The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-02-01

suHLrHsIye OssSIx :.
The psosent winter will, rs1ionid b,
q lesson to a majority Of tho stock men
and farmers of this country. In four
teen years we do not remember 50 severe
. winter in Kansas rs the present one
has been so far. And the general opin-
ION of old residents comedies with oar
views.
There is disposition among farmers
and others, in fact among all classes, to
put oil 10 the last moment attending to
outside duties which add to the comforts
and convcnienccs of the farm and the
house and are often great saving and
benefit in the end. These delinquencics
are not usually willfnl carclessncss they
arc attributable TO shiftiessncs>, to want
of means to perform the work rs the
owners desire, and sometimes to apathy.
The persons who have come to Kansas,
as rule SO far, have been provided with
only limited amount Of cash and goods
and being imbued with the cnterprising
spirit to get rich quickly not unfrcquc"t-
" surpass their abilities 10 cope with
the demands for capital. To this cause
may be assigned poor crops and measer
sv.<.oe. of s.,,l- ,.,i~inu
Not only a feeling of humanity but .
sense of gain should dictate that the an
imals should be properly protected
against the inclc'ncncy Of the winter
months, by plentiful supply Of nutri-
tious food and good shelter. The want
of tho, first is hardly an existing evil, for
from our boundIcss acres Of rich prairie
grasses is gathered an abundance Of hay
eacl, year, to add to the food from the
grain ficlda, to supply the necessities Of
the cattle, but in two thirds Of the cases
they are lily provided with poor or no
shelter. With the man who has lived here
three months there is no excuse for this.
If he owns two head of cattle he can af-
ford to build stable. 1t is his duty, il
no other means are left, to sell one and
with the proceeds erect covering for the
other. 1t is better to provide well for
one hundred head Of cattle than poorly
for two hundred head and by so doing
the owner will be the gamer. We hold,
between the two, that there is moro in
good treatment tlIan in all the FLOODED
stock that can be imported. 1t is not nee
essary that costly stables shall be erect
ed. In remote districts, where lumber
is not abundant or is dear, the very hay
used for feeding may be made into the
top and sides, with little else for support /;
or the brush from the timber may be used,
with cheap covering of hay. A man
should be governed by his means, but
there is no excuse why he should permit
his stock to suffer for want of comforts
bic shelter.
The present time is pretty late to COM
mence a reform this winter, but every
man should make up his mind now to
prepare tor the iuturc.i sOne element Of
the wealth of this country must b
stock-raising, and the speedier steps arc
taken for the thorough care and culture
of stock the more advantages GUS it will
be.
The farmers can spend the winter ev-
enings proftably by inditing a series Of
articles for The JoURsAL-upon this and
kindred subjects. The agricultural So
ciety may well offer first, second and
third premiums upon different classes Of
stock shelter, at the fair, the coming fall.
A joint committee to investigate the
charges of corruption and bribery used
in the Senatorial elections of 1867 and
1861, met at the State Capitol on Satur-
day and organized, by electing Senator
J. d. Snoddy as chairman. The COM
mittcc appointed is as follows: Scnar
tors James d. Snoddy, +. s. Slower.
Henry G. Whitney; Representatives W.
II. Clarke, J. Boynton. J. J. Wood, G..
W. Clark, ID. II. johnson.
III committee ordered subp9nas to
be issued for the following persons, who
were to be present 1t the first session,
which was to meet ON Tuesday last At
Z o'clock 4. NJ: !. s. kallock, Sidney
Clarke, F. P. Baker, Jos. l.. Specr, n.
Cree, W. Shannon, Jr., b. F. Simpson,
Tom Osborn, James F. Legate, J. l..
Mcdowell, n. l.. Prentis, J. B. Davis,
W. G. Southcr, $. J. Crawford, Gov.
Carney, len Smith, 7. L. Bond, WINS.
Irwin, T. II. Walker, and others.
A special committee has been appoint
al for the Investigation of tho charges