The Wichita Daily Livestock Journal from Wichita, Kansas • 1

WCffiT OFnGlAL PUCUCATION LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE. WICHITA, KANSAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 18. 1916 No. 98 VOLUME 18 3 DAILY A i FIRST 1916 CROP REPORT late yesterday afternoon from Bomar Harris: The steers averaged HOG MARKET SLIPPED STOCK CATTLE HIBH: have been bought by Mr. Braden la the past few years.

He has spent sums estimated at about $100,000 for pure-bred stock and is taking a prom lnent part in the steps to make Oklahoma the home of pure breeds of cat tie in the Southwest. The herd that is coming to Mr. Bra den will' be accompanied by a similar herd to be delivered to A. L. Churchill at Vinlta.

All of the cattle will be shipped together in the same car and the shipment will started on its way immediately. As an official of the Osage and Ok lahoma company, which supplies Tul sa with natural gas, Mr. Braden has become one of the wealthy men of the mid-continent oil and gas field and A A 5-10 GENT PIECE Small Run of Rather Jndlfferent Qual ity 8old Lower. IT WAS A BEARI8H 8ES8I0N. The Top Was Made at $9.65 and the Bulk of the Run Sold From $9.259.50.

HOGS Estimated today .2,000 Official yesterday .3,103 Official week ago 1,435 Official month ago 3,356 Official year ago ..1,353 On the late close the basis regain ed a dime of the loss and the top was shoved up to $9.69. The morning estimate of hogs call ed for 2,000 and the noon count show ed 1,206 yarded arriving in 17 cars. Quality was none too good and the top hogs were nothing like the oneslty shipper with a load of cattle which 6.00 5.75 1 2.:. 600; 450 6.00 .6.25, 2 Js 1.... 2, 18 mx 1 2 3....

5.25 Stock Heifers 7.60 7.40 7.40 7.00 8.75 6.50 1.... 4.... 520 690 477 670 590 310 7.50 7.40 7.35 7.00 6.60 6.00 6.00 Stock Cows 930 873 ...1070 ...1030 6.50 6-50) .15 6.00J 6.75( 5.75 5.50 5.50 5.00 5.00 4.75 1.... 930 986 1.... 820 870 3....

1030 1.... 800 2.... 1125 1....1050 .2.... 690 1.... 870 1....

860 6.50 6.25 6.00 6.00 4.... 952 1....1100 1.... 920 6.75 5.60 5.60 1.. 4.. 1...

2... 1... 1... .1.. 880 986 970 870 -750 ,.1190 ..1290 6.35 6.00 4.75 4.60 4.25 4.00 Stock Bulla 6.00 1....1450 5.50) Stock Calves 7.50 2.

395 7.50 250 6.00 2.... 380 6.00 4.... 372 5.50 6.... 1.... 4....

4.... 373 370. 367 397 7.60 7.00 6.00 6.00 LATE YESTERDAY. Stockers and Feeders .507 8.50 89.... 715 715 6.50 40....

6C7 267. 7.75 6.50 10.. OTHER LIVE STOCK Chluno. Ill Chicago Union Stockyard, April 18. Cattle, market steady.

Hogs, leftovers open ed slow, steady, closed slow, steady to 5c lower. Top $10.00, bulk $9.809.95. Sheep, market steady. Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City Stockyards, April 18.

Cattle, market steady. Hogs, market opened very dull bid ding 10 15c lower, closed uneven, mostly 5c Top $9.75, bulk $9.359.70. Sheep, market steady, East St. Louis. St.

Louis, April 18. Hogs, 000; market 5c lower. Cattle, market 5c lower; stockers and feed ers. $5.508.50. Sheep, z.oou; man ket steady; lambs, $10.0011.55.

St Joseph, Mo. St. Joseph, April 18. Hogs, market steady to 6c lower; top, Vhlk, $9.459.65. Cattle, market steady; steers, cows and heifers, $4.50 9.25; calves, Sheep, market steady; lambs, $10.5011.40 COMPARATIVE STOCK RECEIPTS.

