The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-18

$3.25q3.4O average weight, 256; reca pts,
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Other markets yesterday were as fci-
! lows: Chicago had estimated 10000 hogs.
| The receipts We're $1,000, with 5000 left
over, against 10000 the day previous. The
market was last given this way: There
was a fairly animated demand for hogs
from packers, but the supply was too
large and prices ruled about a nickel ;ow-
er on the average" The estimate for to-
day is 5000 hogs. Kansas City rec4i1 cd
1910. against $3.50 the day previous, and
the market was last reported on the close
as to az cents lower St. Louis was
. cents lower, with 1000 in, against 1900
the day before. Provisions were depress-
ed by large receipts and lower prices at
the yards, the latter dealings being sell
ing scatteringly by commission firms and
the buying of ribs. The close showed lard
and ribs off about cents
American Cultivator: Whenever a barn
has barn basement. as all should have.
IN that should be fixed the winter quarters
Tor the hogs. AS there is a strong dis
agreeable smell from the pigpen, the base
ment should not be where other stock
Is kept and of course not near the house.
Not only horses and sheep. which are
dainty in their feeding but even the cow.
which is less affected by foul odors. will
refuse to eat food that has been where
the stencil from the hogpen could get at
IT, Yet we have known farmers to allow
nogS TO run in the same stable with
cattle ard horses, and then wonder why
the latter so often get "off their feed"
and lose flesh. The hog alone will thrive
under such circumstances, though even
the hog in its effort TO keep warm will
crowd close around the larger animals
to gather heat from their bodies. In this
way the hog is apt TO be stepped upon or
Kicked. so that the practice is not best
even for hmm. The pigs winter quarters
should be made warm, and also light, hav-
ing wall on the south side with large
double windows in it through which the
winter sunlight may stream. If all the
other sides are walled tight and a bunch
OF chopped straw is put in one corner
the pigs will make their nest in that and
sleep at night, but in sunny days they
will huddle together where the sunlight
can fall upon them. This matter Of sun
light has much to do with the healthful-
ness of breeding sows and the successful
rearing of their filters, especially those
narrowed in early spring.
COLOR IN BEEF CATTLE.
Live Stock Report: Regarding the rela-
ton between color and price of fat cattle
OH the IIdTheL several leading slaughter
ers expressed the following opinions:
Armour-"Uniformity in color of any
breed might influence the price, as it un-
doubtedly atches the eye, presenting a
smoothness and evenness. as opposed to
mixed lots" Swift-'We do not consider
that a lot of cattle Of uniform color or
breed other than Holstein or Jersey would
bring any more than cattle of various
colors and breeds equally as good; for
instance, a prime load of half Shorthorns
and half Angus would bring as much as
any equally choice lot all Shorthorns or
all Angus" Cudahy-"The fact that lot
of cattle are uniform in color or in breed
does not enhance their value in the eyes
of the practical buyer. A bunch. howev-
er, all one color might strike a buyer
as being pretty and fool him into giving
a higher price than they We're actually
worth on the market" Hammond-"Color
makes no difference as to the value of
cattle for use in this country. For ex-
port, black polled cattle, reds. roans. and
those having the Hereford white face are
the momst sought" Schwarzschild-"A
bunch of steers well fed and of equal
quality, but of various colors, will bring
as much as If they were all of one color,
for instance, red may be preferable to |
some buyers. White and yellow are OBJ |
iectiOnable to some"