Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-09-11
STOCK sOUIBs
Items OfAn Kinds About Kansas stock.

Manhattan Republic: J. W. Kitleman
! & Son this week received an order from
Arizona for some thoroughbred hogs
| The order calls for 80 head of Berkshires,
10 head Of POlands, 10 head of Essex
! The gentlemen will have some difficulty,
we think, in filing the order, so short
have our breeders sold. This item illus
trates the prominence of Manhattan as
a headquarters for fine stock.
Council Grove Republican,. Frank Bak-
er had a fine GOld-dust colt killed bv
| lightning last week. The lightning
struck the fence some distance away, fol-
! lowed along the wire and passed off to
! the colt. Every wire fence should have
ground wires every fifteen or twenty
rods leading down a post and sunk down
into moist earth as lightning protectors
| to prevent such accidents. They can be
made Of fence wire.
Mcpherson Freeman: David Ansel
! came to this country in 1880. He paid
two dollars for two pigs. Mrs. Ansel took
| one Of the pigs to see what she could
make from 1t. The proceeds of that pig
| she has kept separate from all other farm
| products. She has now as a result 5000,
/ in cash, eighteen head of cattle, eleven
| head Of hogs, and has lost one valuable
steer by accident. This is reliable, and
challenges comparison.
Dodge City Coa0bou: A gentleman
called to tell us he heard reports in Col
OradO and New Mexico that Texas fever
was carrying off herds of cattle on the
ranges around Dodge City, and wanted
US to deny it. If we denied every foolish
story we heard, we should have all we
| could do. We have time and again
stated that cattle never were in better
] condition NWn hovTo ~ hoor1 Of civ,
gle case OfTexas fever within a hundred
miles Of Dodge City.
Emporia Neags: We are informed that
! Mr.. Arthur Milliken has lost twenty
! head Of cattle of Texas fever. 1t will be
remembered that few weeks ago he
! brought from Ohio about 100 head of
! blOOded cattle and brought themtO Lyon
| county to fatten and winter. One-fifth
! Of these are dead. 1t is supposed the
! cattle caught the disease in transpOrta-
/ ton, as it often happens that the cars
are infected with the disease.
FL Dorado Republican,: Lake F. Jones,
| who shipped three cars of fine cattle
! here, from Ohio, 3 few weeks ago, lost
ten head from Texas fever, contracted at
/ Decatur, III. The disease has entirely
! disappeared, however, the remaining
| ones being all right. Mr.. Jones refused
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suffer the loss than to run any risks.
| Our people highly commend him for this
manly act and express the hope that he
may soon make up his losses, which
amount to over $4,000. He has some
very fine cattle.
Jewell City Republican: An accident
| befelI one of the fine mares of Don
| Brackets matched team a few days ago,
the details of which are distressing. Don
was away from home, and the little mare
! had been turned into a corral in which
/ there were both cattle and hogs. From
! appearances it is supposed that the mare
was so badly gcred by COW that the en-
trails were exposed; the hogs finished
/ the work, and actually ran across the
! yard with them while the poor thing
was still living. When he returned the
mare was not quite dead, and he was
! obliged to shoot her.
Caldwell Journal: It is not generally
| known, but is a fact, that the ShOrthOrn
herd of Capt @. W. Peters, Of Falls
] township, numbering about 40 head of
/ thoroughbred COWS and a lot of young
| stock, is the largest IN the county and
! second or third IN the State, and contains
as many fine specimens Of that famous
/ beef breed as any in the State This
/ herd, however, is not the Captains pride,
/ but the Angus herd, headed by an ami
nal of superior individual merit, is his
special pride; and it is In every way wor-
/ thy Of it, if appearances 60 for anything.
Alma Nelrs. Mr.. A. T. Grim, a cattle
man in Western Kansas, cured what he
| believes to be Texas fever in cattle by
| giving those that are were sick One-half
| ounce Of the tincture of belladOnna and
/ one Quart of sorghum mOlasses thinned
with fresh milk. The cattle should be
! watched closely, and at the first symp-
/ toms a dose given, when from two to
/ three doses will be sufficient He has
/ thus far saved seven head. Linseed oil
or anything else that VIII act as a physic
would do as well as the molasses and
milk, which he gave for that purpose
Emporia Republican: Texas or Spanish
lever has broken out among the cattle in
! the south part Of Pike township, this
/ county. The cattle amongst which the
/ disease has appeared consists of 100 head
Of young stock, bought In IrumbuI
county; Ohio, and brought TO this place,
arriving on the 11th Of this month. They
were shipped on the Il. Y, P. & 0. r. r.
and were unloaded twice for feed and
water, once at Cincinnati, O., and again
at ChamOis, Mo. The chances are that
! the disease was contracted. on the cars
or in the yards where fed. Eighteen have
died up to this writing, and ten OF twelve
more show symptoms Of disease. They
are at the farm Of Jas. Aliilikeu, eight
miles southwest Of EmpOria, near Patty s
mill.