The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-24
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

I. B. Morledge & Co, of Ponca City.
were on the early market with a car Of
tair medium hogs sold TO DOld
Adam Huffbauer of Mulvane was in
with car Of fair lights, sold on the close
Of the market.
D. w Muck of Haven was on the mar
ket with a car of light lights, sold straight
without dock to Frank Robbins He says
the growing scarcity of old corn has
forced into market lots Of hogs that
would have sold better later on when more
fat was added. However, he looks for an
immense crop OF corn this year and with
IT a large incoming crop Of stock hogs. He
has been a large shipper to this market
this season.
G. c. Carson Of Mt. Hope was in with
a late car of lights, which sold we'll up
10 Dold.
J. ). Nunnemaker Of Alameda was late
arrival on the market with hogs.
The shipments of the DOld Packing COM
pany yesterday were as follows: Fort
Smith. Buffalo, Texas, and Kansas City,
ell packing house products.
The children Of Superintendent Darri-
grand are slowly recovering from a seige
NTH whooping-cough.
The cattle transactions yesterday were
limited to a sale of IS very fair butcher
steers. averaging 937 pounds, and selling
to Doid at $40 per cwt.
\ week ago today the receipts were the
heaviest on this market since the May
squirt.
on Wednesday the Dold company did
double killing. so that yesterday work
men would not be bothered in putting in
repairs and new improvements on the
fifth floor Whenever a spot can be spared
long enough all necessary repairs are
ali the time being put in the plant so that
the whole place viii soon be in the best
condition to handle their rapidly increas-
ing business Mr. Fred Dold is person
ely inspecting the work Of repairing.
Mr. George p. Dold, manager Of the
Jacob Dold Packing company Of this city
left yesterday morning for the east on
business. He will probably be gone week
o. ten days
The santa Fe. , cars. and the Missouri
Pacific. cars. made UP the railroad haul
Ing yesterday.
O,uer markets were as follows: Chi
caEo expected 5000 hogs, received 5000
with the market about a net advance OF
" cents 1t opened weaker. then turned
Eroug. with a fairly active demand
there were 4, 152. hogs carried over. The
ss-ir7ata for today IS o5.oo0. At Kansas
Cry the receipts were 1900, against L.
e2 the day previous. with the market
steady 10 a shade higher. A. 81. Louis
the receipts were S,oo0, against 5000 the
day Aefore. and 5000 Tuesday; the market
was Just steady.
For The year so far up TO and including
Wednesday the hog receipts at Kansas
City were l.9lS.3oS against l,6S6.S66 for
same tine in 1897 In the first half OF
various weeks receipts were. this week,
81 4o0: last week. SO. 400; year ago. 800.
IN the first - days OF June The receipts
We're this year. 24i.soo; last year. 23i2eo.
The average weight Of hogs the first three
weeks in June was first week. this year.
21I. last year, ZIG: second week, this year.
81. last year. 22I; third week. this year.
2l9. last year, -
FOrty-four OF the los county clerks or
Kansas have forwarded 10 Secretary CO.
burn OF the State Board Of Agriculture
their abstracts OF agricultural statistics.
REGARDING hogs the data are as follows;
These counties having about > per cent
Of the total number OF swine last year
show an increase of 12i.2l6 head. or = per
cent. The principal increases are in Re
catur. with HOS: Elk 6.l27; Jewell, -,
SSo: I.eavenworth. 5.479: Mitchell. l5.4oS:
Norris. 6.50s; Ottawa. 55lS: Rawlins, 49,;
Rocks. 6.49I: Sheridan. S.6Sl. and Stat
ford. 3.609
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