Official at Wichita. Cattle Mots Tuesday, April 11 815 1,435 Wednesday, April 12..... 684 3,292 1 Thursday, April 1 295 1,277 Friday, April 14.. 190 956 Saturday April 15 150 Monday, AprU 17 2,494 3,103 Total for week ..4,381 10,2131 RECEIPT8 OF CARS. Santa Fe 28 Rock Island 9 1 Mo.

Pac 13 1 Orient ...20 Total 70 TELEGRAPHIC RECEIPTS. Hogs Cattle Sheep Wichita 2,000 Chicago ........15,000 Kansas City ....16,000 Omaha .........12,500 St. Joseph 9,000 Sioux City 8,500 St Louis ......12,000 1,000 4.000 8,000 5,000 1.700 2,200 4,800 1,100 3,600 8,000 32,100 30,800 28,700 16,000 10,000 7,000 1,000 1 12,000 Denver 2,800 1,000 Ft. Worth 8,600 200 Oklahoma 4,500 Tot 85,800 Tot wk. ago.

.60.700 Tot yr. .66,900 35.4QP 89,400 38,600 Pasture RSadv For Cattrs. Cottonwood Falls, April If. with nearly an lncn ana a halt oii rainfall here In the past three days! and several heavy rains over the I county aunng we pasi inree weeas, i A 4. i 4.

I the ground here Is well soaked for the beginning of the crop year and the prospects for good crops for the com-1 lng season are most favorable, accord-1 ing to most of the "farmers. Grass in I the big grazing districts of the county I now almost far enough along to turn cattle upon and shippers will begin sending in large numbers of stock from the southwest In a few more days, it said. Say "I in The Wichita Dally Stockman." 630 695 440 435 750 506 690 630 710 660 1 I of of 600 lbs. and sold at $8.50. They were shipped from Foard- county, Texas.

Cheney Stuart, well-known Butler county shippers to the "Market that Satisfies" were in with a car of cat tle: A mixed load of stock was received from W. O. Carnahan. shlDDed from a Sedgwick county point Reno county, Kansas, was well rep resented on the a6tive market here. V.

Priddle sent up a load of cattle and a mixed car of stock; Henry Kranz, one of the many "regular boys" to this 1 market, had a mixed load of stock. Ralph Williams also had a shipment of cattle. W. Woolf, a Sedgwick county shipper, was here with a shipment of cattle. T.

E. Black, also a Sedgwick county representative, helped swell the re ceipts with a one car consignment of cattle. T. W. Cannon waB a Kingman coun- he disposed of to the trade.

J. M. Ratcllff, another well-known Kingman county shipper, had his reg ular car of cattle ready, for disposal. Ed Kerley sent in a car of hogs to the trade. They were shipped from a Sedgwick county point A.

O. McCready, a prominent Alfalfa County, shipper, swelled the re ceipts with a three car consignment of cattle. Dipping Kills Dairy Cows. Muskogee, April 18 Declar ing that compulsory dipping xl live stock in acidic solutions to rid them of ticks has caused the death of many fine dairy cows in the vicinity Braggs, during the past few weeks, a delegation of dairymen, farmers and stockmen yesterday urged County Attorney Fred P. Branson to take some action which would bring about Im provements in a really serious situa tion.

The visitors, were assured every thing possible would be done, al though Mr, Branson entertained little hope; that be would be able to bring about the desired result before addi tional deaths have resulted from the same cause. The question Is one which state and. federal authorities control, rather than county officials, "There is no doubt that dipping cattle kills ticks," said one member of the party, "but It kills the cows too. For my part I'd rather nave cows than obey a law which kills them, During the past few weeks I have lost several of my finest dairy cows and bad I not discontinued the dipping process it Is altogether probable would have had none of a fine herd by this time. Ticks are a great an noyance to cows and there Is no doubt that they reduce- the milk supply through causing great exertion on the part of their victims, but I have never know to ticks killing a cow.

and that's what the dipping solution does, Those who made the complaints are convinced an effort will be made to show wherein they erred In mixing the solution, and In such event they are all ready to testify that they care fully followed direction laid down by the-agricultural department Frank M. Gault, president of the state board of agriculture, talking to Mr. Branson by long distance tele- nhone late vesterdav. said would make a personal investigation in the near future and do everything pos sible to ascertain the cause and rem edy the trouble. Wood County Pig Crop Light The 1916 sprint crop of Pigs la Woods county is not more than thirty per cent as' large as that of 1915, ac cording to Alva Rush, who marketed a car of hogs from that section yes terday.

