The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-15

night wound up and the trade az ali times
supplied, and such as IS left over consign-
ed TO reserve stock The DID people
above all else make one standard rule.
and that is to finish each day WITH all
standing orders filed and shipments on
their way TO destination, be the inroads
on their regular stock what they may.
The roads doing the hauling to the
yards yesterday were as follows: Mis-
souri, Pacific, 5; Santa Fe. 2.
Superintendent W. R Dulaney OF the
Union Stock Yards Co. has returned from
a business trip 10 Emporia and other
points IN that part OF the state
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago estimated for yesterday
81, 900 hogs. received g, go with 1850 left
over. The first reports from Chicago
gave this market quotation: Steady 20
cents lower" Later on the close the
bulletin announcements was as follows:
Prices Tor hogs were weak. and while a
very few attractive lots sold well, sales
were largely 5 cents lower than or Sat
Urday." The best sales were made early
some selling az s.. 2G13 50: the bulk at
g. +5d3.55. The receipts at Chicago on Sat
urday were 1900. and the estimate tor
today is 1900. At Kansas City che re
ceipts were I1sJ59 against 1000 on Sat
urday, and the market was weak and gen
orally cents lower. St LOUIS was re-
ported as steady with $500 hogs received,
against 800 on Saturday. The provision
market was very dull. but along with the
cereal markets showed d fair degree OF
frmness. The close was weak and 6esul-
tory. both ribs and lard recovering
slump of from cents 10 III cents. There
was q good moderate inquiry for stuff N
the privtsion pi:. but no especial snap
10 the market.
The daily comparisons on the local mar
ket were as follows: For yesterday, tops
S3-H14; bulk, 3 1903 x; averaged weight
(two loads 295; receipts, 80. For Satur-
day. tops, s3.Z71s; bulk. SO 2212Q3 Z71a; aver
age weight. 245; receipts 3S2 For the
same day last week, tops, $40; bulk,
S3-3o93.=0; average weight, pa; receipts,
80.
In the absence OF Chief Clerk Harrison
of the accounting department of the ia
cob Dold Packing company his desk and
official functions are being filed by Mr..
NJ. Preston, for a long time one of the
confidential accountants OF the Office
staff. Any business with the firm coming
within his especial control will be prompt
" and efficiently handled.
The receipts from the local and wagon /
trade yesterday were fairly good in point
of volume, there being about $50 hogs IN, /
and in unusually small lots. representing |
many sellers. The quality was only fair
and often not that much. but all were /
sold at once and az the best they could /
command.
The receipts yesterday were Just 500
short OF those OF Monday Of last week I
The tops were 1212 cents below the same |
date.
James Riley. the noted breeder Of Berk- /
shires, says: The best feed for young
pigs is shorts mixed with SKINNED milk 1
fed sweet or ground wheat, or ground /
oats with the bulls sieved out Goat hulis /
are not good for pigs, but there is moth /
ing better than ground oats with the hulls I
extracted mixed with sweet milk. This 4
with little corn viii make a good bal [
anced ration; feed them regularly and .
enough to keep them rapidly brewing 4
Our best improved pigs should gain at !
least one pound per day, or il would not .
fnjure them TO make them gain one and /
one-haf pounds per day, if fed a muscle [.
and bone food" To this might be added /
a good pasture field. preferably clover /
which will insure plenty Of exercise and /
sufficient feed 10 keep the digestive or /
gans in good shape The hog in its nat
uraI state depends upon grazing for over
half its food, and TO maintain Il in good [
ture field to run in.
From the Cincinnati Price Current OF
Thursday; The western marketing Of
hogs IS maintaining liberal proportions.
Packers have handled $4,000 for the week
with $4,000 for the proceeding
week and 10000 two weeks ago. For cor
time last year the number
was 3S5 coo. From November I. the total
IS approximately 625. coo against $50 600 a
year ago. A considerable portion of cur
rent offerings Is more or less unsatisfac-
tory in quality The average of prices a
the close is about ) cents per 100 pounds
lower than a week so. and about cents
per 100 pounds lower than year ago.
Receipts Of stock at the st. Louis Ma
tional Stock yards 50 far this year 20 and
Saturday, amount TO 81. $50 cat
tie and 1872. 3l5 hogs. against 659.S72
cattle and SO 55 hogs received during
the corresponding period last year. These
figures show this year a decrease Of -
rs cattle and 10 col hogs