The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-17

| Yesterday, tops, g Is; bulk, %. 1oG5 20:
| average weight, 81; receipts, l,l2. For
Tuesday. tops, g 20; bulk, g. 1ods. %; aver
| age weight, 81; receipts, $50. For the
same day last week, tops, $50; bulk,
| &. Z71z93 %; average weight, Is. receipts.
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The shipments of hogs bought on this
| market yesterday were as follows: two
cars straight contract stuff, three cars
from the tobbing section and two cars
sold, with heavy express business and
other orders received for immediate ship
ment.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago had estimated 1000 hogs
and the receipts were fairly liberal with
3 s45 left over. The market was given
on the close as about steady. with Tues
dayls prices. Kansas City received $3.50
hogs. against 70 30 on Tuesday. and the
market was last owletined as follows:
Good general demand. packers and snip
perS active buyers at steady TO cents
higher prices" ST. Louis was quoted as
steady with 300 in, against $500 on the
day previous. Provisions ware dull AMI
easy, with some selling OF lard and ribs
by packers. They were. on the whole,
firmer, and about "a TO 8 cents higher.
Lard closed cents up and ribs steady.
The following. from the Buffalo Review
sets forth very clearly the eastern mar
ket condition as regards light skips and
Under-fed pigs. AS goes New DIRK. so
goes the Union is not alone true in pol
tics, but evidently IN live hog stock cir
cies as well. The west can not ship this
class Of hogs 10 the far east without suf-
fering from the glutted and congested
market, as indicated by the following:
''The past few days this market have
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most OF them were OF good quality and
were there an active demand for this class
OF pigs there would be some warrant for
shipping them in such large quantities.
but there Is comparatively limited de-
nand for them, and as a consequence II
has been the rule that buyers have culled
out this class Of pigs and left them on
the salesmen-s hands, or If they have
found sale Il has been at proportionately
low values for the selections, while the
tail ends Of the lots have sold at low
skip prices. Another feature or this su-
perabundant shipment OF pigs has been
that more or less "dumpish" stock has
found its way to market These pigs
come under the ban OF the inspectors and
are in a large number Of cases condemned
and sent 70 the rendering works, as being
unfit for food II shippers in the face
of the many protests and warnings that
have been given them, viii persist IN buy
ing and shipping in such stock there
should be no kicking on their part II
what are sold bring very low prices. or
if a goodly proportion OF them find their
way TO the rendering works. The sales
men certainly do the best possible with
such stock when they come here for
sale"
DIARRF1OEA IN PIGS.
frequently suffer from diarrhoea, and
heavy rains. that render all their sur
roundings damp and disagreeable. often
have a similar effect, says the Michigan
Farmer. Very often diarrhoea is preced-
ed by constipation, the 'scOur' resulting
from irritation Of the intestinal canal.
from retained faecal matter A sharp
lookout should be kept for this. and the
food at once changed. reduced in quanti-
~. and an aperient given. Promptness
in applying remedial measures in infantile
diarrhOea is Of the utmost importance.
for If little pigs suffer for any length OF
time, and the faces become OF yellow
iSh color. streaked with blood. and the
feverish condition has become SO acute
that they are almost continually shaking
their thirst on every available opportuni-
". the chances of recovery are small (
It is usual 70 treat scour in sucking pigs
through the medium OF the sow, and II
Is astonishing in what marveiously snort
srace Of time the effect Of medicine or
a change Of food is apparent in the milk.
\ full dose Of epson salts, sulphur, ard
nitrate OF potash, in combination. given
TO the SOW in her food. with due precau-
tons against her taking cold on it. often
works wonders. In persistent cases few /
old beans sometimes prove useful. II is /
safe thing always 10 change the diet /
Of the SOW when the pigs scour. and in /
the case Of older animals and those begin /
ming 70 feed TO withhold dairy waste, or |
any great quantity OF Stops. Fluids in |
excess favor diarrhoea-