Farmers unloaded their breeding stock last fall In tod great numbers and there Is a shortage of brood sows at this time. "Every one la after brood sows now." said Mr, Rush. I don't get a chance to send a piggy sow to market these days. I sold six out of this last car I pur-Chased and there were demands for more." Crops are in good condition in Woods county and the percentage of spring crops Is about the same as, last year with the single exception of Sudan grass. This crop -has won the hearts of farmers in that section and they are planting a goodly acreage of it this spring.

If yon want to sell that livestock try a 'Stockman Classified" for results. STATE OUTSOOil Secretary Mohler Has Laid Plana For a Thorough Knowledge. MORETHAN 1,600 FARMERS REPLY Will 8how Accurate Conditions and Acreage of Wheat, Corn and Oats and Insect Damage. Topeka, April 18-The first of the 1916 Kansas crop reports will be out the last of. the week or the first of next.

J. C. Mohler, secretary of the board of agriculture, has sent out In quiries to the sixteen hundred farmers who act as correspondents for the board. The replies are already coming in and will be compiled as fast as possible. This Is one of the most important of the reports the board issues.

None has been given out since November, just after the wheat was sown and waB coming up. The condition of the wheat as it entered the winter was shown. The forthcoming report will show how the wheat camethorugh the winter and Its condition just as spring is opening and the wheat is. getting ready to grow. It is likely too early to show whether or not there has been any fly or other Insect damage or whether there is any great quantity of Hessian fly in the wheat this spring There have been some reports of the fly being found in wheat in two or three sections of the state.

The report will also show the prob able sowing of oats this spring and under what sort of condition the sow ing was made. It will also show the condition of the soil of corn planting this spring and the probable acreage to be planted and also the condition of the alfalfa and the probable acre age of kaflr, milo, cane, feterlta and other forage crops which the farmers expect to plant this spring. There have been fine rains through ou tthe state in the past two weeks and reoprts recelevd by the railroad offices and the government weather office indicate conditions to be un usually good for the wheat and for all soring crops in every section of the state. Commission to Handle Sisal. Washington, April 18 Without dis cussion, the senate yesterday adopted Senator Ransdell's resolution directing the federal trade commission to super vise distribution of the available sisal in Yucatan.

The commission is ready to undertake the work. The action is of much importance to the states which use binder twine. The commission representing Yuca tan farmers asked the senate commit tee to oversee the sale of the crop but it does not come within the province of a legislative body. Chairman Da- vies, of the; federal commission, has informed Senator Ransdell that it has the machinery to proceed with the dis tribution and will send two men to Yncatan. General Manager of the Internation al Harvester company introduced statement denying1 that, his company had any Interest in twine exoept to supply It to the farmer at the lowest cost, with a reasonable manufacturer's profit In order to increase th advan tages and economies of the company's machinery.

He denied that the com pany has sought to profit financially from the cultivation of the sisal and charged that if the Yucatan commis sion were approved by the Investiga tion committee. It would be able to fix any terms of credit and prices it wished. "The increased price of sisal already made will compel the American farm-J er to pay over more for. bin der twine this-year," said he. Mr.

Legge declared hia firm's only rehv tlon with the Plymouth Cordage company, were those of a competitor. Purchase Fine Jerseys, Tulsa, Okla" AprU i8 Six of the finest Jersey cattle In the United States have been purchased by O. T. Braden to be placed on his White City Jersey farm in Tulsa county. The cat tle were bought from Block: 4 Adams.

of Brooklyn, to which place they were imported from the Jersey Isles. Some of the Individual members of Some of the individual this herd were purchased for $510 and none of the cattle was bought for less than It Is announced that the total purchase price of the 1 head was little less than $3,000. This is only a small number of the cattle that BEEF STEERS STEADY Traders. Are Greedy For Them Season's High Mark. at 8HE-8TOCK 13' ALL 8TEADY.

