Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-23
STOCK sQUIBs.
Points and Items About Kansas Stock.

fOlnJ9 ana Items ABOUT hAu6dS SLOChs
Kansas Farmer: C. S. Eicholtz, Wich-
tia, Kas., sold at public. sale draft of
twenty-eight Short horns from the Oak
wood Herd, making an average of over
500 each. Six bulls averaged $12l.66
and twenty-five cows and heifers aver
aged 500.
Ellsworth Reporter: F. J. Conway Of
Ellsworth County has ten head of cattle,
the offspring from one COW, during the
short space of four years.
When looking at old Greene and her
family of youngsters, we could not but
think how essential for the welfare of
mankind is the bovine animals, and how
necessary to success is the proper care
and feeding of them. One reason of sue
cess as to his stock, he owns one of the
finest pastures in western Kansas, hav-
ing six miles of running water in the
Caldwell Journal: Several cases Of
Texas fever have appeared in this coun-
ty this season, and though it has caused
no excitement, and barely comment, the
chances are that the losses will amount
to considerable before frost comes and
checks the ravages of the disease.
Medicine Lodge Crescent: A severe
accident occurred to J. w. Anderson
while roping steer on the range Friday,
which resulted in badly fracturing one
of his hands. His thumb became en-
tangled in the lasso and almost severed
it from the hand. Will came in for surgi-
improving as well as could be expected,
although it has to be favored by carry
ing it in sling.
Junction City Union: Captain Hurst
of Ottawa county, has contracted with
farmers in Davis county to feed 1000
head of stock this Winter. 400 head are
already delivered, and $50 are expected
next week. C.,E. Murphy is feeding 500
head, and Dole & Murphy 800. The
Grant Bros, who are assisting Hurst in
locating his cattle, tell us that there will
be 5000 head of cattle fed in little Davis
this Winter.
creek which winds serpent-like through
the whole pasture, and is sheltered with
dense growth of timber.
Fredonia Citizen: A number of shoats
belonging to Mr.. Lauderbaugh, of Coy
vile, are quite versatile in their tastes
and accomplishments, being able to suck
COWS while the latter are either standing
or lying down, and are persistently
guilty of the habit, to the aggravati6n of
both the owners and the COWS. It is
said that the pigs present grotesque at
titude in extracting lacteal nOurishment,
being compelled to stand on their hind
legs to relieve the bovine udder.
Mr.. Potter, a farmer residing near
Wellington, last year bred 200 common
cows to two halfbred Galloway bulls,
from which he raised $50 calves. Three
tifths of the calves are black and horn
less. The remaining two-fifths are var
ious Shorthorn colors, except three,
which are black and white. This state
ment shows in marked degree the pre-
potent influence of thoroughbreds over
scrubs or nondescript animals, for the
reason that the sires in this case were of
mixed breeds-presumably Galloways
and Shorthorns.
AIanhatten Ind,lstriolist: The curious
way in which the proportion of the
sexes is maintained is illustrated this
year in the College herd of neat cattle.
Last year the number of COW calves was
greatly in excess of the bulls; but this
year the proportion of the sexes has been
completely reversed in most inexplica-
BILE way. For example, our daybook
shows that of thirteen calves dropped
since April LIST, just ten were bulls. With
the pigs of this season likewise, the
males seem to predominant greatly, al
though not so markedly as in the case of
the calves, A number of neighboring
stockmen report similar experience to
the above.