Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-12
They weighed 1900 pounds and sold for

They weighed 1900 pounds and sold for
$500.
During a recent sale of Short-horns at
Manhattan the sales footed up about
So, 900. The highest price reached was
$l65, and the lowest $35. The average
was about $50.
Dodge City Globe: II. r. Gregg, of
Alameda, Lane county, Kansas, has pur-
chased fine bred jack imported direct
from Spain, from Leonard Bros, paying
$500 for the long-eared brute.
Abilene Gazette: A train load of stock
-thirty-one cars-was shipped from
Abilene one day recently, being the
largest shipment made from this point at
one time since the days of the Texas
cattle trade.
Oswego Independent: DR.. Littleton has
lost three head of cattle with hydrobho-
bia. A gentleman over in Cherokee has
also lost six head from the same cause,
and had several other animals bitten.
Kill the worthless ours.
I. H. Barnes, Manhattan, Kansas, sold
three thoroughbred Holstein COWS to go
to General J. S. Easement, gainesville,
Ohio. The good stock Of Kansas seems
to be in demand, but this shipment is a
little out of the usual order.
H. Ward, of Usage county, recently
purchased an Adelaide heifer from p
Marcy & Son, Wakarusa, paying $175. NJ.
HOughtOn, Burlingame, bought from the
same persons five COWS at $3.50 each.
Messrs. Andrew Olsen and Fred John
son each bought bull from same.
Kingman Citizen: George Craycraft
has met with bad luck so far with black
cattle. The COWS, with but one exception,
lost their calves. The cause is attributed
to change of feed and water and the
climate. Mr.. G. owns quite herd, and
they have all done well with this ex-
ception.
Emporia Republican: VIM. Grafen-
stein, a prominent farmer, living on Rock
Creek, about twelve miles from the city,
stated that he he had killed in the morn
ing a COW that was suffering the fortunes
Of hydrophObia, it having been bitten by
a mad dog three weeks ago. The dog and
another were also killed.
Peabody Gazette: DIN. Greene shear
ed few of his fine Merinos last week,
which yielded some very heavy f1eeces.
A tWo-year-old ram had 35 Tbs and an
other % TBS, yearling ram 223 TBS, and
II ewes from II to III Tbs. If there is
one whose rams will show better
record that that we would like to have
them speak out.
Ellsworth Neaos: DIR. G. A. Cogshell
attracted considerable attention on the
street Saturday with fine specimen of
bovine which young man was leading.
Upon inquiry we learned from the doc
tor that he had just received the animal
from England-a genuine Herford bull.
ing him to the Golden Belt Elevator, we
saw it weighed, and the scales tipped at
900-pretty good for sixteen-months-
old bull.
F. S. Frew, Churchill, Ottawa county
writes the Kansas Farmer: wish to
correct an error in your issue of May 81.
ports my three-year-old ram as shearing
q pounds, etc. My ram sheared %
pounds Of wool and his carcass weighed
20 pounds after being clipped. I find
no record with a larger proportion of
wool to weight of carcass. My thor
Oughbred rams clipped from 20 pounds
to 80 pounds, and the ewes from pounds
to 20 pounds.
During a recent severe storm in Jewell
county William and George Seamans
lost 23 head Of cattle and some pigs, val
ued in all at $400. The local paper says
the cattle had been fed almost exclusive
ly on millet, and were quite thin, (which
brings to mind the saying of one of our
most prominent cattlemen, to the effect
that it will not do to feed millet to either
cattle or horses. It thins the blood, he
claims, that they cannot well withstand
the winter storms"