The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-05
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

| D. NJ Hutchinson of Havrhin was a
! late conner on the market with one OF
the best loads of the day. They were
weighed up toward the CLOSE but brought
the top price for the day They we're
heavy hogs we'll fed and filed out, and
though not quite 50 evenly running as TO
the entire load, were on the average
plump ESogs, each hog bearing an m
trtIac worth They sold 20 Doid without
6ookaRa
Hon. Frank Weinshank, chairman of
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, was
on the market from his ranch at Roches-
ter. Kingman county, with a car load OF
very fair medium heavy hogs, which were
good enough ITO take the top price for the
day, and he expressed himself as well
satisfied with his deal and the market tone
and strength
JEFF Houston was Q shipper from Porsra
City of "a very fair load of extra heavy
ard well rounded butcher hogs, the lot
being p1le of THE Top winners
Day & YoCrranG Of Alameda were the last
to CROSS the scales, and this was some
tf1Yse after dark, but as q. significant fact
showing that the last shall be first and
the first last" rIheir load went at the
next Ito top figures, and considering the
sag tnn the market at uhe close. this load
sold well. Their hogs were medium heavy
and sold 10 Dold
P q. LINCOLN of Frnd was a late ship
per ard his consignment was made up
of mixed hedfum heavy and light hogs,
old taking the best heavy end at top
of bulk prices and Bennett the lights at q
good prfoa
Charlie Stuart of whitewater was N
toward the close with q load Of hogs and
cattle. The hotes were OF a fear grade
and medium heavy, and went IN with
the other cars at the bulk top.
c. B1gge OF Nashville wes a shipper Of
heavy hogs of fair grade and along with
the aasa flo go IN the marrow range took
the top Of the bulk
Ed Weidline of Augusta had N two cars
of hogs, one q. medium lot and one heavy
load both taking strong price In the
bulk.
J. w. Fowler of Conway Springs was
on the market with car OF very fair
butcher hogs, which sold early IN the
last rush for the top bulk price. Mr.
Fowler Es one OF THE prosperous and weA
known stockmen and farmers Of Summer
county. and always ships to this mar
ket4 He said yesterday IN an interview
that though fat hogs were not very plen-
tiful just now. the crop of stock hogs
was greater than for several years in
his section. end many good prime hogs
would be GIIarkated from there the coming
season. There are not many cattle feed
ing itllrough there. ne says. az the pres
eqgt conditiOu of THE feeder market has
Isscared many out of the idea He says
that corn made a good crop so far as
any was planted but wheat through that
district rs now the gnain cereal and a
larger acreage of this grain was sown
than ever. He says the country all
through Hthere now needs rain, but so far
the wheat and grass have not suffered
He says also there will be lots of good
fat hogs when this new corn is fed
]. NJ. Pirtle of Ed Dorado was q shipper
of medium weight hogs which took the
price we'll up in the bulk
Chas. Hillbrtcht of Peck was on the
market with a car of mixed cattle, all OF
which sold readily at the best prices for
the day in this division.
J. b KEEL WAS in with a car OF cattle
from Clear wttter, which sold at once. part
ly to local butchers and some to Kingman
county feeders.
S NJ. Mcconnell was in with a double
deck car of hogs which were yarded and
fed for transit. their destination being
east on contract.
J. T. Giles of this city, one of the prom
inent stOckmen of this section of the
state, was on the market yesterday as
buyer. He is feeding a large herd of cat
tie this season and the past few weeks
has been a purchaser at these yards Of
stock for winter feeding. Yesterday he
bought Henry Tjadin's lot of 100 fine feed
ers, which he took at once to his farm
just out of this city.
l.. w. Robinson. the we'll known cattle
man from Butler county was on the mar
ket also as &, buyer. his purchases being
soma rof the best of the days receipts,
including about all of Charlie Hill
bricht's stock and several scattering lots.
He lis AN oldItimer at these yards and al
ways welcome by the various interests
there located.
John Arlington, Of Kingman county.
and several local butchers were buyers
of cattle yesterday, while the Dold com
pany took their quota of fat butcher
stock SO far as this class was sufficiently
available
Charlie Southwark early yesterday drove
in large flock of sheep and goats from
his feeding pastures just out of town,
to be loaded at the yards and shipped af-
ter feed and rest to the east on order.
There were $50 Angora goats in prime fat
condition, and 27s we'll selected sheep,
mostly ewes. Tho whole lot were late
last night shipped out to their destina-
ton
Among Inc other shipments were the
car of 30 head of cattle by L. w. Robin
son an being purchased on this market
and shipped to TowaHda. A double deck
car Of hogs by Mcconnell 30 the east, and
the Giles purchases Of feeder cattle
The shipments of the Dold Packing com
pary were 2 cars of contract stuff, one
east and one south, three more cars sold
and ready for shipment at once, and four
Large cars of mixed produce in the job
bing division. In spite Of the of season.
thss last branch IS growing all the time
instead of lesseuins. as would logically
be expected. and It IS daily taxing the
capacity Of some of The speciality de-
partments 10 keep up with outstanding
orders
The roads doing tho hauling business
yesterday were as follows: Missouri Pa
cific. 4; Santa Fa, S; Frisco. 5, and Rock
Island
James Edgar. one OF rlle large stock
man of Beaumont was a business caller
at The stock yards yesterday and express
ed his surprise and pleasure at the amount
of business being now done at this point
in both cattle and hogs
The daily comparisons are as follows:
Yesterday. rOpS, s IS; bulk. $685. 5;
average gllt. A3: receipts SS7. For the
day before, tops. $3.50; bulk 81. 4@Q3.50
average weight. 227: reoepcs> TAG. For
ihe same day last week. tops, g 50; bulk,
s. 50d3.6 90; average weight. 2+S; receipts.
1903
CthE markets were as to4Eows: Cnicago
expected *. 600 hogs and received 24olo.
against 81 {97 tbs day before. and wfth
5.l4S left over on hand yesterday. The
market was early reported this way:
Rather slow; best grades stronger, 9th
e-s barely steady" The has1 bulletin IN
by Associated Press was: with a fairly
active demand from Chicago packers ard
eastern shippers choice dToves OF hogs
were stronger 70 2ia cents higher. w71ie
common lots cold 10 better The est
mated receipts cor today are $4,000. Kan
sas Cay was last reported as follows;
.'E,sy-,v marker ss-e.s{i ". CArSe3 steady 10