The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-20

| feet Address COLONEL ROGERS. Supt.,
! Orchard Lake, Mich.
arrivals with car Of very good medium
| butcher hogs, as good as came N through
the DAY. and sold TO DoId for next to top
prices.
VIM. Astell & Sons were among the last
TO come in with q car Of fair 10 goCd
hogs, shipped In from Haven
]. D. Rippy OF Stafford was also late
conner with car load Of hight hogs.
VIII Vandiver is absent from the yards
on business in the country
The weight of hogs yesterday on this
market was considerably in excess Of the
day before and for several days back.
The top price and the bulk OF sales
have been remarkably regular for long
time past, and indicate Ghe firm trend
Of the local market
There were 155 wagon hogs sold on the
market yesterday, g very good showing
for this season of tbs year.
Other markets yesterday were as fell
lows: Chicago estimated for The day "a
0oo hogs, received 1900. and the market
was cents higher generally IN an active
shipping demand. Kansas City received
1900 nogs, and the market vas quoted
as opening strong and active. at about
10 10 cents I. CHER, bu. closing weak with
advance about all lost. ST. Louis receiv-
ed 5000 hogs. and the mArket was TO
10 cents higher. Ribs on the provision
market closed 10 cents of, and lard 12n
cents of.
The cattle sales yesterday were. hcif-
ers avera ging so pounds. selling a. 1855.
A few days ago Mr.. A. 3. Moore of the
Union Live Stock Commission company,
wrote 20 Mr.. J. c. Mccoy. OF Mccoy
Bros Commission company of Kansas
City. stating that he had buyers for Cal
ifornia stockers and feeders and desiring
information as TO which sections were safe
and which tick infected. He also asked
where 10 go for stock cattle which could
be bought right. Yesterday q long letter
was received. giving advice as to first part
Of the inquiry, but as 10 the last query
he replied as follows: Now, in regard
to where you could go to find any stock
cattle that could be bought right ! will
say that don't think there Is any such
p1scA OF course, there may be some such
bright spot, where not only cattle can be
bought right, but where flowers forever
bloom. where the rivers Of perpetual
peace and Toy flow, making music like
unto a thousand harps. and where the
hot winds from Kansas never blow, but
I don't think there is railroad running
10 II, and il certainly is not in good ship
ping distance from either Wichita or
Kansas City"
1t seems to be the prevailing opinion
among experienced cattle men that stock
cattle Of good twos, threes and tours, are
not 10 be had at any price. Ono commits
sion firm in the east say that almost .
per cent OF the available cattle are now
in the hands Of spectators, men who have
bought them and taken them 10 pas
ture, OF are holding on ranges TO be de-
livered in the Fall, and II bought at all, |
must be bought from them. They add
We haA not found a thing so far this |
FAN"
This week is showing rush and boom
for the Dold plant Over car loads Of 1
stuff are now booked, for shipment to all l
parts of the land. Yesterday and Monday I
eleven cars were shipped out. the ship |
ments yesterday being as follows: A car /
Of fresh pork 10 Boston, a car of lard 20 1
Chicago, car Of packing house products /
10 Wetherford, Texas, and cars OF the /
same 10 Cincinnati, Charleston, s. c.; +
Gonzales, Texas; Cleburne, Texas; Fort 4
Smith, Arkansas, and East Buffalo. All !
the several departments are crowded to /
all their capacity and an extra force a /
work getting out the increased orders.
Official receipts al Kansas City last /
week were 1884 cattle, IS 20 hogs, and |
&c, AS sheep.
S92 cattle and 46, $50 hogs
At Chicago last week receipts were 80
3S4 cattle and 16l, rs hogs.
At Kansas City last week receipts were
q. 400 cattle and s., 200 hogs.
At Omaha last week receipts were H.
794 cattle and ,7s1 hogs
At Indianapolis last week receipts were
:, 100 cattle and s.. 900 hogs.
Beef cattle a Chicago last week made
a net advance of to 10c.
The average weight of hogs at Omaha
thus far this month has been 264 pounds
Armour's new packing house at Omaha
was dedicated last Monday. The plant
viii employ about 1000 people.
Last week the average weight of all |
the hogs on sale at Kansas City was
l93 pounds.
The receipts at ST. Louis thus far this
year show a decrease, compared with last
year. Of $3.50 cattle, $500 hogs. and &c.,
200 sheep.
Packers at Chicago last week bought
IA, 800 hogs, against hot 500 year ago.
Cattle receipts at Kansas City, Chicago
Omaha and ST. Louis in the first Is days
Of July were considerably lighter than in
the corresponding period of 1897 This
shortage is fully accounted for in the
slowness Of quarantine supplies TO materi-
3liZe. Hog receipts are running about like
4 year ago, and sheep some lighter.
Receipts at the ST. Louis National Stock
Yards during the week ending July 18th
we're HISS cattle. and 1852 hogs, against
'671 cattle, and ISIS hogs received dur
ng the previous week. These figures show
an increase Of STA cattle. an increase of
4 hogs. As compared with the CORES
spending week year ago cattle show 0
decrease Of 500 head. hogs increased T.
20 head.