The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-09

The trouble with the market Is he tnln+S,
that people are running too many cattle
to market that ARE poor beef Mr.. Swell
ter says that the time has come for
change in the raising and feeding of cat
tie He thinks the farmers will feed
calves instead of turning the calves out
as stock cattle. He says when the calf
is allowed TO run with the cow until
weaving time and then turned out to
rustic that the fat gained from sucking
the cow is all lost, while If the calf is
Immediately put on full feed he will keep
right along gaining in flesh He says the
farmers in years past used to do the
same with their hogs that many are now
doing with their calves; that is, when they
were weaned from the SOW turn them out
as stock hogs. II is the custom now to
put the pig on full feed just as soon as
il is old enough to eat grain. By this
method he is a hog and gone to market
long before he was considered mt to be
put on feed under the old system of rails
ing hogs People are learning that there
is more money in the calf to use him
lust as we do the pigs He expects that
his last springs calves that he Is feed
ing will weigh 800 pounds by the first of
next May, and then they will be just
what the packers want-fine baby beef.
Mr.. Sweiter says that it pays to feed the
calf Just as well as it does to feed the
Dig ana LUdl Ciic iCu ~ NdANto
make a good deal more money than If
fed TO cattle three or four years of age.
Local Grain and Produce Market.
Below find sales as made yesterday by
sample on the Wichita Board of Trade
basis, delivered Missouri river. To get
price f o. b. your station. deduct Kansas
City rate from your station
Wheat-No hard, 72973kc; No. 3,6s@
7Iizc; No. T., 6S4ds7c; rejected. 5o462c.
Corn-No. mixed, 391zc; Ne. 3, 39c;
No. 4. &c; No. white, 4Oc; No. 8. 3s1sc;
no grade 3sa35c.
Oats-No.> 2 mixed, 35c; Ne. 8, 32g33c.
Poultry-Hens, 615c; spring brcilers, 61sc;
young roosters, 51Rc; old ROSTERS Sc; tur-
key hens, le1zc; young gobblers. l0tzc: old
gobblers, s1kc; geese. 61sc; ducks. nc.
riour (car lets)-Best patent. to all
southern Kansas points, $3.50: bran 7ec;
shorts, s5@sOc; corn chop, SIC; corn meal,
t1-25.
Hay-AlfaIfa, No. 1, $50: No. 2. $3.50:
prairie, loose, no. l, 800; No. 2, $3.50;
baled. No. 1, $50; No. 2. $3.50: No. 8, s.. 90.
Butter-Packing, 116c; country. 16Q1sc.
Eggs-Fresh, per dozen, 21c.
egetables-tg gobbers prices 10 trade,--
California navel oranges, box. $500: len,-
ens, box, 1915; strained honey. h.. 71kc:
comb honey, case, s.. 75Q3.O9; walnuts, lac
l2c: pecans. H.. 2c; hIberts. To-. l2,;
cheese. fat. h.. 1Sc; brick. i5e; linberber.
15c; Y. A, lac; Kansas, 14c; bananas,
h., &C; apples, bbI., s3.75d4.5o; potatoes.
bu.. 75c; cabbage, per To-, &c: Spanish
onions, per crate, s1.5e: fancy red globe
onions, &c per h.; peanuts. h.. jumbo.
Sc; roasted, Ice; parrot. &c; roasted,
SIC; figs, per box, S1-o0; cranberries bbl.,
SEQ; dates, lb., &c.
Sb hriuiff ISf716s,.
dark and heavy medium. I20i4c. heavy
fine. sd11c; bury. 73sc.
Leather-No. / Phoenix. &c: B 36c: har-
ness union A, 34c; B, 32c; chestnut oak.
B, 33c; A. &0c; Pure oak 34c; skirting. 3sc;
42c; sole leather, slaughter, 80. &c: oak
sole, 34d35c per side.
Hides-G. S.. 1 and rounds. 7c; side
brands. &C; under 10 lbs, &c; bulls,
&c; green hides. lhc less than cured;
part cured, &c less: Ne. l horse. 81. 26: No.
2. $l.25; poHy and No. 3. 7Oc0ei.a ~: Slue
hides, S1sc: dry dint butchers, to lbs. and
up. l3c; dry hint fallen, is lbs. and up.
lie; dry flint, under Is lbs, Sc: dry salt.
ice: dry Gull. Te: No. 1 taliow. SIC: No.
2 tallow, 2%c; sheep pelts. green. 3o@&Soc;
dry. 6@9c per lb
Hams Westphalia brand-1o-12 h., av-
erase, 11Ac; 1914, Ike; 14-16, 111lc; 1918.
