The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-02

! me dockage in the tables the past two
! days is not at all assured as absolutely
/ correct Inspector Tfllford has these past
two days been confined to his home with
the grippe, and the inspecting and dock
ing has been carried on by the commits
sion firms selling the stock and the buy
| ers, always to the satisfaction Of all par
| ties concerned, although # was Of course
| laborious and dragging ana several loads
| in both days so closely followed over the
| scales that it was not always possible 10
| make sure of the dock.
| There was one prominent shipper with
| both hogs and cattle on the market one
| day this week, who gave it out fatty and
| without reserve that his wide experience
| over years Of stock shipping had con-
WINGED him that, year in and out. the
/ Wichita market netted him the best re-
! turns which he could possibly receive.
| He has tried them all and finds that Of
/ all the nearby points this one makes
/ him the most money. For instance, some
/ time ago he had a car Of cattle in at
/ these yards. and was bid for them s.. s.
! clear through. He declined to accept the
| bid, and shipped them on. and the next
day on a higher cattle market at an
other point and with the shrink TO his
disadvantage, his best bid was 1915, and
this was tops. He TO his medicine, but
from henceforth re recognizes no other
market than Wichita, and this will re-
ceive his cOnsignments in the future. This
is one instance out Of many which al
most daily come to the attention Of the
yards officials and firms, and this ac-
counts IN no small measure for the grow
ing trade at this point
Provision estimates on Chicago stocks
March / furnished by Chaplin, were $50, 900
barrels Of pork. las. 900 tierces of lard. and
81. On, 600 pounds Of ribs Roloson's were
not quite so high, 145. 600 barrels Of pork.
and 1900 tierces Of lard. and 100000
pounds Of ribs. The stocks February /
were $4,000 barrels Of pork. new and old ;
1900 tierces new and old lard, and So
10000 pounds Of ribs. Both sets of esti-
mates indicate a large increase ii pork
and lard
The provision market has not proved an
easy proposition for anybody All the
calendar traditions" have been violated:
and as half the people in the provision
pit govern themselves by these there has
been CONSERVATION. Hog product says
the Times Herald, began TO bull in De-
cember, when the talent did not want
that sort Of thing until the latter part
OF January; and now it has had a severe
break in February, when the wise provis-
ion speculator expects a bull market until
almost April L Here Is May l still eight
weeks off and the provision man is half
inclined to believe the May liquidation has
been half finished It is no wonder the
provision pit Is altogether al a aoss as to
where il is at" It would be surprising
If there was much Of a bull market in
March. Yet hogs are about as high now
as they were when lard and ribs were
one-half cent over their present prices.
The wise provision man is keeping his
mind as much Of a blank as he possibly
can, is keeping a loose watch on the corn
price and on the speculative mood. and
is prepared to offer no resistance 10 the
popular current. He is not at all anx-
ious to be a leader these days but he is
ambitious only TO be close and pa
tient follower.
THE CHOLERA.
The Bureau of Animal Industry has
been diligently working for several years
to bring the serum treatment of hog
cholera to the highest degree of eficien-
cy. The most important point Is. OF
course, TO secure a serum with a high
protective and curative power Shis Is
by no means an easy task The products
of the hog cholera germ are very irritat-
ing, and when injected into the tissues
their tendency is to cause paralysis and
death of the part, with the formation of
large assesses. The intense local ac-
ton binders the absorption of the cultures
into the general circulation and prevents
the animal from acquiring immunity It
is doubtless for this reason that the in
oculatiOn Of swine has generally failed 10
give the necessary degree of protection
and that inoculated swine are found to
contract cholera when they are afterward
exposed. The serum produced in 1897.
u hon nShd in afflntad harIe
50 per cent Of the animals. During the
past few months the methods have con-
siderably improved, and il appears prob
able that a serum Of higher efficiency will
be the result. There is no danger con-
nected with the use of this serum, as il
is absolutely free from the germs Of the
disease. 1t is easily applied and the good
effects in sick hogs are seen almost i'm
mediately. There : every reason TO be-
lieve, therefore that we have in this Sc
rum a practicable method of preventing
the greater part of the losses from hog
cholera, but it must be tested upon a larg-
er scale before absolute assurance can be
given. It is hoped that all doubt may be
cleared UP by the experiments planned for
1>99.-Dr. D. z. Salmon. in Fourteenth An
nual Report Of Bureau of Animal Indus
Try.
PERTINENT PIG POINTERS.
Farmers Voice: The bacon hog talk
threatens to come Ia the front again. At
present prices the American hog grower
cannot afford 10 raise bacon hogs He
can make more money feeding his corn
and accepting the lower price. Bacon
hogs can be produced cheaper by compar-
is0n where corn IS not so low in price
as in this country Hogs REQUIRE wood
ashes for their best interests. At the
Wisconsin Experiment Station pigs fed
exactly alike except that some of them
had wood ashes TO eat, showed that where
ashes were fed the bones were much
stronger than where they were not fur
nished- Il has been proven by experiment
that mixed rations are most profitable
for pigs. Give them kafir corn and wheat
bran, or corn and oats. or any other mix
ture Of feds. being careful 70 have plenty
Of heterogeneous feed in the mixture to keep
the frame growing. The most profitable
pigs IS the one that weighs 200 pounds
at six months Old. TWO such lots can
be produced in one year and they Will
bring more money for the amount Of
feed consumed than one lot weighing ie5
pounds at a year old. \ 29a-pound hog
mas more lean meat IN proportion % its
weight than one weighing twice as much
and is therefore worth more 70 the pound
while the cost Of production is lower than
in the case Of the heavier weight. The
hog that breaks down when ready fo-
market. has not been properly fed. There
has been too much corn and not enough /
oats.
LIVESTOCK MARkEr.
ST LOUIS