Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-02-14
STOCK sOUBS.
Points and Items About Kansas Stock.


There are 5000 sheep in Avon town
ship, COffey county.
A feeder in Jewell county has ascer-
tanned by weighing twO-year-old steer
that he gained 115 pounds in just one
month.
In three years man in Ness county,
who started with nothing, has accumu-
lated 13C head Of COWS and seventeen
horses.
Onaga Journal: Robert Taylor shipped
eight cars of cattle to Kansas City Mon
day, from Clark's feed lot. They aver
aged 1,230.
Sterling Gazette: Dick Woonacott sold
eight head of three-year old steers last
week, the average weight Of each being
!, 410 pounds.
Humboldt Union: Last Sunday morn
ing Mr.. Barrickman and others shipped
to st. Louis over the Mo. Pacific road.
$22, 800 worth of cattle.
Fit. Scott Monitor: Hargrave & Hamilton
shipped two car loads of cattle yesterday
which averaged 400 pounds each. They
purchased them from Mr.. J. P. Rousey;
OF Memphis.
Sterling Gazette: w. @. Elliott shipped
to Kansas City last week thirty head of
three-year old corn fed Durham grade)
steers, the average weight Of each being
1924 pounds.
Hanover Democrat: Bond, Guldin &
Evans, of the Spring Garden Mills, sold
Monday, to a party from Sabetha, $50
head of fat cattle. This is one of the
largest sales made for some time.
Miltonvale Neaps:: T. G. Bond shipped
six car loads of cattle and one of hogs
from this place last Monday morning.
Five car loads of the cattle were his own
and were very fine specimens. They
were shipped on an extra train.
Pleasanton Observer: G. T. Kenison OF
Prescott arrived home from Illinois last
Saturday night with some valuable addi-
tions to his herd of fine horses. He now
has ten of the finest stations and mares
in Eastern Kansas. He values his herd
at $4,000.
ColU6oy: Messrs. Borton and Bill are
about to purchase thoroughbred Here
ford bull, which will be used for the ex-
elusive service Of about twenty-five OF
the best COWS in their herd. The Here
ford blood is taking the lead in Texas.
CoDboy: Alex McCloud, on the Pawnee
has lost recently Ov er dozen head OF
calves, from a disease of the mouth. The
underjaw is said to rot away. Seventeen
calves in the herd of Capt. John Glas-
pie have also died recently, whether
from the same disease or not, we are not
informed.
Usage City Free Press JohudUIlery, Of
10 creek, three miles south of Carbon.
dale, shipped carload of steers to Kan
sas City week before last which averaged
in weight 1901 pounds, and sold for $6.3l
per CWt., which is, according to the <
C.. indicator the highest price paid in
long time. He will ship another car
load in about week.
Winfield Courier: Mr.. S. Nawman, O
Pleasant Valley township, marketed las
Friday thirteen hogs, the gross weigh
8 being $3.50 pounds, or an average of 54(
pounds each, three of the same lot aver
the purchaser, at $3.50 per cwt., beingth,
highest price paid this season. Thes
thirteen hogs Melted Mr.. NaWman 1920.
50, being $24 IS per head.
Lincoln Center Register: N. S. Bryan
showed us his premium Clydesdale Fri
day evening. He is seven years old, tel
, AduOS G41IOO AnCnOS nASAf ouQ W01SlAS q
present l ,775 pounds. He is well bull
and has good action, and is one of thetin
est bred horses in the United States. Hi
sire is the finest horse In all Europe AM
: draws royalty of $4,000 from the Ell
glish government, annually. It viii pa
' q lover of good horses to look the ami
: NAL over.
! CoaDbOy: The cattle in this neighbol
: hood (Ness county, viii go through tn
! winter in better condition than many al
! ticipated early In the season. There haV
been no losses thus far from rigoroU
weather or lack of feed on the rang
It The grass is unusually poor, but sti