The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-25

! enough 20 receive the Top OF the Dulh.
Johnson & Mallam, one Of the leading
! Oklahoma shippers TO this market. had
in car load Of medium light hogs of
even, plump form and easily took the top
Of the bulk.
l. H Corbin, of Clearwater, had on the
! market a car load OF medium hogs Of
| well-rounded condition good enough TO
take the next to top price OF the day.
J. H Tjaden of Clearwater was an early
| conner with a car OF medium weight hogs
which sold to Dold at once at bulk top
prices.
Jen Houston of Ponca City was one Of
the last to reach the yards with a car
OF medium heavies. which Dold absorbed
at good price.
Levi Cook OF Argonia had in car OF
medium hogs, the first to cross the scales
and selling at a fair price,
John Arlington, the weE known King
| man county stocknan. had In car OF
| cattle for feed and rest
Horton Campbell Of Caldwell were
! shippers OF cattle. their car Of 20 head
| of stockers selling at the top Of the mar
| ket TO Frank Robbins.
! The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were as follows: Santa Fe, 5; Missouri
| Pacific, s; and the Rock Island. 8.
| Norris & Yazel Of Furley were the last
TO good hogs. which went TO Dold at stin
| price.
Crawford & Rippy OF Stafford were
among the last 10 get in, their load be-
ing Of fair mediums.
The daily comparisons were fol-
| lows: Yesterday, tops. So. 10; bulk, s3.SGQ
| $40, with the most OF the car stuff sell
/ ing at Sc. S5G3. 37iz; average weight, 235;
receipts. So For Saturday, tops, sS-45;
bulk, g. 4Oq3. 45; average weight, 295; re-
! ceipts, 6SL For the same day last week.
| tops, s3.52k; bulk, S3.40q3.5o; average
weight. 29; receipts. AL.
F. B. Steck was a welcome visitor at
! the yards yesterday afternoon and his
many old-time stock yards friends and
! co-workers more than made him feel his
/ presence Is always welcome.
The shipments of the Dold company
| yesterday were three straight cars in the
| contract car lot division, and three cars
| from the jobbing branch. There were
also sold six large cars of straight stuff,
the shipments TO be made at once.
TWO blinker lamps now adorn the east
| scale court and the main alley, very ma
terially aiding in the dispatch Of the late
| after-dark business.
The Sunday business at the yards was
confined TO two cars of hogs shipped out
to the east on permanent order, having
/ been bought on this market. There were
/ in all 1sS hogs in the double shipment.
Other markets were as follows: Chicago
received 50 600 hogs and this influx of IN
expected hogs, together with over 5000
/ left over from Saturday caused a break
in the market described in their last re-
1 port sent out as follows: The pens
were OVERLOOKING with hogs, and buyers
were once more N a position to dictate
-,
suffered reduction of to 10 cents" Es-
| timated receipts for today are 81. 900. Of
fetal hog figures at Kansas City were
5,465. and the market was quoted as slow
| with the close 2ia to cents lower. Re-
! ceipts of hogs at st. Louis were 1900, and
| the market generally 10 cents lower. At
ter a bearish situation on the provision
market, the close firmed up 2i9 cents for
ribs, to cents for lard.
PRAISING THE RAzOR-BACK.
| Manager Weston, of the Baltimore
| Farms. writes this to the Southern Farm
| Magazine:
The "razor-back' hogs Of the South
have always been the butt Of jokes innu-
! merable This type is supposed TO have
! survived on account of his ability TO out
run the negro. and TO go sideways through
the rail fence into the corn-held- With
! a knot in the end OF his tail TO make the
| garden pailings limit his foraging eXcur-
sions. and ike the man who sold his
shadow TO the devil, too thin TO possess
one OF his own, he has been a much
| abused animal. His existence usually
lasted through two years. comprising a
| winter of corn-nubbin diet, which just
| kept him at about the same weight as
that at which he had come up with from
his first season in the woods. When the
20 h. av~ foil Wa Grh Al =
ed he would be taken up 10 feed and
given a final fattening upon corn, netting
about the same weight as an eight
| months-old pig of one of the improved
| breeds The only redeeming feature OF
| the razor-back is the quality Of the hams;
possessing very little fat and of small
size. they have a fineness OF grain, firm
ness and a flavor, when properly cured,
which. once tasted. IS never forgotten.
This is the hog which has made the
Smirhfield ham Of certain sections of Viz
GINA so famous Their high quality is Sc
cured by Cd slow maturity; % game fla
vor. produced by free life in the woods
and the varied diet of nuts, etc; 81 the
rapid finishing process upon cowpeas IN
the fall and. finally, confinement. with
nothing but hard corn and water; GA
| lastly, the method Of curing. In spite OF
many attempts. no other hog has been
found that viii produce exactly the same
small, fat. fine ham. and with the price
that il brings. being about twenty-five
cents at the smokehouse. they can AFFORD
TO raise hog especially for this pur-
pose. using the sides and shoulders al
home or for the farm hands. The razor
back can be tolerated only where there
IS abundant woodland range. and these
are becoming scarcer every year More
! over -ha amount of offal is large, and
he has disappeared everywhere before thS
INSTITUTION Of modern farming methods
"Oufck" is the word now in all things
and in the improved breeds we have q
rapidly maturing hog. with all the weight
practically taken or the head. neck
shoulders and hide. and the fuller deVel
opment of the more valuable parts II
the shape of deep and nat sides and