The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-05
ge Qq1ieha Daily Eagle Saturday qormg garuarY 1901

cattle. fine feeders. and one car Of hogs,
| The latter being mediums and selling at
q strong bu.k price. Mr. Z NJ Horton
I was IN charge Of the shipment He
sEzs that fat hogs are not 50 much in
evidence now, but that there are lots Of
/ stock hogs IN good shape. There are
not very many cattle being fed, either,
| but stockers are very thick al through
there.
Mr.. Townsend. Of the wei known
! stock firm Of Townsend & Lamon. OF
/ Andale, was az the yards with a car OF
/ fine medium light hogs. which sold with
! out dock at the top price. Mr. Townsend
says that marketable hogs are not very
/ many IN his section. and are about
! thinned out. Young hogs, too, he says,
/ are fewer than last yea This firm are
/ buying hogs all the tine. al kinds and
| s0r-s and weights so long as they are
/ hea thy and promising. Those ready for
market they sort OUT and ship at once.
/ the rest they feed along and fatten until
! they are ready, but they always take
/ any hogs that are offered OF that they
/ can find for sale They have been ship
I ping hogs from Anda for ten years,
and for long brne they averaged two
I and three cars a week They also had
! twelve head Of cattle in the car Of yes
/ terday
/ Norris e Yazel, Of FuTley we're late
/ arrivals with hogs after the close.
/ There were in al six more cars Of hogs
/ which reached the yards last night after
/ tile close, and were fed and watered
and cared for ready to be weighed I'd
this morning on the opening.
King & Co. OF Leon. had a cav OF
hogs IN late Thursday night which we're
. sent over the scales early on yesterdays
trading Mr. Neal was In charge Of the
( consignment, and the hogs were heawes,
/ averaging 291 pounds. ~
Ed Weicline, Of Augusta was another
1 late arrival Thursday night. with 255-
pound hogs. which were weighed Up
/ yesterday morning on Thursdays bust
ness.
The wagon hog trade yesterday, while
good was Just 100 short OF the day be-
fore, Thursday. when 256 hogs from this
source ware yarded and sold. Yesterday
the record was an even 15S some Of
extra fine quality and all very fair 70
good.
The sale which adorns the foot Of the
column above, namely, fourteen hogs av-
eraging 2 pounds, price $50, needs the
explanation that they were a bunch of
young stock pigs sold on special order.
It is noted from the list Of well known
shippers yesterday on The market that
Oklahoma IS vel represented In the list
which IS quite often the case, and also
that Pond Greek is among the band
wagon riders fre-1 the sister territory.
The latter had three cars IN al from
regular and hustling shippers.
A survey Of the sales table Of yester-
day reveals several interesting and sug-
gestive facts First the narrow range
of the bulk The range was only five
cents. from $s.s5 to s4.go and thirteen
cars ont Of the seventeen went at these
prices. six at $50 four at $4.S7ik and
three at SIS The weights in the bulk
were from 1q0 pounds clear through 70
25f pounds. Two Of the other four loads
went at lower figures, and the remaining
two at the record brea kinrs1tou of s+95,
which was 70 cents higher than the tops
Of Thursday. end a nickel better than
for several months A significant thing
Of these two tops was that the two ex-
tren7es Of weights were represented. one
Being a medium light load averaging 215
pounds. and the other Of heavies show
ing I'D 2s8 pounds. This shows that good
fat well finished hogs Of any weight
VIII be gladly accepted and the highest
rricns 0afd for them. and that there IS
enough of a variety IN the demand for
hogs here 70 cover al classes. 81 IN fair
TO good condition. Tive cars took the top
price Of SIS on Thursday and the
weights ran from 21S to go pounds.
Those shippers who have marketed hogs
the past two DAYS have realized vel IN
the deals and as Kansas City has gone
they would have lost out going on with
their hogs as a comparative study Of
each day at both places shows,
The work on the new hog structure
pit the Dold plant IS being pushed as
fast as weather VIII permit. but the
killing Of hogs and dressing of them
never falters even IF the cOnveniences :
are not so agreeable. Other repairs such
as new stairs from the east docks up 70
first foo-, box factory. are also being
constantly made Yesterday Manager
Fred ". Dold appeared at the plant,
after a two weeks absence. and though
half sick and weary with the fatigue Of
travel. he expressed himself as greatly
relieved 10 be sEain on old familiar
ground and where the weather and cl--
mate is less friE1dlv arctic The ship
r5ng. whiel not so heavy Il all depart
r4en-s. more than keeps up the averag s
OF last season at this time. YESTERDAY
several cars Of contract stock were ant
out from the 5obbfng department, and
fair output Of mixed packing house pro-
ducts and express stuff.
Provisions yesterday were firm on
heavy shipments and in sympathy with
higher hog market The best n d.
was I'm lard. Deliveries IN J7nu7ry con
tracts Thursday were 1000 tierces Of
lard: 5000 pounds Of ribs Yesterday
Nav pork closed az Is; the day before
III SD o71k 1Tay lsrd closed at S7.t5; on
Thursday az s. on: NAY ribs closed at
81 81. The previous day az S 715
The estimate Of receipts Of hogs yes
-er7av az chicago was for $500; the
su-oIy was 22000 on Thursday It was
-sr72 ard the estimate for today is
81 600
The average weight n car hogs at the
Wichita market yesterday was p
pounds
With anything Ike q run - hogs TO-
day which has been indicated and Is eN-
pec-ed this weeks receipts viii make a
fine record. holiday week though # 0als
II IS ho3ed and believed this VIII con-
tinue permanently.
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