The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-16
Cattle 6 Ies.
IN AND ABOUT STOCK YARDS.

The shippers who VIII compare the sales
of hogs on this market yesterday with
those in the Missouri river markets viii
find that Wichita is paying comparative
y good prices for hogs.
John Ratliff Of Hennessey, who was
stock shipper some years ago, was at the
yards yesterday talking with old friends.
He is a former Wichita citizen and has
a host Of friends here who like to meet
him.
Ralph Roll of Belmont had a car load
of cattle on the market yesterday and
he was pleased with his sale
Hugh Woodward, one of the reliable
merchants of Medicine Lodge. was a Wis
itor at the yards and at the Cudahy pack
ing house yesterday. Hugh was one Of
the early settlers in this county and took
a claim down near Derby in the fail of
1870
+. b Staley of Rose Hill marketed
car load of hogs on the early market yes
terday.
Beckham & Ostoff Of Sterling had
car load Of hogs on the market yesterday
that brought d good price
John Dooley of Elbing was one of the
shippers who had hogs on the late mar
ket yesterday and who got the top price.
Ed Johnston of Pond Greek. O. T, had
q car load of hogs or the market yester-
DAY and he went away feeling that the
DAA tE5 fltI USftt lAllll ldil 1.i--4l@tffil
says there are not nearly as many hogs
in his section as al this time last year.
He SAYS their corn crop was light and
Wichita for the next year viii have 10
be content TO take a few less hogs from
Oklahoma.
II Virgins of Lyons marketed a car
load of hogs of his own feeding yesterday.
He says he raises two car loads Of hogs
each year for the Wichita market
J W. Mott of Deer Creek. -. T.. had
b. f. a mixed load of cattle and hogs yes
terday. lie is a regular shipper To this
market.
Steiner & Blair, the Wen known ship
pers At Lyons consigned a car load OF
hogs 10 this market that did not arrive
until after the market had closed.
The government inspectors are tagging
fewer hogs ar the yards now than for a
long time This shows that the hogs are
more healthy. During the last SIX
months they have tagged 80 boss. When
the hogs are tagged nj the yards they
can only be sold to The packers subject
TO inspection after being killed
=. p. Groom K Son have unloaded ten
bulls and siNty-oue COWS and heifers az
the yards from their ranch at Panhandle.
Tex. They are all high bred Shorthorus
and viii be kept hire and sold some
time in the future at public ale. Mr.
Groom came to Wichita from Kentucky
with a car load of Jersey bulls in the
early eighties Uncle Billy Greinenestein
offered him about ten acres of ground
along the Arkansas river Soouth Of Doug
las avenue for his bulls. II he had sold
out at that time and kept the land for
ten years he would have been a Million
aire.
John Norris Of the firm Of Norris x
Rich cattle buyers ar the yards has
threshed and sold the alfalfa from TWEEN
got FIVE bushels of seed 10 the acre ana
sold il for $500 Or bushel and one crop
Of hay was sold Tor $500 an acre. thus
netting him SS5 per acre.
David Heenan OF the NovlinE Elevator
company on "a very important air ycstsr-
DAG when he held Il check in his hand
for SI150 He said that checks was 70
pay Tor the largest ear load of wheat
ever shipped into or out Of Wichita. En-
ouiry revealed the fact that the car Of
wheat was shipped hy the Norton Grain
company from Norwich and contained
10 S1a pounds or LBS IS bushels The
average car load OF wheat shipped into
this city IS about $50 bushels. The cars
run from zoo TO lao bushels This big
load was put into one Of those big Penn
sylsania cars that happened 70 he at
Norwich ard the car was not overloaded.
Commercial Agent of the Missouri Pa
cifc :. Fl KTeore has "a sample IT Sc5g-
wick county broom corn ~ his Office
that he thinks would take the premium NJ
the world : fair He has two stalks that
were raised up between the two ArSan-
sas rivers that are fifteen feet high. Mr.
Kilgore SAYS that s " Phillips of Mat
toon. NJ one Of the largest broom corn
dealers in America was IN his Office last
Saturday and told him that he never saw
such broom corn before. Mr.. Niicore
says the broom corn crop NJ southern
Kansas and oklahoma Is good and h
thinks Southern Kansas ana Oklahoma
are the coming broom corn center Of this
whole country.
Local Grain and Produce Market
Below find sales as made yesterday hy
sample IN the Wichita Board OF Trade