The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-13

shipper Of Belle PLANE, was on the mar
yet yesterday with a car Of heavy hogs.
which sold for a high bulk price.
o. 3. Kidney of Hennessey was in
again yesterday with load of medium
weight hogs, which sold for the bulk
price. Mr.. Kidney has been shipping here
quite heavily of late.
Sale & Johnson, old-time shippers Of
I North Enid, came in yesterday, with a
load Of medium weight hogs, which they
disposed Of for the bulk price. They are
heavy shippers and deal regularly on this
market.
J. B. Keu Of Clearwater had car aof
cattle in yesterday, which sold for the
bulk price.
Fluff & Hoop, heavy and regular ship
| pers Of UdaIl, came in late yesterday af-
ternoon with car Of medium light hogs,
which sold for the bulk price.
A dam Hufbauer, the well-known ship
/ per Of Mulvane, was on the market yes
terday with heavy hogs, which brought
the top price of the day. They were a
smooth and clean. Mr.. Huffbauer ships
good hogs and these were no exception.
/ They were as fine a lot as have been on
! the market for some days.
The railroads did a fair business at the
yards yesterday. The Santa Fe brought
in cars, the Missouri Pacific 4, the Rock
Island and the Frisco L
| Taylor & Mccormick, the heavy ship
| pers of Oklahoma City, were on the mar
| ket again yesterday with two loads Of
medium light hogs. which sold we'll
Coyle & Son Of Perry had three loads
| of hogs in yesterday. The load of heavies
brought the top price of the day, while
the other sold for the bulk price. Coyle
! & Sons ship from Perry, Billings and
CARRIER.
Jeff Houston OF Ponca City had a car
Of hogs in yesterday, which were medium
light, and sold for the bulk price.
Orange Judd Farmer: Experience with
this valuable hay crop has shown that It
will thrive in many sections Of Okla
homa and the acreage of 1t should be
| increased. A careful survey Of the re-
ported failures leads TO the conclusion
that too close pasturing\ has been the
usual cause. Many fields Of alfalfa nave
been ruined by this method, while fields
close at hand that have been cut for
hay and pastured but little are in eX-
celent condition. Alfalfa has long tap
root and will not do well on soils with
hardpan close to the surface. 1t thrives
best on soils that have been plowed deep
and well cultivated. Early blowing for
spring sowing is an advantage, as it gives
the soil time TO. settle ana pecone Qued
with moisture before sowing. The seed
should be sown as soon as the soil is in
good condition in the spring. When the
plants are about six inches high they
should be cut with a mower set high, and
this operation repeated at intervals of
two to three weeks until the weeds are
left behind the alfalfa in growth. This
method proved successful at the Oklaho-
ma experiment station last season. There
! are some objections TO il, and sowing late
4 in August has sometimes proved bet
/ ter. If wheat ground is plowed early in
/ July and the weeds kept down by fire.
/ quent narrowing, and the seed sown af-
! ter the soil is filed with moisture, a
| good stand of alfalfa free from weeds
may be secured. Trials of the Turkestar
alfalfa imported by the United States
| department of agriculture are being con-
/ tinued by the station. Alfalfa should be
| cut for hay in early full bloom and not
| allowed to ripen. Cut at this stage, the
next cutting is larger and the plants are
! better than when cut at a later period
/ Three cuttings of one ton per acre each
! have been secured on the station farm al
! Saltwater, and the alfalfa plants at the
present time are in good cndition.
/ Drovers' Telegram: Chicago report:
! that the export cattle demand continues
to be limited because many Of the ocear
steamers have been taken of the Atlantic
route This is caused by the war. A
the same time it may be said truly tha
it was the war that kept Gamers up Il
/ strong figures during the past three
| months. Just now, however, canning cat
tie orders are about filed.