The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-15

attention having been attracted TO il from
very heavy demand from their custom
ers. To nearly all these gigantic concerns
the firm were obliged 10 either decline
Immediate shipment. or else ask for more
time as they are now several hundred
pounds behind in their orders Tor this
one specially alone. This one brand OF
produce has proved vastly more a winner
than the management aver expected. and
the result is that they now find them
selves unable to supply the demand. Such
immense mercantile establishments as
those named above are always on the
alert 10 seize every new commodity on
the market as a novelty, and recognizing
the superior merits of this new article.
are all anxious TO have il on sale, but
SO far the Dold people find themselves
unable to supply the unlocked for demand
tor this popular abattoir delicacy.
GET PIGS TO EATING.
Get the pigs 70 eating as soon as posi-
bic. Let them and the mother run on
| a good pasture containing clover. In a
corner OF the stable place mixture Of
charcoal and wood ashes for the little an
imale 20 work at. When three or four
weeks OLD. they will begin to eat. Feed
them milk. soaked corn or wheat and d
little dry grain for change. They like
to root in the ground and If they can not
have lot of pasture in which 70 dig,
give themaload of old sods from fence
corners. When six or eight weeks old
Wean, and increase their feed, but give
less TO the SOW. Give more corn and less
milk producing food In week the I'd
der will shrink and the sow be ready
Tor breeding. 1t is a good plan where the
now is very heavy TO take away a third
Of the litter. leaving the remainder. In a
few days take away another third and
so on until all are weaned Feed pigs
for growth if early maturity is desired.
| Too much corn will check development
Give plenty Of sloppy succuent material
Milk. middhngs, clover. pumpkins and
roots will develop a good frame and
NAL 10 put on fat readily when being
prepared for market.-Ex
GENERAL REVIEW.
Chicago hogs averaged 22S pounds last
week.
Hogs at Omaha last week averaged
about 266 pounds
The Kansas crop report, according to the
department of agriculture report yester-
day. is not to be the biggest on record
The acreage is 722 900 acres less than were
harvested last fall, making $500, 53s acres
now growing. The condition of the plant
is 49, points less than year ago.
pa MES adhere to their firm decision to
accept no packages for transportat ton I'M
less the same shall have been stamped
| with the proper revenue stamps thus
forcing the customer OF the company to
prepay the tax. This is nlanifestIy what
the trainers of the law did not contem =
plate. The SchwarzSchild & SuIzberger
company yesterday took several packages
OF fresh meat to the companies without
bearing the stamps. The companies re-
fused to receive them and the packing
firm dumped the meat upon the platform
and drove away. If the meat is allowed to
become damaged the express compa nies
viii have a suit for damages on hand.
Omaha Bee; Range Cattlemen will have
to bear their share of the war tax by pay
ing a lo-cent stamp on the original copy
Of brand registers, and also another 10
cent stamp on the certified copies of the
recording Of brands which go 10 the sec
rotary of state. 1t is already in effect
in Colorado, and State Board Recorder
Quigley has number of applications for
brands which he can not act upon as the
applicants have not complied with the
law by sending the extra zoe"
Col. j. G.. Mccoy has received from the
Kansas Live Stock Sanitary Board the
following order: ION and after this date
it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons railroad company or stock yards
company to ship or drive hogs from any
public stock yards into the state of Kan
sas, except for the purpose of immediate
slaughter" This does not apply to hogs
shipped from one state to another for
breeding purposes. unless the same should
be unloaded in public stock yards.
On the Chicago market muddy hogs are
locked about 5 cents per 100 pounds