The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-02

a car of fair grade hogs which were
yarded for the night.
]. b. Hughbanks Of Anthony was in
with a car of calves for feed and rest
in transit.
Mr.. Frank Payne was at the yards yes
terday for the purpose Of making several
snap shots at the big bull buffalo and
also TO take his weight again. In all six
exposures were made whenever the big
brute could be induced to get himself in
to the sunlight. His weight showed up
pounds, and still growing fatter all the
time.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were: Missopri Pacific, 4, and Rock Is
land, 3.
1t was again a high market for hogs
yesterday and the demand greater than
the supply. Dold was a free buyer, TAX
ing the fat butcher stock literally and
paying good prices for 1t. All buyers were
after hogs, and this condition as por-
trayed in Thursdays paper continues
each day, with increasing advantages
to shippers all through this section.
Two cars OF sheep were shipped to the
east last night from the yards, billed by
Wigglesworth
Chicago hogs averaged 235 pounds last
cen anu -Jy a year dSOs
Hogs averaged 312 pounds at Sioux City
last week; a year ago, 2s3.
Drovers' Telegram of Tuesday: after
a look over the cattle yards today one
is impressed with the idea that there
certainly cannot be many nice, fat cattle
available. With q 600 of all kinds on sale
the supply of finished beeves could have
been loaded into a single train. There
were oceans of habitat stuff and if the
quality doesn't improve soon packers will
have to handle an inferior lot Of beef this
winter.
Associated Press dispatch: A compare
lively new enterprise has been establish
ed at Springfield, Neb., and will be watch
ed with interest by local stock raisers. A
gentleman by the name of William Lib
hey has rented the property west of the
race track, and will make an experiment
in shipping in southern "razor-back' hogs
and fattening them for the northern mar
ket- Several sheds have been built and
the first carload of animals were duly
installed Friday morning. They were
shipped from a point near Memphis,
Tenn, and form an interesting contras
to the porkers found in the pens of our
stockmen of this country
Times-Herald: There seems to be
enough hogs to go around. The receipts
tnlS month, however, are not as large IS
in 1875. Hog prices have not changed
much within a week. Although the pack
ing seems so heavy, the stocks are de-
creasing and November naturally should
be month of accumulation With such
receipts and with the packers solieitous
TO keep prices at the yards from advance
ing, a bull market in provisions is hardly
likely through December. But even the
result this next month will depend chiefly
on the corn. The cash provision situa-
ton, the remarkable demand and the
very moderate stocks suggest a bull mar
ket after Christmas, when the packers
the present restraining influence, will be
as glad to see better prices as anybody.
The provision talent" has it figured out
this way and is scalping at present on the
bear side. 1t had it right last week.
PIG-PEN POINTERS.
The carcass of the hog on corn ra-
ton may contain a quarter less muscle
or lean meat than that fed on mixed
ra ton
Hogs living on corn meal, water ana
salt did not seem TO have their bones
strengthened by feeding well water in
stead of rain water
When kept upon corn hogs grow quite
fat, but when yet small have the form
and appearance of mature hogs, but are
dwarfed in size.