The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-19

would be mighty scarce and high IN Jan
uary. and they have been going down
every Day. l never told so many lies in
all my life as 7 did while trying to post
people on the future Of the hog market.
Ernest Carter. Of ClearWater-PeopIe
are saying tnat the hogs are all gone
from the country about Clearwater They
have been saying that same thing for the
past three months There are quite q
good many light hogs in my territory,
but l DO not know Of very many that
Kill be marketed next month.
w. n. Paugh-I am not one OF those
who have been predicting that the hogs
are all out Of the country. I think hte
hogs viii keep coming and that prices
may go still lower.
6. y. Lane Of WinfeId-The run OF
nogs next month viii be very light. They
sre very scarce IN the country around
Winfield now. There are good many
pigs IN the country, but feed is so high
that the farmers are not trying 10 feed
them out. They viii rough them through
until they raise another crop OF corn
C. P Johnson-It would not surprise
me If We get more hogs at this point
than We are getting this month. I shall
also not be surprised # prices go still
r ". EIdridge-There VIII be plenty
Of hogs sent TO market from wichita 5
territory up until June. Prices may go
still lower.
Cal stewart-There will be as many
hogs coming to market next month as
hogs IN the country yet
James NandiYer-I have lost my grip
on hogs, and I have no guess TO record.
I now have Us hogs II the feed lot that
1 expected to sell for seven dollars.
Joe Carr. OF Clearwater-Hogs are
mighty scarce in our section, and I
should think there would be very few
coming to market next month.
O. D. Sims, of Colwich-DOnt ask me.
I have been coming in here for the last
three months telling them that the hogs
were al gone, and then would 90 home
and buy another car load OF hogs and
come back and repeat the story about the
hogs all being gone I do not now know
OF a car load OF hogs in my territory that
VIII be lit for market in a month I
would, however. be willing TO guess that
there VIII be plenty of hogs for the rest
OF this month and then receipts viii fall
OF and hogs VIII 90 higher 1 viii tell
nois and Iowa where a good many OF the
hogs are raised they are owned by men
who rent farms They VIII many Of them
be moving the first OF March, and they
month Out here in Kansas & very large
ma jorfty of the farmers own the ground
they work. but they have 2 horror Of the
assessor. and thev sell their hogs before
the first dav Of March to avoid paving
taxes on them. The tax on a hog does
not amount TO \ drop In the bucket. and
would not sell n hog two days before
had him ready FOR the market to avoid
the assessor. The farmers do that very
thing and they viii sell habitat hogs
so as to get them of before the first day
Of March.
c. e Blake. Of Haven't think the hogs
viii keep coming and there Will be plenty
0f them next month The farmers say the
hogs are all sold. but they viii keep COM
ing. because they are in the country. I
know Of several car loads of good hogs
that are being held for seven dollars. All
the hogs held in the country for higher
prices viii come 10 market, and prices
nil hsa lower