The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-17

cattle business, raising a good grade Of
hogs all the time along with his cattle.
U. E. Baird of Anness was present on
the market with a car load Of lights.
which sold on the closing transactions.
He says his car yesterday Is about the last
of the fat hogs to be marketed from that
section until after harvest. as the deSlr-
able stock has been about all run out. the
result of the heavy shipments this sea-
son. He reports the crop of stock hogs
also as being the lightest in several years.
the farmers generally having had poor
luck with this springs pig output, having
lost many.
D. w. Muck Of Haven was in with car
of fair TO good light mediums, which sold
to Dold at price close up TO the top.
j. G. Brenholt Of Deer Creek was In
with a car of medium lights. which sold
to the Dold Packing company at good
prices. Mr.. Brenholt has been large
shipper Of good hogs this season, all 10
this market. but he reports not many
hogs left now which are In marketable
condition. However, he says there are
more hogs coming on all the time as
fast as they are disposed of and the new
crop is fairly good and are being fed for
marketable condition. His firm, he says,
will be on teh market right along every
week just as heretofore. Wheat, he says,
is in prime condition, as they have had
just enough rain and not too much as is
the case in many quarters The wheat har-
vest began there on Monday and is pro-
crossing favorably.
c. r. Kerley Of Blackwell was a shipper
of hogs on the market
A. T. Jones of Kremlin was on the mar
ket with car load Of mixed lights and
mediums, sold to Dold at prices well up
toward the top. He reports still lots OF
hogs all around him. but not many cattle
The latter, he says, ARE like gold, at a
premium"
]. D. Rippy Of Stafford was a shipper
of hogs on the late market.
George layer. cashier Of the State
Bank Of Calwich, was a business visitor
at the yards yesterday, In company with
Joe Knoblauch
Frank Warner telegraph operator at the
Union Stock Yards, left yesterday on a
few days leave of absence for Kansas
City. During his absence his place will
be filled by his predecessor. ''Sallie."
The new fertilizing plant of the Dold
Packing company is rapidly nearing COM
pletion, under the immediate supervision
of Superintendent Chas. Derrigrand. The
roof timbers are all laid and the force Of
carpenters are now engaged in laying the
heavy flooring. This will be one Of the
most substantial and compactly built
buildings Of the big packing plant.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago estimated for the day
q, 900 hogs, received 1900, and the market
was opened at active, 10 to Is cents high
or, but turned weak to cents lower than
opening. At Kansas City the receipts
were u $50, with the market active and
10 cents higher; the close weak to 8 cents
lower. At st. Louis the receipts were 5000
and the market to 10 cents higher. The
provision market was weakened by free
selling by packers, with the result that
ribs went off 5 cents, and lard 212 cents.
The shipments last night of hogs bought
on this market on eastern order were 4
cars.
The roads doing the business were: Mis-
souri, Pacific, s; Rock Island, 4; Santa
Fe, 2.
The cattle transactions yesterday were
/! light. Jim Haskell had in two cows in
his car of hogs which sold to Dold. The
deals were as follows: One COW, go
pounds, 1885; one COW, 1000 pounds. 1926;
one COW, LOO pounds, 1925 per cwt
Chicago hogs last week averaged 229
! pounds, against 240 year ago.