The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-06
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

i P. j. Spencer, Of Augusta, 0. T, had in
/ two car loads Of hogs yesterday. one Of
which sold for the top Of the bulk price.
! ;. s Steele & Son, of Blackwell. had a
/ car OF hogs on the market yesterday.
/ They are among the most regular ship
I pers in Oklahoma
.. r Daratt, Of BramIn, Rice county.
/ IS in the city visiting his son. c. r
I Daratt, clerk in the commission house OF
! W. N. PaUgh & Co. Mr.. Daratt was I'd
taking IN the stock yards yesterday. He
! says the people Of his section regard
! Wichita as their best hog market.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". J. CatteiI. OF Kiowa-
were in the city attending the carnival
/ last week, and Mr.. Catteu being a stock
man, they came up TO inspect the
Wichita market. There were a great
many OF the women who visited the city
last week who took in the stock Yards
and the packing houses.
+. s COheld shipped in a car load Of
hogs from York yesterday that sold for
So He gave the market reporter for
the Eagle history Of his feeding Oper-
atoms that showed the wisdom Of the
Eagles advice 70 farmers when the
drouth scare came on to feed their hogs
on wheat, and not run the pigs 10 mar
ket. Mr.. Coheld found that a slaughter
house near him was burying the DIAL
from the cattle they were butchering.
I
/ farmers were sending 10 market FOR fear
they would get disease from being ship
ped in the cars. They told A1r. C0feld he
was welcome to the use Of their lots II
he desired TO try the experiment. He
came TO Wichita and bought 81 pigs
Weighing IL pounds. about the middle Of
August. and yesterday he sold them and
they averaged ~ pounds. He says he
fed about four bushels Of corn to the hog
and the rest Of the feed they got in the
/ pens Ar the slaughter house The re-
porter sharpened his pencil with DUB
knife and figured out that Mr.. Coiie,ds
profits were S67+92 on that bunch ri hogs
He ne-er lost a pig nor had a Grip. This
successful hog feeder says he IS now
going to buy sheep 10 feed this winter
( but it IS unnecessary 10 state that he
VIII not set any feed given 70 him that
sheep wiz eat
J. : NGcauley. the weishmaster a. the
Union stock yards is somewhat Of a
weather prophet He said Yesterday that
there was going TO be a cold wave. he
based his prediction or seeing the steam
rising from the hogs in the pens.
Dold stiu keeps some Of his rslis bic
force at .he packing house @ take care
Of things and help 10 make the arrange
ments for building the new packing
house. They ali went over and eat dir
Ter With the Cudahy people last Friday
anu y EslEaN4EF AAtf Nr-- Ac.A4l--
porter fo- the Eagle how royalty they
had been entertained
J. n schuyler Of Kreulin. q. T.. VIII
ship 20 his place from The yards today
two car loads Of cows and heifers ard
che load - fre PolIed Angus calves
Now that people have made UD their
minds that the hog market has already
reached its highest point fer th-s year.
the shippers and commission men are re-
viewing the market AZ this place for the
past few months They ai agree that
Wichita has had the best hos market this
rasr summer Ciuse the yards were OPEN
ed Wherever the-e has been more hogs
than the local packares could use there
has always been other buyers ready 80
take them az such prices that lef- che
shipper 10 margin f0r profits between
here and Kansas Ci-v- The country.
shippers have discovered this. and rleT
now derend or this market f5r SELLING
their hes- Fer rhe r-s- -hree months
q great ula1v rev shippers Ear1 f==1
added q ths regular Isl urul e-erT s7-
FER En- Southwestern Kansas ana okla
bona e now considered q rarr11 lt I-ls
market. The cattle market has also
improved THIS summer. and g - kegs
on NJ rs present race Wicait- u-l
soon be recognized IS ols Il tie cat-e
markets o. the wesf