Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-09
STOCK soUIBs.
Points and Items About Kansas stock

sides bull, Grand Airdried was weighed
recently, and tipped the beam at 2,5Oo
lbs.
Manhattan Republic. In this vicinity
all the best breeds of horses are repre-
sented with the choicest of animals.
Several of these horses cost over $4,000
each.
Quite a large amount of stock has been
suffering in Garrison, Riley county, from
the bites of copperhead snakes. There
seems to be a colony of them in that
vicinity.
Cottonwood Falls Leader: J. B. Blu
chanan has a Jersey Red SOW only
twenty-one months old that has had
three filters Of pigs. The first consisted
Of eight, the second nine and last week
she had seventeen.
Independence Tribune: J. NJ. AItafer
reports the "screw worm" at work in
wounds on his hogs, and he advises
farmers to look at their stock. CalOmel
or a solution of carbolic acid were the
remedies used two years ago.
Salina Journal. The thoroughbred
Poland China SOW "Giit Edge" raised by
7. R. Divilbiss, died recently from over
heat, while being brought to the fair.
She was considered one of the finest
pure-bred sows in the county.
Manhattan Mercury: Men who have
lived in Kansas for twenty-five years,
say that the prairies have never before
been as green at this season of the year
as they are now. Stock can easily pick
a living, and almost refuse any other
feed.
Eureka Republican: 1t seems that cat
IL L Il
county. Recently two young men drove
a large fat COW to town and sold her to
Henry CUtmeyer for a price less than her
actual value, and then left for parts IN
known. Next day Addison and Varnell
discovered they were short one COW, and
after some investigation, discovered that
she had been stolen and disposed Of as
above described. a warrant was at once
issued for the arrest of the parties.
Dodge City Coagboy; There are only
about 5000 head of cattle for sale in the
Dodge City market and they will soon be
disposed of. Prices are sitter now than
they were during the height, Of the
driving season. Ten thousand head of
steers, ones and twOs, could readily be
sold in this market at this time at one
dollar more per head than was paid for
the same two months ago. Everything
considered, the cattle market has been
fair in Dodge City this season.
FL Dorado Times: The so-caIled veter-
inarians who hang about the various
stock yards of large cities are constantly
reporting that cattle received from the
western ranges are afflicted with pleuro-
pneumonia. There is probably not a
case in the whole West. These veteri-
narians are generally. humbugs, and
know little about the diseases of animals.
Whatever diseases may be among west
ern herds, Pleuro-Pneumonia is certainly
not one of them.
Fort Scott Monitor: Mr.. J. S. Fullen-
wider, q member of the United States
Bureau of Animal Industry, was In this
city recently, on his return from Rock
vile, Bates county, where he went to in
vestigate what was reported to be pleurO-
pneumonia among the cattle in that To-
cality. He stated to a reporter that he
visited Rockville and made a thorough
examination in the case reported by DR..
Cooper, of that place, and that they
are both satisfied that the disease
there Is nothing more nor less than
Texas fever.
Manhattan Mercury: James W. Mitch
ell, Of Blue Bottom, has a prolific COW,
and she has no mark of "high-bred" or
even grade" to give her the remarkable
position she maintains. Her average
milk is three gallons per day, which pro-
duces eight pounds of butter per week,
with the average time Of sixty to eighty
seconds to each churning. While the
HOlsteins and Jerseys may present re-
cords which stOckmen deem of import
ance, yet this ordinary every day come
time COW, without a
tinge Of royalty, Will cause them to look
to their laurels.
Oskaloosa Independent: A fatal disease
seems to be prevailing among cattle, and
mich COWS In this region of
Kansas. j. w. Roberts has lost two val
liable COWS, worth $3.50. A pOst-mOrtem
examination of the last one revealed a
strange complication of diseased organs.
The lungs were twice their natural size
and encased in q coat of milk cOlOred
membrane. They presented the appear
ance of a sack filed with air. The liver
was encased in a thick, white membrane
tinged with yellow, and compressed into
nearly heart shape. 1t required some
force upon the knife to cause it to enter
the membrane, and when it did the liv-
er was found 10 be In q sort of mushy
condition, condensed together and some
what disOrganized, yet not exactly IN
decayed condition, though tending that
way The third stomnch was filed to
its utmost capacity with undigested corn
and grass, sufficiently masticated, but
hard and sour. This latter condition
was doubtless caused by the liver falling
to perform its functions and furnish bile
for the aid of digestion. The books fail
to furnish a description of the disease.
In the case of both these COWS, the first
symptoms were some lassitude accom-
panied or Immediately followed by
swelling In the pasteTn joint Of the right