Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-18


New York, last week, three car loads
OF fine Shorthom bulls for his ranch
near Iuka, Pratt county, Kansas
Kansas City Live Stock Record.
j. s. Hawes, of Colony, Anderson
county the veteran Hereford man in the
west, has lately added to his already
magnificent herd, 35 head of thorough
breds, shipped out from Indiana. He
has been shipping stock to that state
in considerable numbers this season.
Stockmen should not forget the sale
by the Jackson county, Missouri, Short
horn breeders, to occur at Kansas City
next week, May, q, 2i and 25. This
will be the last opportunity this season
to get bargains, and ranchman should
take advantage of it.
On Monday, the 30 ult., was made the
first payment on the grass leases, re
Gently made by the Cheyennes and Ar
apahoes. The payment amounting to
$500, was made by VIM. E. Malaley in
behalf Of the leases, and was uniyer-
sally accepted by the Indians in council.
who, after receipting for the same, re-
quested that it be placed to their credit
at the Emporia National bank, as they
wish the lease money to accumulate in a
larger sum before makingya division
among themselves.-Cheyenne Trans
porter.
A British veterinary surgeon and
breeder of Polled Angus cattle has this
among other things to say of the breed:
There is another and most valuable ad-
vantage these cattle possess-namely
their remarkable freedom from tuber-
cuiar. disease, a disease that has caused
great loss and made sad havoc in manv
herd, and disease the Importance of
which, in medical point of view (yiz..
communicability to man, ,)is now attract
ing much attention. OF course / cannot
assert that it has ever been known or
seen In this breed of cattle; but this I
can say, that although have had spec
iai opportunities for research, and have
examined great numbers of cattle. both
alive and post morted, have never vet
seen a trace of it in this breed.
p. A. Smith, of Johnson's ranch on
the South Canadian, in the Indian Ter
ritory, informs the Caldwell CONNER
cial that the demand for Indian ponies
Is greatly in excess of the supply. Po-
MES that could be purchased last year
Tor SO to $50 each cannot be bought
this year for less than $50 to $40. Ono
cause for this the Indians have learned
the value of their stock, and as they have
more or less ready cash on hand, they
are not willing to sell unless they can
get their price. Several parties have
been through the Washita country late
iy endeavoring to buy ponies, but so far
have been unable to gather only a small
number.
Parties from Tacose, Texas, inform
us that that the spring roundup for that
section has been postponed till the first
day of June. The cause for this in the
extreme drouth and scracity of grass in
that section.
The Dominion Cattle Company had at
the stock yards last Friday ,one hundred
and seventy-five head of bulls. consist
ing of Herefords, Shorthorns and ten
head of Polled Angus, one of which
cost the company 1000. This is one of
the largest shipments of bulls of any
one cattle firm ever made to this place.
and cost the company upwards of $2O.-
600.
Thorough droves viii soon begin to
come to this place, as most of the
through herds are all on the trail and
enroute for the northern markets. The
season south of US is nearly three weeks
later than last year, which will bring
cattle to this place later in the summer.
yet grass is considerable better here at
this time of the year than it has been
Tor several years past, they will make
greater progress when they strike this
country where grass is more plentiful
ana water abundant.
Fred Taintor one of out most progress
i've stockmen, had a fine lot of blooded
Hereford bulls at the yards during the
past week, which he bought Of the we'll
known breeders Seabry & Sample, of
Lafayette, Ind, and a few Of which he
purchased from DR.. o. Bush, of Shell
don, Ills., all Hereford stock and none
less than half-bred and from that up to
the high pedigreed stock. The three
thoroughbred Herefords are very fine
animals, in fact as fine as ever we look
ed at. He took them to his range on
the Cimarron and Crooked Creek whore
ne placed them with 5000 head Of she
cattle.