The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-28

large buying and shipping concerns of
| Oklahoma, they handling from 70 10 cars
week. and ship heavily TO this mar
ket He has now about three cars in
the pens waiting for a settled market
Hogs. he says. havs not been extra IN
quality for some time there. a large bulk
being thin and rurty and a top car the
result OF many cars sorting. Cattle are
plentiful and are doing well, and The
crop outlook, especially wheat. is i'm
mense.
| II with a car load Of light hogs on the
closing market
E. B. WeatheIoy & Co.. Of Enid, were
on the market with two cars Of hogs. IN
charge OF Mr.. Smith, one OF the firm.
]. H. Porter OF Towanda was q late
conner with q car OF hogs.
Robinson & Osborne Of Benton were On
the market with a car Of fair heaUes,
sold 10 DoId.
John Small Of Small Bros, Arness. was
al the yards with a car OF good heavy
hogs, about The oCst for the day, and
the one car received on the days bus
mess TO top the market for car iots He
reports the better grades OF hogs being
run out % his neighborhood after heavy
shipments ali the season.
Oklahoma yesterday furnished cars OF
hogs TO this market, OF which came
from Enid
The Dold Packing company shipments
yesterday were asfoIlows; A car Of fresh
heats to Boston cars Of packing house
products 20 Columbia. Texas. and Okla
homa City three cars Of hog hair and
bristles to St Louis, and car OF hides
to Kansas City.
The roads contributing to yesterdays
receipts were as follows: Rock Island, g;
Santa Fe. s. and Missouri Pacific. 3
The Dold company are extending their
covered pen capacity by the erection Of
several new and commodious hog and
cattle pens. which among other advanc-
ages and Improvements Will have brick
floors. The new fertilizer plant is also
progressing as fast az possible Several
cars Of lumber were received yesterday
and the past few days TO be used N
the box and crate department OF the
plant.
Tops for car lots yesterday were the
same as a week ago, same day. and BIO
above the same day year ago.
Chicago estimates, 1900 hogs for today
"reminiscences OF the early days at the
yards were being related yesterday, when
one old-timer told Of a kind-hearted and
easy inspector Of that palmy period who
was always afraid 70 dock too heavy and
incur the wrath of the shipper. He was
anxious 70 do right and be fair 70 all and
so one day some granger appeared with
two fine black barrows. The inspector
thought he would let the owner OF Hight,
so locked only one OF the hogs, calling
him stag The man kicked and de-
an arbitration, which was grant
ed, and after the committee had looked
over the two animals and looked wise
they concluded to dock both, to the In
hated disgust of the already indignant
owner. At another instance, the decker
locked five piggq sows IN one load and
the shipper was furious, vehemntly de-
clar1ng no gentleman hog had been on
his place to cause such a condition An
arbitration was Of course demanded and
the latter, instead of docking five of the
sows, lit upon thirteen. Thus it is some
times best TO let well enough alone
In the week ended last night at Kansas
City hog receipts were 81, 63s-22 head less
than a year ago.
National Live Stock Reporter: Good
native light hogs. 80 to 165 pounds. are
selling very low compared with medium
weights Of the same quality This Is be-
cause the eastern markets are low and /
orders are scarce
From the Indianapolis Live Stock Jour [
nal; The market for pigs and light /
hogs still continues in a very unsatis- !
factory condition. Prices are being re-
duced nearly every day and are so irreg- /
Ilar that it IS difficult to give accurate |
quotations. Therefore, Il Is probably best
tor the country buyers to hold back this
class Of hogs until the glut Is worked of
IT a least until prices are on a more
settled basis"
A St Louis dispatch says: "One Of the (
biggest transfers Of packing house inter
ests ever made in St. Louis was completed /
today when D. L. Quirk turned over the /
plant and property Of the 81. Louis Pack
ng and Provision company on the east /
side Of the river 10 the Chicago Packing /
and Provision company. The purchase .
was arranged for in Chicago. the p-tce /
being in the neighborhood Of $50, 000."