The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-27

signufene being OF medium heavy HOGS
and selling about on The opening at buIk
prices
c. g. Handy OF Norwich was amor,
the earlier arrivals with & car of hogs
OF medium light weight, but trim plum
STOCK which sold promptly at the ton Of
the bulk
All hog feeders. shippers and those en-.
gagged IN any manner in the sw.ne indus.
try should, for their own profit. carefu,Iv
study this market and its relative bear.
ing toward all other 1--we stock centers
me demand for Fat butcher hogs I.
stronger right now. the prices paid high
or sno the dierentil as between thi.
po'N and Kansas City. the next near
est point narrower than at any time IN
many months AZ a fair example, on
tuesday there were about 1909 hogs re-
ceived al Kansas City. and only one lone
car OF 81 head received s3.0o This was
a car OF prime heavy hogs averaging go
pounds On this market same day the
tops was .42is. and II was a common
4ot on any day when a larger string of
Tat, well-fed hogs were on the sale. and
they averaged only 223 pounds. about 90
pounds under the Kansas City load On
that same day hogs sod on this mar
ket at only about l2Is cents under Kan
sas City. This shows that hogs are want
ed al this point and also thar a stir
hrE1 price will always be paid for hogs
worthy Of IL. AS TO convenience, fair
and prompt handling there can De no bet
ter market for the farmers and Ship
pers' hogs from all around this coutn-
western country.
The roads doing the hauling were:
Frisco. ?; Santa Fa 2: Missouri Pacific.
2; and Rock Island /
The daily comparisons were as follows:
Yesterday. tops, 3 IS; bulk. s.. 37lzQ3. 423a {:
average weight. 245. ten pounds above
that OF Tuesday; receipts. 703 For the
day before. tops, g. 4213; bulk. g 30G3 40;
average weight. Is; receipts, S25. For hte
same day last week. tops, So 80: bulk,
81 i21zQ3.s9; average weight, 243; receipts,
SOL
The out-shipInents last night included
three cars Of stock cattle billed from
Frank Robbins 70 Temple & Son Of Eu,
reka- They were all bought on the local
open market
- The DoId Packing company yesterday
almost approached the stage known uni
versally as showed under" It was in
all departments busy day. busy because
unlooked-for and heavy orders were be-
ing received all day long, and these in
Guiding all cuts and staple and speciality.
All the force in the days affairs showed
a hattering amount OF business and work
expedited due TO the admirable and prac-
tic0le discipline and system in effect at
the plant. There were four cars OF
straight contract produce shipped out.
three cars sent out from the jobbing d.
vision, and at six O'Clock eleven cars new,
sold by telegraph for immediate shipment,
with about seven more cars yet 70 hear
from. The demand for several speciaIties
at the Wichita branch OF
the Dold concern is growing al a rapid
and unexpected rate, showing that these
goods are not only meeting with the uni
versal acceptation of the trade every
where, but are also profit producers for
the retail trade. Staple cuts Of standard
meats are just as much selling all the
time very heavily. and in spite of the
supposed dull season for dry salt and
cured meats are increasing daily. Yes
terday was an unusually heavy day. but
nevertheless all orders were promptly
filed and at night were on their way to
tn cir destination, so far as they were
Tue. Today. and in fact for all the rest
IF this week, the shipments Will be heavy
for the purpose Of cleaning up all booked
and standing orders.
W r. Dulaney viii be absent today
from the stock yards as he expects 10
90 on a hunting expedition, after the fes-
i've duck.
Amos Williams. yard foreman OF the
stock yards. is confined 20 his home from
/ broken rib.