The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-18
CATTLE SALES.
PROVISIONS MARKEr
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

The Chinese war talk IS big at the
STOCK yards Dad Tilford is for wfpinz
the whole squint-eysd race of the face
Of he earth
Deck Parsons Is buying for Nash
vile during the absence of Mr.. Brad
leg for a few days.
Do-d bought all but three cars Of yes
terdays receipts OF hogs.
A fine crop Of sunfowers has been
harvested on Twenty-frst, near the stock
ya.ds.
The crop Of sheep at the packing house
IS now running full blast with ten men
employed.
z Hawthorn Of Benton was in yes
tsriay with a load Of hogs.
J H Sparks, one OF the best hog buy
e-s n sumner county, was IN yesterday
frol Conway Springs, with a load Of
good hogs GrunUers are getting s1arce
IN his section.
=. c. Cundir bad a car OF hogs on
yesterdays market
Adam Huffbauer Of Mulvane. one Of
the Oldest shippers TO the yards, had a
load OF hogs on yes ,erdays market.
Harvey Grace of Cheney was a visitor
Al the stock yards yes erday.
" f Barnes OF Pratt had two cars
Of hogs on the market Yesterday.
Tie STATE Bank OF Hazlston sent up
q car 4 hogs yesterday.
J. B. Stevens OF Rago had a car Of
good hogs On yesterdays market
INTERESTING HOG STATISTICS.
Some interesting facts have already
been developed by the census department
wiz reference 10 the American hog. The
j 2 population OF The United States, ac-
cordiug 10 estimates made on figures al
ready received is 100000. This IS more
than half the hog population OF the
world. which Is given in seventeen Of he
largest nations Al 1855 Go Austria,
Russia and Germany have between To-
u0,sei and 100000 each Next in hog
producing Importance IS France. with g.
2o5oC9, while the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland has only a
beEgarly 5,5S5o00. and all the British col
chi s scarcely 25olC0l more. The five
states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri Ne
braska and Kansas produced 50 per cent
Of Cae corn anu A. Pr cent OF the hogs
e the COun ~. They have over 4.gU0
! IS 90 each Iooe human inhabitants.
We the average for the country was
s.. ard in New York tie proportion was
less than 200 10 the 1o0l, and in New
! rs and sJiu lower.
ruerly pork packing was done in the
f0I- months from November l 70 Mar
! lr there is sumner as vel as win
re- packing in these DAYS Of cold sto--
=
nun GER Of hogs packed II fifteen VS.
e.n towns IN III twelve months ending
Narcn /. 1888. vas nearly 2oo091o OF
Wen over SS61l0 were slain II C1i-
caso $3.50 GO in Kansas City and nearly
20Ca.e00 in Omaha In the calendar year
-sss over S.>Il0f9 live hogs entered CT
case over twenty lines Of railroad and
mostly went forth in a 81 n n ere1
condition and an easterly d-rec ion a.
search Of a market Thcv inCEded. OF
Wee included IN. some 2-G,50 barrels #
PORK, --5.q1tlol pcunds Of ham and bacon
an S-a.teo lto pounds Of lard.
ForS-PaCki1E figures account for lass
than half The swine product. but hogs
Gle otherwise than by throat-cutting. and
many are outchered p-srateIy aud de-
voured nea- tae spot. Over : 90 coo pao-
pie 90 some porz-eatinE themselves. 4
tie export statistics have an uncertain
relation 70 chc total. IN these statistics
'hog products" are irnpressively meas
ured IN dollars. For the year ending
June 50 1Ss9. our exports OF provisions
were valued at SIS 5l@e Go and II these
s 2looJ0 O. about s. per cent. were
products CT tde -og. over $500 co ce-
Ing ham and bacon ard S+-ooo.ooo lard
In the iasr fiscal year IS. 80 pounds
Of sailed and picked pork LEFT our sew
era customs districts eor abroad" q
a. SSH IN ports CT North America CUT
SIDE our limits su6 4Sa4esS n South
America Of the total almost s. Co oa0
pounds went 70 the Kingdom OF Great
Britain. and Germany took over x 50 40
pounds But saits6 and picked pork
was OF small account compared % bs-
eon ard ham n this porcine traffc- We
sent over 5ss-e00ep0 pounds q bacon %
different lands. OF which nearly soa roe 6oo
went 70 the United Kingdom ard IS $50
CO 70 Germany. OF hams We sxro-r 3
g 81. so pounds. whereof Great Britsfn
and Ireland tcok IL. 70e. 50 pounds. Ger
many about te.eJoeno. Belgium ls.50e.c5o,
and France barely 1889
OF the IL. eel,0oo pounds OF lard watch
We sent abroad IN rhe last fiscal year.
nearly a. GO slipped into Germany.
showing what store the Ks ser's realm
sets BY the Sst O. cur land OF al its
imports OF hog products It gets nearly
- per cent % prepared pork. = az
sarsages 81 o hams 81 OF bacon, ard
IS % lard fron the United States.