Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29
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Points and Items About Kansas stock
A calf should be allowed one-third Of
the cows milk.
Ford county sends a stock grower to
the Legislature.
Blooded bulls have a boom. everybody
wants to improve their herds.
Oberlin Herald: The cattle at Bill
| Reeds ranch, in Thomas county are dy-
| ing with blackleg. He lost seven head
/ last week.
Usage Co. Chronicle: Mr.. L. q. Cole
man received two car loads Of horses
from Texas last Monday, all very line
animals. He has taken them to his
farm.
Kansas Farmer: w. D. Warren & Co,
Maple Hill, have just sold the imported
Red POlIed bull, Smart, and three thor
OHgh bred heifer5 OF the same breed to L.
M. Douglas, Manhattan, Kansas.
Paola Republican, The three Oyster
Brothers brought down from Kansas
City over two hundred head Of cattle, for
which they paid over So 900. They will
feed them on their faIms in this county.
Kansas Farmer: Johnson G Williams,
of Silver Lake, have established q splen-
did herd of thirty breeding ShOrt-hOrns,
which is now headed by a fashlOnably
bred Rose of Sharon bull, one Of the
'plums" Of the Interstate sale.
Emporia Republican: L. Severy re-
turned yesterday from Colorado, where
he purchased fOrty-One car loads of
native cattle-880 head-frOm three to
four years old. They are a fine lot of
native feeders, and will be held by him
80 f,- Tr,e -
Kingman Courier: Last week two fine
COWS belonging to Geo. Cubitt were turn
ed into lot containing pile Ofdry straw
and chat They ate freely and in a short
time were noticed tossing themselves
around as if wild with agony. They
! lived but a short lime. The loss is con-
/ siderable Good COWS are very valuable
/ property here just now, butter bringing
| as high as forty cents pound.
Oberlin Herald: R. c. Neeper, three
miles west of town, is building a sheep
corral that, when completed, will en-
| close an acre of ground He is laying a
/ two and half foot wall of sod six feet
| high, and intends to roof the north wall.
/ Mr.. Neeper has about a thousand sheep
in charge that are in fine condition and
! he proposes to have them come out in
the Spring looking as well as they do
now.
Land Enterprise: The Clinton Cattle
company, which consisted of parties liV-
ing in Missouri, has disbanded. Its cat
tie were held on the range of John W.
Jones, about forty miles south of Dodge
! City. Mr. Jones was the manager. The
cattle were brought from Mo-, last year
and most of them were yearlings. About
forty per cent died during the Winter,
and the calf crop this year was next to
nothing. The owners got discouraged
and concluded to throw up the sponge
The cattle numbering about three hun
dred head, were brought to Dodge City
and shipped to Missouri this week.
Clay Center Times: So far as heard
from, a. p. Lawrence reports the largest
gain for a given length of time for any
animal Of the cattle tribe. The animal
thoroughbred ShOTt-hOrn bull. one
year old, we believe, was weighed on
John JOhnstOn's scales, and tipped the
beam at /, 100 pounds. Thirty-nine days
after, after having been f~d on dry feed
only, he weighed exactly 800 pounds,
gain Of 30 pounds in one month and
nine days. Nearly 81 pounds gain per
day on an average. We are informed
that this is one of the most remarkable
gains on record, and it can be relied on
as absolutely correct.
Following is a list of stock sold at the
Clay Center cattle carnival which was
held there recently. Duke Of Smother
land, A. Borden, sos; George Evans, P.
Nuss, S45; Rivoli Duke, John Black wood,
500; Lizzie Portman, John Stanley Sl95;
Duke of Hanging Fork, R. Smith, 500;
Daisy Burgess, S. A. Milligan, $I6O; Daisv
Flood, DR.. Black wood. $95; Susan 4th, J
n. Carpenter $l55; Perry Clay, J. w.
Carpenter. $75; Jumbo, l.. A. Stewart, ]
$50; Belle ODER, DR.. BlackwCod, $50; Bell
Campbell, VIM. Elsie, 500; LenO 10th,
L. w. Harcum, $lS5; LenO G., A. Cope
land, 500; Leno Bell 4th, Eli Marsh, I
S155; Louan's Duke, George Hammond,
$50; MuscatOOn, G. Porter, $50; LOuan %, I
of w. City, DR.. BlackwO1d, sos; LOuan
4th, NJ. Lathrop, $40; Lady Litton. Jas
Stanley, SIPS; Valentine, Ill. Q. Miller,
S65; Miss Louan Muscatoon, Henry Av-
cry, Sl65; Master Price Sd, H. w. Brad
ley, $3.50; Henrietta Champion, S. s.
Smith, $40. The twenty-four animals
sold there averaged a trihe over $IIO per /
head.