Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-08-21
STOCK sQUIBs
Items of All Kinds About Kansas Stock.

Items of All Kinds About Kansas Stock.
Lawrence Journal: In addition to the
other premiums the Fair Association
now offers special premium Of $50 for
the best riding horse, ridden by the
owner. Five dollars entrance fee will
be required. A number of Lawrence
horsemen have signifed their intention
of entering, and lively competition may
be expected.
Wyandotte Herald: Horse thieves are
again plying their profession in this To-
cality, and quite number of horses and
mules have been stolen during the past
few days. They will no doubt continue
their nefarious calling until some Of them
get load of buckshot, or wind up in
the pen.
Manhattan Mercury: Geo. w. Harrop
has purchased fine Holstein bull calf
of J. w. Stillwell & Co., of Troy, Ohio.
The dam was the imported COW Fidelia
Raj, No. sos, H. H. B., and as a two
year old gave 400 pounds of milk in ten
days. The calf was sired by the District
bofull Schermerhorn.
A big graded stock sale was made re-
Gently near Emporia, Lyon county. 1t
consisted of one hundred and twenty
eight head Of cattle, forty-four
two-year old steers, nine two
year old heifers, nine one-year old heif-
ers, Twenty-Five cows with calves by
their sides, two one-year old Galloway
bulls, twelve steer calves.
Lawrence Journal: Alice Almont,
three year-old, won the three-year-old
race, recently, at Ottawa, ILL.,, in a field
of nine entries. She was second at La
Sale, her first race after long shipment,
and last week beat her victor in three
straight heats. La Sale was her first de
feat, she winning all her races in her two
year. old form. She was raised here and
sired by E. A. Smiths Almont Pilot, dam
by Erie.
Atchison Patriot: A case of CHAMBERS
has been discovered in this city. The
animal has been quarantined and every
thing will be done to prevent a further
spread of the disease. While on this SUBJ
ject we may add that in 1873 DIR. w. L.
Challiss shot twenty-seven head of fine
Kentucky bred mares and colts, among
whom the terrible disease had broken
out. Our citizens almost universally ap-
prove the action of the health officer
A large number of them have good hors-
es, and they do not want to take any
risk.
Garden City Cultiyatar: "a COW for ev-
cry acre." is the idea for Finney Co., and
with the alfalfa the thing can be done.
A COW for every four acres is the highest
point reached in the best dairy districts
of the West. But our irrigated lands,
once well set in alfalfa, will leave them
far behind. A good COW should, and
will, give ten quarts of milk a day for
800 days in every year. and 5000 quarts,
equal to 5000 pounds, would yield at
two and half cents per quart. SIS per
COW. There is an unlimited demand for
good butter, but no demand at at all for
poor. All Colorado is wanting good but
ter, and ready to pay good price for it.
Alfalfa pastures and alfalfa hay make the
choicest butter in the world. And we
have great advantage over all other
dairy districts in the fact that the calves
will be worth in ready cash more money
than the milk required to raise them.
There is hard work and close attention
required in the dairy business, but it is
sure pay and every district in the United
States is rich.
Garden City Cuttivator:: D. L. Hoadley
is Lawrence land agent and like all
land agents is of the most unimpeach-
able veracity. We visited his nice place
a few evenings since and found him en-
gagged in milking his fine Jersey cows, of
which he has herd of about dozen,
headed by the thoroughbred Jersey bull
LIE Brock, one of the largest and finest
we have ever seen. The COWS are also
large of their age, and one of them, a
two-year-old, appropriately named Daisy,
is the most "previous" young COW we
have ever seen. MIR. Hoadley was milk
ing her when we called, and stated that
he commenced milking her about the
first of June, 1883, when she was but a
little over year old, and MIXED her
regularly up to the 30th of December,
1888, when she dropped her first calf, a
fine bull, which was shown us. In
other words, that young heifer gave
about one gallon of milk at a milking,
twice day, for seven months before she
had her first calf! MIR. Hoadley states
that when he first noticed that the heif-
er's bag was swelled he thought she had
been snake-bitten, and commenced bath
ing it with arnica, but soon found out
that it was only milk, and after milking
on the ground for some days he tested
the milk, found it good natural milk, and
from that time on, or for more than six
months, MIXED her as regularly as any
other COW till the yery day she drOpped
her calf, which was December 3Oth. II
any man can produce more previous"
COW than that we would like to see her.
Things In Good Shape.
New York Sun.
First Farmer-How's your corn crop
looking?
Second Farmer-Beautiful, never bet
ter.
First Farmer-Hay promising well?
Second Farmer-Biggest crop I have
had for years.
First Farmer-Stock fourishing?