Ike; 1920 1l1ac; skinned, 1920 lbs. lie:
20 lbs. and over lie. Add &c per Id. for
fancy wrapping.
Breakfast Bacon-Nia CARA. lbs and
under, strictly fancy, 1sc; Westphalia.
$40 lbs, fancy, 15c; Buffalo. 1912 lbs.
very good. 14c; Winfield, 12-14 h., good,
12c Add &c per lb for fancy wrapping
Except Niagara). Boneless roulettes. 10c;
Daisy hams (no bone, no faO. Sc; break
fast bacon backs good slicers), Ice: Epi-
cures Delight, Dold's fancy Niagara
hams, 12-14 lbs, 12c.
Side Meats dry salt Extra short clears.
7s4c; standard backs. 1920, 712c; fat backs.
61lc; clear bellies, 12-14 &c: A-16. SIC;
1918. 724c: 20 and up, nc; fosters. Sc;
cheek butts, 51zc; S. z. butcher backs. SC.
Side Meats smoked-Bacon. extra short
clears, Sc; fat backs Ike: English ba-
con bellies. 12-14. 10c; 14-16, 9i4c; clear
bellies. 1918, S$zc; 20 and up, sac; bacon
fosters &c.
Lard--Open kettle, tierces. about $50
lbs, Sc; grainy, tierces, about 300 lbs,
NC; smooth, tierces, about $50 lbs, &c;
Silver Crest brand tierces, about $50
lbs. 6s.c; bakers special Gin tierces and
S0-lb tubs onIy). tierce, 619c; lard COM
pound. tierces. about $50 lbs. el4c. Add
for smaller packages: 60-lb. wooden
tubs. &c ID; So-lb. wooden tubs. &c lib. ::
50-Ib. tins. 50-10o To- cases. &c lb.; 2e-lo
tins, So-Ib. cases. &c lb.; 1e-lb. tins. eo-lb
cases, 4.c lb.: 5-lb. tins. s9-ib. cases. 1sc
Fresh Pork-Dressed hogs heads off.
6i&c; heads on, 5s.c; fresh shoulders, 5Hc:
skinned. sac; fresh hams, 1oc: skinned.
10iac; fresh daisies. SIC; pork leins. nc:
tenderloins. 15c: fat backs. skin on, &c;
raw leaf lard &c; spare ribs, &c; hogs
tongues. 1oc: hogs brains. 1C-lh. boxes.
SC: pigs feet, cleaned sc: uncleanSd, 4c;
hogs ears cleaned. 4c: not cleaned. Sc;
hogs livers, each, SC: hogs hooks. size;
pigs tails. &c; chitterlings. 4c; hogs
heads, cleaned, SIC; neck bones. &c; back
bones, &c.
Fresh Beef and Muttsn-Cows and
heifers, 4nx65Ac; fore quarters. 464sc;
hind quarters. safe; steers. 7@1kc; fore
quarters, 5tk@sl &c: hind quarters. s,<E
lO1&c beef loins. No. l, Ice; No. ?, Sc;
beef ribs, No /. &c: M ,. &c; chucks and
plates. &c; square chucks &c; Hanks
Sc; shanks. &c: plates. 21ac; round ana
rump. 6a6l5c; suet. SC; beef livers, Sc;
hearts. sc: tongues. 1oc; brains. cleaned
&c; sweetbreads. 25c; OK tails, &c; lambs,
size; mutton. 71sc.
Dried Beef-Insides, lSi9c: knuckles,
I2t6c.
Picked Products-Pigs' feet. Dbl. s72s:
is-bbl. sS 90; l4-bbl. 10: A-hbl.. slD'
kits, Is lbs, 75c: regular tripe. n-bbl..
s. 30: l4-bbl.. SIS; ls-bbl-. soc: honey
comb tripe. Dbl. sl-25; kits. Is lbs.
sl.l0: spiced pigs tongues, h-bbi., % 10;
is-bbl. 500; kits. Is lbs, s2.25: hogs
snouts and ears, ss-bbi-. $500: l4-bci.
S. 25: Is-tbi SIS; kits, Is lbs. sLSs
Sausage-Rathman pressed ham. car
toons about % lbs. &C; Dewey sausage
cartoons about % los. Sc; weiners. car
to0ns. about s5 lbs. TIC; bologna. cartoon
about 25 lbs. &c; Cony Island FRANK
forts. 1o-lb cartoons, loc; pork sausage
bulk, 1o-lb, cartoons. 6hc; link. lob car
toons. 6l.c; liver sausage, round, &C.
long. SC; head cheese. &C.
Sausages lin "konserve'D. packed in
iron bound painted pals, with handles
in u