yesterday with cattle and hogs.
Loughlan Bros Cass county, Mo-,
were at the yards yesterday with cattle.
+. C. Nu2man, Circleville. Kas.. was
here yesterday with some good native
steers.
j. d. Hopkinson. Hartford, Kas,, had
In hogs yesterday.
William Sanders, Raymond, Neb., was
at the yards with 300 lambs from New
Mexico that averaged forty-four pounds
and sold at but Se55. They We're from
the range country and very thin.
j. Il. Bolton, Burlingame, Kas., had in
some good Colorado fed sheep yesterday
that sold at $3.50.
C. NJ. Gaines. Hartwell, Mo-, was here
yesterday with cattle.
The best price obtained for cattle yes
terday was S4.S5 given for twenty choice
export steers that averaged 1,4SS pounds.
II. w. Gilman, Louray, kas., had in
cattle yesterday.
Samuel Vendig, Sylvia, Kas. was at
the yards yesterday with cattle and
hogs.
David Kiser, Johnson coun>v. Kas..
had in cattle yesterday.
w. NJ. Mackey, Americus, Kas., was
here yesterday with cattle.
Charles f. Whitamore and C. A.
Bailey, Lenden, Kas., came in yestrday,
a. A. Kellogg Russell, Kas., was at
the yards yesterday with hogs.
j. c. Phelps, Olathe, Kas., was here
yesterday with cattle
w. NJ. Hackenburg, Barnard, kas.,
came in with cattle yesterday.
j. w. De FeVers & Co., Fredonia, Kas.,
We're here yesterday with cattle and
hogs.
]. A. Carlton, Walnut, Kas., had in
hogs yesterday.