The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-24

went out from the house by their own
wagons alone. Four cars of mixed pro-
duce went out for the local jobbing trade,
besides this heavy wagon carrying. This
is significant, and shows the jobbing pres
tige so completely controlled by the Dold
company. It may be said that more stock
would have been shipped out yesterday
had it been ready. and today viii finish
those orders waiting, besides more that
have been received since.
Judge Bruce keenan, was a political Wis
itor at the yards yesterday.
Tom Voss was merely casual visitor
at the yards yesterday on his way TO the
city from an official visit north
The tracks OF the stock yards district
were yesterday being cleaned OF weeds
and graded by gang Of workmen, max
Ing The road-beds more passable for
trains.
Yesterday the stock yards received the
unusual invoice Of q large consignment
of sheep. There were in all l.5G5 stock
sheep. shipped IN five double deck cars.
Charlie Southwark of this city was the
shipper, and they were yarded for rest
and feed, billed to Kansas City. Mr..
Southwark was the shipper of the large
consignment of Angora goats received at
the yards some time ago. This large herd
of sheep was last evening turned loose
among the tracks and grazing lots of the
yards. Mr.. Southwark and a squad OF
herders in charge It was a pretty sight.
these nearly 1000 fieecy animals pea "efuliy
grazing over the rich untrodden pastur-
age of the stock yards company domains.
The large herd will today be shipped out
to their destination
At Omaha last week receipts were:
1892 cattle. and &c, 1873 hogs.
At Chicago last week receipts were
50, 500 cattle. 2.2S5 calves and POS hogs.
At Kansas City last week receipts wero
81, 200 cattle and A., 800 hogs.
At indianapolis last week receipts were
1900 cattle and 1900 hogs.
PIGS AND WEEDS.
few days ago, while on institute work
in Minnesota. the editor OF this depart
ment visited q pen containing a sow and
five pigs. A glance showed that the ami
mails were not in good condition; that
they were, in fact, in a fair way to d5m-
onstrate that the owner was victim OF
bad luck % in his hog department. They
were being fed corn and Stops from the
house, says the Farm, Stock and Home. y
Constipation, poor digestion and other dis
orders were indicated by a certain dull,
spiritless appearance, a want OF thrift,
apd other conditions. Growing hard by
the pen was a mass of pig weed and rag
weed. A liberal bunch of the first was
gathered and thrown into the pen. Sow
and pigs Immediately tumbled over each
other to get at it. and ate It ravenously.
Some rag weed was then supplied. and
that was rushed for with greater relish.
The last is a bitter weed, but II is a
| tonic and appetizer. something that the
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purely artificial diet, such as they were
getting. Nature had supplied the demand
but a fence kept the pigs from IL, and
ignorance of its value had kept It from
the pigs. II was learned that no salt was
given to these pigs. another bringer OF
bad luck" for hogs demand salt as Eu-
mans do. The owner of these pigs Teceiv-
ed a valuable object lesson, and may II
not be pointer TO others? Confined pigs
must have soft, green, succuleat food II
their owner expects to escape bad luck. -