The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-09

L. M. McCrocklin Of Derby is one of
the slippers VINO has too much business
on hand 10 come il with his stock. He
sent in another load OF hogs yesterday.
Daniel VIM, the popular shipper from
Gdan, brought in two car loads Of no IS
yesterday, one Of which topped the mar
ket.
Phi!o IIunter, regular shipper from Ell
b'ng, was on the market yesterday with
a car load of hogs that sold just a
shade under the market. Mr.. Hunter
IS a cripple. and is compelled to walk on
crutcfe but for all that his ambition
helps aim out, and he is a big shipper.
Hts energy is Z 5mmendable.
Eastern people want Dold's meat, and
the big packing house shipped two car
loads of pick ID hams yesterday.
over 1900 people visited the Dold pack
ing house last week, during the carnival
AND fall fes ivaI.
Id Healy has $500 head of sheep over
in Butter county, on grass. He considers
the state Of Butler county a great graz
ing country, and says his sheep are do
ing finely.
Visitors at the stock Yards as well as
the fa}mers who brought in hogs yester-
day, al wanted information as to wheth-
er Wichita would hold another fair and
fall festival next year.
T. Bert and, one OF the prominent
farmers Of Reno county, brought in IS
eleven months-old hogs yesterday that
were sold to Dold for S4.95. The pigs
AVERAGED 80 pounds and Melted Mr. Ber-
trand $3.50. 1t does not cost very much
TO rails such Poland hogs on the farm,
a fact which viii account for SO much
of the increased deposits In sou hern
kansas banks belonging to farmers.
John Ratlin, of Hennessey, was a late
arri al vi h a car load of hogs last
Saturday. He is well known in this city
and he wanted to be here before the
fair wound up. His hogs brought the
ito- .rce.
Ihera are not very many hogs coming
! from Ponca City fer several days pat
The reason IS that JEFF Houston was
lee ally all last week taking in the
Fsir and FAN Festival
j. T. Pradley, buyer for the Cudahy
house mt Nashville eft here Saturday
for that place. He said he would leave
buyer here to fill his place during his
absence.
Al Of the western markets report
good demand for horses OF good flesh
and style. but poor horses are not in
demard. Even the southern trade IS
demauding better horses
The Dod packing house made its reg
ular killing of hogs Saturday. The nu-
nierous visitors out Of town who called
exp.es sea surprise at the alacrity with
wRich hogs were disposed Of.
One Of ths visitors al the packing
house mark Saturday that Wichita's
Pair and Fail Fesi,al was the only
SOW he had ever seen that was prettier
ana n re Imposing than the show bills.
Franz Robins, the all-round cattle
buyer. was at the yards Saturday.
Taere was not much doing and Mr. Rob
ms was giving lis experience among the
Indians in the Indian territory. What
most impressed him was their affection
for their children. He says he has seen
Ind an boys and girls return from school
R-ter an absence Of ore year and the
older Indians would come 80 o. 100 miles
TO mce, them. and cry for JOY when
the got sight Of them.
S9eGkng of the trade in feeders, the
; DsoverS Telegram Of last Friday says
that The most noteworthy feature OF tn :
week shipments is the increasins num-
Der gong to Kansas. The territory 10
the easr and north Of Kansas City buys
nor avIly in the early part of The
se.son whie kansas always brings up
tn r-s- and at the end of the season
gets h-r nose under the wire just a IL
IL fe-orc any o.her sta @ as win e
seen BY the following statistics: In Au
gus Of last year Kansas took T94 ears
Rud Missouri I 0@ a difference Of 296.
In September AGHSdS Io4 sea dHtdO Win
la3S. while Missouri had I.156. Then came
the hie month. October. in which Kan as
toak .6SS and Missouri 743 In Novem-
her Kcnss got LES and Missouri SOL.
The total shipments for the four months
Ia Kansas were SOS cas-; TO Missouri,
soa eaving Kansas in the lead by
las cars. The conditions last year we've
favora bic in kansas for feeding and the
teverse in Missouri The situation this
wear. as everybody knows, IS the orpo-
ste in Kansas. Missouri IS supposed 70
b. in better fix this year. but her pur-
rha.es IF kansas CITY are much lghter.