The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-04

with car of light hogs, selling without
dock to Dold among the early sales.
W. T. McGinnis of OatviIle was a ship
| per Of a mixed car of medium hogs, selling
to DoId.
| JEFF Houston shipped up from Ponca
| City car load OF medium heavy hogs of
| fair grade, consigned to the Dold Packing
/ company.
L B. Morledge & Co. of Ponoa Sity were
shippers of fair TO good medium butcher
/ hogs, selling TO Dold at a fair price.
Big. good-natured Dan VIM. from
Udall, was on the market yesterday with
car Of mixed hogs, selling toward the
close to Dold- He gives glowing accounts
| Of conditions in his locality and Tor a
large territory around Plentiful and
| needed rains have abounded all th-ou-h
that section, he says, and now ground
Is wet for a foot deep, as shown by the
ploy. Corn, which was never in bad shape
this season. is now assured, and will make
a good crop. Wheat was something OF a
disappointment, the average run being
from SIX TO twenty bushels to the acre.
Good, marketable fat hogs, ne says. are
about run out, his section sending up q
very heavy line of hogs the past season.
As TO stock hogs, he says the early out
look was very promising. the pig crop
being all that was desired, but lately
peculiar disease seems to be affecting the
young pigs and many are dying all
through the country. II is not cholera
there being no symptoms Of this ailmenr,
but sore mouth, and bad heads marking
the trouble. Old hogs seem to thrive al
right, but il is the young stock pigs thar
are catching II.
John Williams Of Bentley was n with
a car OF good medium heavy butcher
!
which brought next to top price for the
day.
Joe Knoblauch was IN from Colvich on
the late market with load Of fair medium
porkers. He reports everything al right
N his section.
J. n. Pirtle Of e. Dorado was IN with
car Of fair heavy hogs. selling 10 DolG
toward the close.
The daily comparisons are as follows:
For yesterday: Tops. $3.50; bulk OF sales
s.. 45G255; average weight, 235; receipts.
654 For the previous day: Tops, s3.65;
bulk Of sales, 81. 521z93s5; average weight,
POI; receipts, 645. For the same day last
week: Tops. $3.50; bulk Of sales. So. 46fEs. 50;
average weight, 223: receipts. 479. For thu
same day last year: Tops, sS.f5; bulk Of
sales, g. 3599.45 average weight, III; re-
ceipts, 740.
The roads doing the hauling business
yesterday were as follows: Santa Fe, 4;
Missouri Pacific, 3, and one each from the
Rock Island and the Kansas Midland.
There were no hog shipments yesterday,
and one car Of quarantine cattle
Other markets were as follows Chicago
received 10000 hogs, against q, 900 the day
previous. and 35ooo on Monday. The mar
ket ruled cents lower and fairly &C
tive.
Lo1-se H;+v ra.ASra6 - f.1a ho~. ,,-zt-sI
1900 the day before, and 5000 on Monday.
The market was &c lower. Lower prices
for ogs amid a decline IN the grain pit
caused provisions 10 take toboggan
slide, with the closing effect of lard fall
ing off Is cents, and ribs 20 cents.
Four cars of mixed packing house pro-
ducts were the shipments Of the Dold
company yesterday.
Five cars of finished lumber were being
unloaded at the north docks Of the Dold
company's tracks yesterday By a large
force Of workmen. to be worked up in
boxes and crates in the box factory de-
partment Of the packing house.
John Radcliffe and his brother, from
Cunningham, were visitors at the yards
yesterday. they being IN the city 20 wit
ness the Pain display last evening. He
reports everything looking well in his sec
ton.
AT the National Stock Yards East St
Louis. the receipts OF hogs for the month
of July. this year were 10000 for the
same period in 1897, 10l, 32S; increase for
this year, $3.50. For the period from jan
uary 1st to date go. 73S; for same period
in 1897, S64. $40; decrease for year, so far,
9,102.
Chicago hogs averaged 80 pounds last
month, against 232 in June Of this year,
and 23S in July of 1897
At Omaha last month Swift bought 10
$50 cattle, 32,072 hogs. and 12,062 sheep;
Hammond 6.251 cattle. 31.431 hogs, ard
2.095 sheep; Cudahy, 12.3S4 cattle 4s l46
hogs. and $3.50 sheep: Omaha Packing
company, 1899 cattle. 23.1S9 hogs. and S37
sheep; Armour, ASP cattle. 81, Az hogs.
and 1893 sheep.
The 6rst western range cattle OF the
season. 500 head. arrived at Chicago yes
terday. The steers averaged 921 to 1853
pounds. and sold al 81 Is TO 81. so. The con-
ditien was only fair. but better than the
first arrivals last year.
During the first seven months OF 1s9S
combined receipts of the four great west
ern markets amounted IN round figures 10
1855. 600 cattle. 9.2500OO hogs. and $4,000
sheep. Cattle decreased about 40 coo head
hogs increased $40 900 head and sheep IN
creased 5000.
Last week, at st. Joseph, No, receipts
were 5.245 cattle, 27,552 hogs. and $3.50
sheep I
Omaha receipts so far this year amour.
10 3e0.7s4 cattle. L126.173 hogs. and 655.957
sheep. The receipts show an Increase this
year Of 6.O62 cattle. $50. Sos hogs. and III
423 sheep.
Drovers' Telegram: 1.-The export cattle
trade is mighty small, amounting to al
most nothing in July. Competition from
other countries. which is rapidly grow
ing. complications furnished by the war.
and the stin prices prevailing for good
cattle. have all been factors in cutting
down the demand Only 1873 head were
tagged for export at Kansas City last |
month. against 4,0s9 in July of 1897. IN |
seven months this year the number tagged !
was "A 355. against p 2oS a year ago. show |
ing a 50 per cent falling Off"