The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-19

with car of hogs from the y. P. john
son & Co. ranch, of which Mr. Reese
is q partner. The hogs marketed yester-
Gay were very fair light grade and sold
TO Dold AT the close.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were as follows: Santa Fe, 3; Rock Is
land. 2; and Missouri Pacific, !.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago looked for 5000 hogs and
received 70 900, with 1900 left over. The
market was quoted as fairly active and
cents lower. At Kansas City the re-
ceipts were 5000 and the market ruling
weak to cents lower. st. Louis received
400 hogs and the market was cents
lover.
Chicago estimates for today, 2.o09 hogs
and for the week, 10000.
The Dold Packing company shipments
yesterday were, a car Of packing house
products to Arkansas and one to Kan
sas City. There are about ten cars more
booked for immediate shipment, the orders
for which are now being filed by the
several department. Prices are now firm
on all kinds Of hog products, the univer-
sal demand continuing good at higher
prices than at the first Of the week. the
close of last week being about on parity
with present prices. There is good,
healthy and natural consuming demand,
the higher tone of which remains Tegu-
lar and even without any marked auctua-
tons. There has been gradual rise in
all packing house products since bout
the fifth OF the month and that, too, with
out any seeming effort. Ribs since that
date show a range Of S. 2545.75 or d gain
of Il cents q pound during that brief
period. Lard on the same basis shows a
gain of q cents a pound. the range being
s.. 5.6212. All this material gain has
been gradual and without upsettiug seri-
ously the equilibrium OF the trade. This
very satisfactory condition is expected 10
continue for several weeks yet, and on
this rising market the local plant is selling
large quantities of produce, several de-
partments of specialties being crowded to
their utmost capacity to keep up with
booked and standing orders.
Mr.. Mcbride, agent of the Dold Packing
company at Oklahoma City, was in town
yesterday arranging for increased ship
ments to his agency, the sales in his
district the past few weeks greatly ex-
ceeding the estimates and requiring for
the future greater facilities for handling
this increasing business.
A year ago today tho hog market at
this point was quoted as higher; the tops
were s3.15 and the run of receipts only
ordinary. The cattle market was steady.
and the tops for butcher steers was g. 62I2
and for stockers, 1896. There was good
run of cattle.
Mr.. F. W. Walsh. c@ief erecting engi-
neer of the Cumers Drying company Of
Cleveland, Ohio is in the CT Y. his mission
being to personally superIntend the cree
ton of the immense new dryer at the
recently CONSTRUCTED fertilizipg plant OF the
Jacob Dold Packing company. This will
enable the Doid company 20 turn out
complete and finished fertilizer already for
the drill and the sowing. Heretofore this
branch of the big absttoi- has been able
to place upon the market only the raw
material for fertilizing, mu~h of the re-
fuse going directly into the furnaces. At
ter the completion of the new up to date
and modernized dryer they can give a
finished and greatly improved and perfect
ed fertilzing product, the demand tor
which from the Wichita plant has long
greatly exceeded their capacity TO supply
Mr.. Walsh is an experienced and expert
man in this line and many OF the plants
best machinesus and mechanics are await
ing his ultimate completion Of the new
dryer with unusual interest Mr.. Walsh
is we'll satisfied with al the perfected
ARRANGEMENTS of tie new Plant
so far. and expresses himself in the belief
that this will be among the best cuipped
fertilizing plants anywhere constructed in
the country.
On Saturday the purchases Of hogs of
the Jacob Dold Packing company at Buff
falo exceeded the combined purchase of
all the other packing interests and the
butchers together.
National Live Stock Reporter: The hog
market Is not considered any too high,
but il is considerably higher than ii was
d year ago.
Breeders Gazette: The Union Stock
Yards company at Lexington. Ky, has
been incorporated. The yards are located
on West Fourth street and II is announc-
ed that sales will be held every Saturday,"
Receipts for the year 1898 to date. at
Omaha, inclusive, are $50. 469 cattle 102S,-
523 hogs. 632,0l7 sheep; an increase, as
compared with same period. 1897 of 9,le2
cattle. l5s, $50 hogs, and 2s4, 81 sheep.
London Meat Trades Journal: THE
Paris municipal council is now considering
the advisability of building a special
slaughter house for horses on account of
the continental increase in the consump-
ton of horse flesh. The first horse butch
er's shop was opened in 1866 and in the
following year, 2152 horses were con-
sumed. Last year 1850 horses. 275 DON
keys and 40 mules. making a total OF 1877
animals, weighing o, t@S,eJJ klloS, were
eaten by the Parisians."
Live stock al the ST. Louis National
Stock Yards so far this year 10 and in
GLIDING today. amount TO 319.2lS cattle.
Pos. 0a2 hogs. against 35I. 935 cattle and
oil, go hogs received during the CORE
spending period last ysar These figures
show a decrease Of 81. III cattle. and $3.50
hogs.
Price Current: The marketing OF hogs
has been on 4 further reduced scale. Wes-
tern packers have absorbed total Of $50
100 for the week. compared with 405, 600
the preceding week and $4,000 two weeks
ago. For corresponding time last year
the number was so coo. From March !
the total is 1870, 900 against {. 929. coo year
ago-an increase OF 1850 0l1. Not much
as TO quality. Prices have mod
erately improved and at the close avera sc
about 10 cents per 100 pounds higher than
a week ago al prominent places"