The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-14
STOCK IN KANSAS.
Condition and Prices of Farm Animals.

From the January report of the
Department of Agriculture we clip
the following report of the condi-
ton of stock in the different coun-
ties of this State:
Rcpublic: Sheep have been moy-
ed farther west. Some talk of
bringing in sheep from Missouri.
Crawford: The epizooty has much
| reduced the prices of horses and
mules. DOniPhdR: The epizooty
rapidly extending over the county /:
few fatal cases, but u general stag
nation in moving farm produce.
The heavy crop and low price OF
corn Will give an impetns to the
stock interest. Although the price
OF beef and pork is low, farmers
generally find it more profitable to
convert as much OF their grain and
other crops as they eau into these
articles, as they are thus in a shape
10 be nearly always turned into
money, and require less labor and
expense in moving. The sheep in
terest in this county, now scarcely
worth mentioning, grows less every
ear. Jefferson: The large increase
of cattle is due to the bringing in
OF Texas cattle by farmers generally,
to consume the large surplus corn
crop. All stock low in price on &C.
count of the extreme scarcity OF
money. CentrGlia: About two
per cent of yearlings and one per
cent. of two year Odds have been
lost by black-leg. All kinds of
stock were taken off the ranges fat
last fall, have been we'll cared for
and look remarkably well. Chero-
Eee: The horse-disease has been
very general, but mild; few reme-
dies used, except good treatment.
Farmers in the county are dispos-
ing of their Texas cattle and raising
more domestic breeds. The aver
age grade has improved in quality
% per cent. within the last two
years. LincOlH: A few droves of
Texas cattle are being wintered
here, and for that reason the num-
Der of oxen and other cattle has fall
len of since January, 1871. The
number of mich cows is steadily
on the increase. Sheep have also
been brought in plentifuliy, and the
probability is that within the next
six months they will double in num-
Der, since a number of sheep men
from Iowa are coming with their
droEes in the spring. .SWBlneF., The
low price of cattle is attributable to
the fact that much of our stock is
Texan. Hogs are worth . to { cents
per pound; work oxen $40 to $50
per yoke. Dickinson: The epizoo-
ty, in a mild form, is general: very
few deaths. Marion. a great MANY
Texas ponies in the county make
the average price of horses quite
low. A Sreat step has been taken
to improve the cattle in the county
there have been brought in, by two
parties, sixty or seventy fine short
bora bulls, some of them splendid
animals, valued at $1,000 each.
Usage: The mules aud sheep in this
county are too few to enumerate.
Horses and cattle all lower in price |
than last year. Norris Stock of
all kinds little lower in price than |
one year ago. AtchisoR:: Horses
have declined in price since the cpl
Zooty broke out. Cattle declined |
in the fall on account of the Texas |
fever; but that having abated, the |
demand and price are now increas-
ing. Ldbette:: We have q better
stock OF horses in the county than a |
year ago. The old scrub ponies are |
disappearing, and improved breeds |
are being brought in to fill their |
places. On account of the epizooty |
reaching our county, the price has
fallen 20 per cent. within the last /
two months. The increase in cattle
has been nearly one-third greater
than last year, principally in cattle
driven Ia from Texas since cold /
weather set in. The cattle in this
were freer from disease the
past season than ever known before
did not hear of a single case of Tex
as fever, or any other fatal disease.
This is owing to the fact that the
legislature OF this State, last win
er, passed q law which forbids ali
Kinds of domestic animals TO run at