The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-01-15
Carlyle, Allen Co., Kansas.
HERD LAW.

HERD LAW.
EDITOR REGISTER Il notice in last
weeks issue of The REGISTER an article
on herd law by one "B" in answer to my
article of the previous week, and he states
that Bro. Cook says "the passage of a
herd law would discourage stock raising
and gives as one reason that it will be
almost impossible to drive stock to water
because there will be no fences; and also
that almost all of the grazing land lies
where there is no stock water" And
then Mr.. B. says, 81 assert without fear
of successful contradiction that there are
not two dozen quarter sections in Allen
county where there can't be madea pond
that will afford an ample supply of water
for all of the stock quarter section will
carry" And he says man with team,
boy, pillow and scraper can make said
pond in from two to four days. In reply
to the above question 1 will say am
surprised to think there is a man in
Allen county that would make such an
assertion. Why, only think oft; there
are about 1904 quarter sections in Allen
county, and Mr.. "B" asserts that there
can be a pond made as above stated on
IS out of every Sc quarter sections.
Mr.. "B" says, "Bro. Cooks illustra-
ton and figures are not to tie point at
all, as there are but few men in the
county who are able to buy and fatten
the steers and they always manage to get
the corn at 20 cents and the steers at
$50 each so that the farmers get no more
for his corn than he admits he would get
if we had a herd law" I will ask Mr..
"B" who breeds those herds of steers
that he says the farmer receives no profit
from? Are they not bred by farmers,
and if they choose to feed them do not
they receive the profits, and if they sell
them do not they do it from choice?
Now will give you statistics to show
that the position 1 occupy is correct.
According to the annual report of the
State Board of Agriculture for 1873 (page
1887 Neosho county had Ii, 465 head Of
cattle and in the same year Allen county
had only 1925 head, (page 1887. And
in 1874, Neosho county had only 1901
head and Allen county had 1865. Ag-
ricultural Report, 1874, (page 227).
In 1872 Cowley county had $500
head of cattle. Agricultural Report of
1872 (page 1S). At the same time Wood
son county had only 1850 head. In
1873 Cowley county had 1890 and
Woodson county had 8,l93. Report of
1873, (page 1897. In 1874 Cowley coun-
ty had 1907 and Woodson county,
$3.50. Report of 1874 (page 227).
Now sir, the advocates of herd law
tell us that it will not decrease the num-
Der of cattle in a county if we should
pass it, and also that those counties that
have passed said law have larger emf.
grafton than those that have no such law
and according to their theory the cattle
ought to increase in number according
to the emigration. Now let US compare
the above statistics. In 1873 Neosho
county had Il, 465 head of cattle and
Allen county 1925 and in 1874 Neosho
had 1901 and Allen county 1865.
Showing an increase in Allen county of
about 25 per cent. While Neosho coun-
ty has decreased over so per cent. In
1873 the cattle in Neosho county were
worth $314,765 and in Allen county
1926, 225. and according to the report of
the Auditor of State for 1874 (page 79)
the valuation of person al property in
Neosho county was 1920, 1910 and in
Allen county $349,344.0O. Now you
can see that Neosho county's loss in cat
tie in two years amounts to nearly as
much as all of her personal property is
worth in 1874. I'm 1872 the cattle in
Cowley county was valued at $40, $50
and in 1874 at s246,17S, being loss of
$685., POI in three years on cattle and in
1874 the valuation of all their personal
property was only s39S, $3.50 which is
not as much by $780, as they lost on
cattle in three years. BY referring to
Woodson county you can see that the
cattle have been on the increase for the
last three years.
Now l will. leave the subject for the
present by saying to the advocates of
the herd law, come down with the figures
and facts in the case, and do not dodge
around and talk about this or that theo-
ry; but let US come to the point, and
that is, does the herd law discourage the
raising of cattle. 2. Cook.
According to the Oswego Independant
a doctor in Labette county practices
economy as we'll As medicine. He writes
his own labels in bold, legible hand, as
follows: "Pairgorick," "suphate queen
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