The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-07

! Fart OF his load went also 20 Bennett
! The northern buyer represented at IN.
yards.
Grace. Bros. Of Cheney were on ne
market with a car load Of good medium
| Tar butcher nogs. good enough C take ;ne
,op price for ihe day and selling without
dock or cut-out 20 Dold al 2is cents above
/ The tops OF the day previous.
The other shipments were made up prin-
c.pauy Of mixed loads running promiscu-
Dusty with fat hogs OF fair weight and
: light thin sock and p!gs The grade for
The day was fair. being above ths average
/ FOR The rest Of the week. though not up
&c the demand from tn. buyers.
! The Santa Fe did ali the hauling yester-
day for the light run received at the
I yards.
! The shipments out yesterday and this
morning Of hogs bought OF the market
/ for eastern and northern order will BE
FIVE cars
The shipments OF the Dold Packing COM
pany yesterday vers. Two cars Of produce
for j0ooers' orders. one mixed car Of pack
Ing house products for the south ard
two cars Of lard for the east Several
more cars are booked for immediate ship
ment as soon as they can be filled, and
all this week the output from the plant
will be heavy.
The review OF the week on the local mar
ket Is as follows: For Monday: Tops.
80; bulk Of sales. $3.50. s214: average
weight, 2o9; receipts, 3D. For Tuesday:
Tops, sS.65; bulk OF sales. s. 521113. s.: av-
erage weight POI; receipts. 545. For
Wednesday: Tops, $3.50; bulk of sales,
IS. 1913 50; average weight, 235; receipts.
654 For Thursday: Tops. S3.55; bulk Of
sales. S3.45G3.55; average weight. H2; re-
ceipts. SIS. For Friday: Tops. s3.65: bulk
OF sales, 50 55Q5 Sc: average weight 20; re-
ceipts. 446 For Saturday: Tops, S3.67]s ;
bulk Of sales So. S0a3. 671a; average weight,
2Z2: receipts. $50.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago estimated q, 900 hogs for
the day; they received 1000 with q good
demand for hogs from Chicago packers
and eastern shippers, with prices ruling
strong and generally ~ cents higher. The
market was early reported as opening B
Q10 cents higher and closing very weak.
The estimated receipts Of hogs for Mon
day is 5000 Kansas City received 400
hogs. estimated and the market was So
10c higher against 1000 the day before.
The St. Louis market was active and
; cents higher, with 1900 hogs received
against 1000 received the day before. Pro-
visions remained firm. the moderate de-
mand and higher prices OF hogs holding
them that way.
The weekly comparisons are as follows:
For the past week: Average weight, 216;
receipts, S.0S5. For the week previous:
Average weight, s9s; receipts, S2l7. For
the same week last year: Average weight
I'll; receipts, 1870.
The only cattle sales on the market
yesterday were two heifers averaging 795
pounds, and selling to Frank Robbins for
S235.
A year ago Friday hog receipts were:
Chicago, 80 OO0; Kansas City, 1900;
Omaha, $500; St. Louis. 500
A year ago Friday cattle receipts were:
Chicago. 1000: Kansas City, $500; Omaha,
1900; St. Louis. 200
The Chicago DTovers' Telegram SEQ es
the branding iron as a destroyer OF VAL
ues. If the esteemed journal will com
or send a hand into this patch of prairie
it viii Reconsider its motion. Better lose
the hide than the whole animal.
Live Stock Reporter: "A steer dropped
dead today just as a consignment was
being offered on the market. The buy er
said II was because the cattle were priced
too high by the seller. and the seller said
the steer ted because Of the awful low
bid by the buyer. The steer, being dead, .
cannot decide the question. and the other
steers did not hear the conversation"
Live Stock Inspector: The settler now
depends upon his herd for revenue. and
farms only 10 feed t." There you are!
There is more in that one sentence from
the Crosby County News than all the
pages Of agricultural papers in America.
Texas Stock and Farm Journal: 1T is a
mistake 10 think that the young stock
DO not pay for good attention given ;neia.
There is no time in the life of an animal
when there is better profit returned for
good care and feed than during the grow
ing period. a stunted calf, colt or pig
had better be put out Of existence than
kept on the place 10 eat rts head OF a time
or two before II is gotten rid OF"
Receipts OF stock at the ST. Louis Ma
tional Stock Yards so far this year TO and
including Friday. amount 70 S5s,S5S cattle.
90 10 hogs against 402.5l2 cattle ana
9S7. 2Ss hogs received during the correspond
ing period last year. These figures show
a decrease Of a $50 cattle. and 1856 hogs.
The grand total Of meats received and
dressed for the New York City local mar
ket Is said 70 reach 1.4S7, go pounds.
This does not include the millions OF
pouds OF fish, poultry and game handled
aaly by the local butchers.
4 SOW that Is large, long-bodfed and
rather Coarse-fr framed will usually pro-
1uce more Pigs and prove a better mixer
than one that IS square-oodied and close
built with 4 short nose and ears. Cross
such a sew with a snug-buiiJ boar. and
most OF the pigs VIII resemble him IN
form. and as ,hey viii get a good growth
from her while sucking, they viii be al
ready TO grow and tatten quickly after
hay are u al