Exceptionally Good Tattle Sella Very I Readily Up to $8.50 to The 8peculatori. CATTLE Estimated today .....1,000 Official yesterday 2,494 Official week ago 815 Official month ago 910 Official year ago 312 J. The supply of beef steers has been liberal -and "packers here have 'taken them readily at steady to 10c lower orlces both days this week. There was nothing here of very good quality and some 1,300 pound steers brought $8.70 with mixed steers and heifers at $8.008.25. Dogies of plain quality ranged from $7.35 7.75.

The supply of heifers sold to the packers was very light and around steady while a fair sized offering of cows of good quality sold practically from $6.50 7.50. Cannerg and cutters were steady at $4004.50 and bulls were unchanged at Best light veals brought $9.25 which was steady. There Is an active demand for stockers of good quality and they are selling liere at prices higher than on the river. A feature' sale was made late yesterday on 300 head of white "faced cattle that averaged 750 pounds and brought $8.50 with the trimmings Other late sales were made on a long string of heavy steers at $7.75 that soon were turned at a profit by the trader that bought them. Practically all the cattle sold today In tie stock- er and feeder division sold fully steady with yesterday's advance around $7.657.70 with the trimmings at $6.006.50.

Heifers and cows sold fully in line with anything paid last week. Stockers and feeders are meet ing very ready sale here at prices higher than at any time this year and It looks very much like they are bringing more money here tian at river points. Traders effected a very good clearance last week and as consequence they are turning Into real buyers this week. Official receipts yesterday aggregat ed 2,494, the late run being far heav ier than expected. Packers bought 688, speculators 1,498 and order buy ers 84.

Reweighs aggregated 470 and country shipments Included 398 and nine cars. CATTLE SALES, Butcher Steers 8.... 1308 8.70 5 mx 832 1.... 790 8.601 8 mx 768 1....1200 8.00) 19 mx 810 8.70 8.25 8.00 7.50 70 1 1 1 1.... 690 7.75J 12 dogs 896 790 7.50 2 mx 810 750 7.35v 16 Js 685 Butcher Heifers 656 8.50 1....1040 830 7.00 2....

1035 Butcher Cowe 7.00 S.OO 6.60 1....1030 2. ...1050 1....1110 1....1100 ..1106 4.. ..1055 1....1130 1.... 910 7.50 7.50 7.25 7.25 7.00 7.00 6.90 6.75 6.75 1....1350 4. ...1075 3 883 1....1280 940 2....

1275 1....1380 1....1170 1....1270 7.50 7.35 7.25 7.25 7.00 7.08 6.8S 6.76 6.50 6.25J t.00 Canners and Cutters 1.... 1 1 850 810 686 4.751 4.25 965 1.... 650 4.50 4.00 4.00 Bulls 7-751 ,1 1.... 660 1....1660 1....1350 1....1210 1....1180 160 1.. 230.

2.... 235 1J 240 ...1800 7.00 .175 6.85 .75 6.25 .00 6.75 1....1130 1....1380 1....1310 1....1310 6.60 6.25 5.76 Veals 2..., 9.00 1.... 8.251 1.... 270 160 120 9.25 9.00 7.60 4.60( Stockers and Feeders 1....1000 31.... 742 23,...

758 7.76 7.65 7.65J 7.65 7.65 7.65 ,7.65 7.60 7.50) ,7.251, 6.60 6.25 .00 130... .871 25... 756 7.70 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.65 7.60 7.60 7.40 7.00 v6.60 6.00 .00 11.... 1.... 36 2....

24.... 18.... 1 1 617 949 565 730 636 410 608-705 840 -620 559 12.... 12.... 15....

2.... 8.... 705 500 655 680 615 440 936 870 545 633 Is Is i he is making cattle raising a hobby. With other prominent oil men, bank era and business men of similar character he has brought in enough purebred cattle within the past year to es tablish this section of the state as a center for the best in cattle stock. WICHITA CASH GRAIN (Missouri River Basis.) Grade 3 Cars 2 1 Price 1.13 .1.13" ...1.12 1.12 1.11 ..1.10 1.09 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.05 1.03 ........1.03 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 (Basis Export) 4 4 .1.06 .1.05 Corn (Missouri River Basis.) 1 2 mixed .73 Wichita Grain Receipts.

Today L. Yr. Wheat ...45 Corn 3 51 4 a Kafir 0 Kansas City Board of Trade. By Orthwein-Matchette Sedg. Blk.

