The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-06
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pass this market with fat hogs. He says
he has found that the shr!nkage alone
al this point Is enough less TO make a
profit on car OF hogs. 10 say nothing
of convenience. good treatment and all
other features. He left last evening for
his home, we'll pleased with his days
sales.
Day & Yeoman Of Alameda were late
corners with a car Of fair light hogs,
selling on the close 20 Dold-
]. 5. Null of Jefferson. o. T. was in with
a car Of very fair medium light hogs.
selling for close to top prices.
Dan VIM of Udall was on the market
with car load Of mixed hogs, selling to
Dold and Bennett. the/Dold load taking
next to top prices.
Jim Bosiey Of Clearwater was In with
a car Of mixed cattle. 70 head Of steers,
cows. heifers and calves. They were all
sold early to various buyers.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were as follows: Missouri Pacific. 4;
Santa Fe, 2; and l each from the Rock
Island and the Frisco
Chief Clerk ]. D. Harrison Of the Dold
plant. has returned from a flying trip
to Oklahoma on business.
A. B. Moore has returned from bus
mess trip in the territory.
Frank Robbins has returned from Eu-
reka, where he went with car OF stock
ers, sold TO a ranchman in that county.
The Dold company since Saturday have
accumulated a heavy pack Of shipments in
the jobbing division, and this gathered lot
will find heavy business today. The
roads yesterday declined 10 accept stock
for shipment. as it was a legal holiday
and the result is today will show a three
days business. There wer two full cars
sent out last night to the south, but very
little jobbing trade.
Buffalo Daily Mercantile Review: The
weaker western reports of the hog mar
kets gives strength TO the generally ex-
pressed opinion that with anything like
liberal run of sale hogs of the kind
wanted, present prices would hardly be
maintained. The feeling is certainly none
too strong.
National i've Stock Reporter: Receipts
of stock at the st. ouis National Sock
yards so far this year to and including
Saturday amount to 415,S43 cattle. 1.OG3 $50
hogs, against 220 cattle and 100000
hogs received during the corresponding
period last year. These figures show this
year a decrease of 1881 cattle, and q, 499
hogs.
OUR BEST HOGS.
The Poland-China is clearly the hog of
the day. His easy adaptability to all
climes and conditions, his early maturi-
ty and great feeding qualities, and his
beauty of formation make him invinci-
BILE. Talk about Tamworth's razor-backs.
ETC., being hogs to suit the market! If
the market vans bacon hogs and wants
them bad enough to pay for the change.
we viii furnish them quick enough right
from among the POland-Chinas Nor will
they be thin enough to split sunbeam
nor wild enough to enter the chase. and
it is safe tos ay they will not be "cat-
manned" nor will they turn up their
noses at the change. By selection and
proper feed we can just so quickly pro-
duce the choicest bacon hog as the So
called bacon hog will lose those qualities
on the feed of the presnt Poland-Chinas. |
his talk of introducing a new breed 10
improve the bacon qualities of the hogs |
in the corn belt is all rot The whole ar |
gument is founded on a false basis; its |
confuse the breed with the |
iced and environments. They lost sight |
IF tn fact that the breed they so much |
admire for his bacon-producing food for |
many generations. and were he imported |
nto the corn belt it would only be A
short time and a corn-vrib cross or two |
when his bacon identity would be lost
md we would only have his miserable |
outlines left as a sad reminder of our
oily. The Poland-China is a utility hog;
lie can adapt TO all conditions and chang
IS, and with it all he is a thing of beauty
md a JOY to his owner. predict bright
uture for this, the best friend of man |,
n the animal kingdom, ''the gentleman
hat pays the rent" if you please.-Ex.