The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-31
CATTLE SALES
sHiPPERs AND NOTES.

There IS not much prospect Of the hog
market going lower while the receipts con
tinue light That is The way the packers
The stock shippers are as loyal as any
body, but when they have stock or hand
they have 10 ship them. That was the
reason the live stock markets had 20 do
business yesterday.
Henry Steinkirchner. Of Newton,
brought IN car load Of hogs Sesterday.
and he didn't do d thing but top the
market Henry IS one OF the shippers
who stays by the Wichita market and
the buyers Ike 70 give him good prices
for his hogs
George WetterhoId drove in some
butcher cattle yesterday and sold them 70
Cudahy.
The welI-known firm Of Townsend &
1amon, Of Andale, marketed a car load
Of hogs yesterday.
William Astel & son helped out the
supply yesterday with one car load OF
hogs. The junior member Of the firm
Wesley Astel. was in charge He was well
pleased with his sale Mr. Astel says
the wheat in the territory in which he
buys hogs looks pretty well and the
farmers are counting on getting twenty
bushels TO the acre.
James O-Neal. superintendent Of Cud-
ahy s Louisville packing house. is IN the
city. and he and Superintendent Brown.
o. the Wichita house. went over yester-
day TO inspect the new D0ld plant. Mr.
ONeal told the market reporter for the
Eagle that he had great faith in Wichita
EEG WfeA flELc was announcer crop Oh corn
raised. he expected 90 see plenty OF pusi-
ness AT the packing houses here. He
was pleased with the DOld plant.
Charles D0ld. second vice-president of
the Jacob Dold Packing company and
stock buyer for the firm az Buffalo. was
IN the city yesterday. tie went all
through the new plant. and In say that De
was pleased with u would he putting IL
very mildly Fred has been writins us.
h said, that he was building a good
packing house here at Wichita but am
compelled TO admit that IL is way ahead
O. my expectations. ] have been through
I'll the big packing houses Of this coun-
fry. and / have never seen q more up-to-
date house than this one Ii seems O. me
that II is simply perfect i1 all its ar
engagements I have never seen anything
70 beat the electric machinery ne
whole machinery runs without Jar.
have great faith in the future % This
house of ours here az Wichita. Fred has
already demonstrated what be can do
with hogs. and I think when the new
beef plant IS completed be vlI be able 70
do = big business killing cattle. Wichita
IS ia the center Of the great cattle sec
ton and I would rather have a beef
house here than ri Fort worth. because
f. Is near the great ranges and also the
section where the corn-ted cattle can h.
had The nearer the packing house IS 10
the cattle ranges and the feefi lots the
better Cattle slaughtered NJ point
where tho have 70 De shipped short
distance make better meat than when
shipped q long distance In the cars
an proud OF OUT Wichita plant hy
bruther Fred and Charley parrigrand
have shown that they know how % build
q packing house
GRAIN MARKETS
CraiD--M heat &c. corn. n7cf oats sc
Produce Butter. l5lec- eggs. lar. hens.
T1ec- springs. brollers. is e. ia pounds.
toms. Sc ducks fun feather. &C., geese.
fuit feather 4c-