Wheat Close-Open High Low T'dy Yes. May 105-05 105 104 106 105 July 105- 106 105 106 106 Sept 104 105-104 105-105 Corn May 70- 70. 70 70-70 July 72 72-72 72-72 Sept 72- 72-72 i72'72 Kafir May 59 59 59 Chicago Board of Trade. By Orthwein-Matchette Sedg. Blk.

Wheat Close- Open High Low T'dy Yea, May 113- 114 113 114-U4 July 11342 114 112 114 113 Sept 111-10 112 110 112 111 Corn May 76-76 76-75 76 77 76 76- 76 76 76 75 July Sept May 77 76 76 76 Oat 45-45 46 45 45- 45 July 43-42. 43 42 43- 42 89- 89 Sept 39 39 39- Wagon Grains at Wichita. No, 2 hard $U50LO7 No. 3 hard wheat 964fLM Corn. Shelled, yellow, per bn Shelled, white meal, per .61 Oam White, No.

2 per bn .....399.41 Kafir. Red and Mixed, No. 3 per .47 No. 1 white, per .43 VISIBLE SUPPLY. Wheat, dec.

.3,033,000 bn. Corn, dec. w. .1.101.000 bn Oats, deo. 763,000 bn TOTAL VISIBLE.

This Wk. Last Wk. Wheat ...........63,663,000 33,850,000 Corn .25,815,000 26,099,000 Oats ..15,183.000 26,794,000 Bradstreetrs Summary. Wheat Dec 1,137,000 Corn 28,621,000 Dec. lJ279.00d Oats.

35,006,000 Dec. 1,976,000 THE WEATHER i Wichita, Kans April 18, 1916. Kansas Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, nrobably showers in east portion; not: much change in tern -perature. Oklahoma Tonight (land Wednesday unsettled, colder In west portion Wednesday. 4 that brought $9.62 yesterday and the top at $9.55 did not show the full strength of the ten lower market which salesmen asserted was in ef fect Nor did the bulk of the sales in dicate as low a basis.

Practically all the hogs sold from $9.309.50. The top hogs averaged 263 and the 200 pounds or better hogs ranged from The top was no more than five lower and the bulk bogs 510c lower. The plgi market was steady with the fat kinds going to the packers at $8.00 and the bulk of the stock pigs at $7.75 REPRESENTATIVE HOG SALES Hogs No. Dk. Av.Wt.

Pr. 40 70 54 37 82 290 260 263 256 242 245 210 252 210 212 200 208 199 212 190 211 203 222 200 197 180 203 192 166 186 9.65 9.60 9.65 .950 9.50 9.50 80 39 79. 9.47H 20 9.45 9.45 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 84 64 80 87 17 80 40 .......120 88 62 9.37)4 82 9.35 9.35 94 80 .120 48 90 9.32ft 69 9.30 9.30 9.30 9.25 9.15 9.10 8.75 8.75 8.75 8.75 8.50 8.60 8.00 7.75 7.75 6.50 9.25 9.25 9.20 8.75 8.60 56 64 68 80 40 .12 60 Throw-Oute and Pigs. 80 80 420 440 470 380 340 480 113 92 170 70 80 80 ..160 80 6 5 2 1 Wagon Hogs 240 202 I 8 3 233 162 630 4 1 PROVISIONS AT CHICAGO. Pork Close Open High Low T'df Tea May 23.10 23.17 23,00 July 23.05 23.10 22.95 11.72 11.85- .23.00 Sept 22.80 Lard May 11.67 11.67- July 11.85 11.8J RIbe May 12.32 12.32- 12.32 July 12.47' 12.47- 12.50 ITEMS OF INTEREST E.

M. Bodle was a Sumner county representative to tJils market with a I fwv car consignment or came, other I Sumner county shippers were J. lEhlnn, with a shipment of cattle; O. W. Mercer, a car of cattle and 3.

H. Tjaden, with a two-car consignment eattle. Three cars of cattle, were received from Brown, shipped fronl Grady county, Oklahoma. 4 W. Bell, another Foard county, shipper, had a two car shipment cattle for the trade.

A large consignment of cattle con- slating of fourteen carloads of white-! faced steers, was received here for the.