Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-09
FROM KANSAS CITY.


The heavy rains of yesterday, coming
on the heels almost of week of rair,
has made even the billy streets of Kan
sas City most disagreeable, while it is
almost impossible to get around in the
vicinity of the stock yards, and the park
where the fat stock show is being held.
For the past ten days the cattle pens
have been crowded to their full capacity
almost daily, and the continued rains
have left them in a horrible condition.
In many pens have noticed if the cat
tie were to lie down, they would be in
slush foot deep.
The bulk of the cattle coming here is
made up of light cattle from western
ranches, and they are generally only
moderately fatted. However they are
the tailings of the seasons crop and
weigh from 800 TO ! 900 pounds, and sell
at from 8 TO 1 cents per pound, with tie
bulk at from to 81. The Comancbe
Pool had l 900 head here Thursday and
Friday and thes: brought an average of
$40 per leo. Light cattle are used bv
Gamers only. and the demand from this
source has been fully supplied which
has caused a slight decline. while the
demand for stockers and feeders is good
ut satisfactory prices. Good shipping
cattle, well fatted bring fancy prices.
The break in the cattle market that
was predicted earlier i'm the season. is
now seldom heard of, and is an impos-
sibility iOr this season. as the run of the
grass cattle is about over and the prices
have been well maintained the season
through.
Farmers are here for the double pur-
pose of getting stockers or feeding cat
tie and attending the fat stock show.
The demand for stockers seems to be
best as great deal OF corn in Kansas
and Missouri is light, while the crop of
hay and fodder is abundant.
The fat stock show is in full blast and
ranchmen seem to take a great interest
init, and | notice many veterans from
the plains here. Some are buying of the
POlled cattle now on sale while others
have stock on exhibition and are here
to see the strains of cattle that will
pack on the fat SO desirably for fancy
markets.
Towers 4 Gudgil, OF West Las Ami
mas, Colorado. took the first premium
OF 500, and w. e. Campbell, of Cald-
well, Kansas, second premium for the
best car lot of fifteen cattle off of grass.
3 years Old and over. Towers 81 Guduiu
also took the special premium of 500.
offered 10y Hammerslough for the best
carload of cattle.
W. E. Campbell, of Caldwell. was
awarded first and second premiums of
500 and $50 for best carload of twos
and under three. The premium of SIOO
for the best yearling steer or spayed
heifer, in an entry of 81 was awarded
to Hereford steer and second prem
ium to a Durham.
To loOker-On il was hard TO select
the best from so many well fatted ami
mails, representing all the beef-growing
cattle, from the half-breed of Kansas
and Colorado to the Thoroughbred. Poll
ell, Galloway, Durham, Hereford and
llolenstein. No less than go animals
were on exhibition, from the calf of six
months old to steers weighing 1870
pounds. Fourteen ShOrthorn grades
were exhibited that were raised and fed
in Clinton county, Missouri, 8 and l.
year-old, that weighed an average of
2,37O pounds.
But while the heavier cattle seemed
to come from the Shorthorns, the iMdi-
vidual animals that took the bulk OF the
premiums were Herefords, or the
mules.
Sheep, hogs and poultry are equally
represented with cattle, breeders of
their particular fancy each vieing for
the supremacy, as blue ribbon is con-
sidered great Recommendation for fu-
ture reference, at least.
Kansas had fine display Of cattle.
sheep and particularly hogs.
Prizes amounting to Sg7. so for poultry
were carried of by lad Il years old.
from Indiana, which is evidence that
the show was patronizcd by breeders of
fine stock generally.
There were cattle on exhibition from
Scotland and Canada, while our honls
breeders from Illinois, Iowa. Missouri.
Kansas aud Colorado are here by the
dozen. The show has been all that the
most sanguine had hoped for, and it is
recorded as one of the annual attrac-
tions FOR stock men to visit Kansas CITY
and exhibit the result Of their skill. in
dustry and fancy.
The next attraction here, and one in
which western men are ut this time
much excited over is the sale of Polled
and Galloway cattle, which from day
to day has attracted large crowds, and
the bidding for the more fancy animals
vas at times spirited and exciting. The
most successful sale OF the week, so far.
is an importation of PoIled Aberdeen
Angus cattle By Gudgell x Simpson. of
Independence, Mo. Twenfy-seven bulls
sJld foran ave = - Of SlE0 while Is COWS