Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-19

weight, indicating that things IN some
way had got little mixed. The next
time the buyers offer the shippers big
thing just for the sake of making them
feel bad when the returns come in, we
hope they viii take them up and clinch
the bargain.
FL Dorado Republican: The wool grow
ers of Butler county will hold q cOnyen-
ton on June Dist for two purposes.
First, to consider the report of the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association and
more perfectly reorganize the sheep and
wool growers of Butler county that We
may assist and encourage our brother
wool growers of the National Associa-
ton in the noble work they have I'M
dertaken and so generously and faithful
ly Performed. Second, to consider the
cheapest and most effectual means of
eradicating the scrap from the herds of
this county and transact any other busi-
ness that may come before the. Associa-
ton.
Severy Journal: It has been proved
that it takes eighteen pounds Of good
hay per day to keep alive a steer weigh
ing 1000 pounds. A 1000 pound steer
will take thirty-six to keep him alive
and from shrinking, or in other words
to furnish heat and repair the waste of
tissue that is constantly occurring in the
animal economy. It will be seen here
that the longer an animal is kept the
larger the per cent, of its food which
goes to furnish merely the food of sup
port. It is also evident that the per
cent. diminishes as the days of existence
are lessened.
Osborne Farmer: J. M. Babcock last
week purchased the fine herd of of thor,
oughbred Poland-China hogs owned by
w. w. Bush, of Bull City. The herd
consisted of sixteen brood sows, headed
| by Black Douglass, the fine animal Mr..
Bush got from Illinois last season, and a
lot Of Spring pigs. Babcock's herd OF
thoroughbred now numbers SO head of
breeding animals, with something like
fifty head of young pigs already on deck,
and hosts of them yet to appear. 1t is
probably the largest herd in the State,
and we think numbers as many really
fine animals as can be found anywhere
in one collection. - We have in our
office an excellent specimen of blue
grass grown in the yard Of L. A. Weeks,
has stretched to a height Of over two
feet, and is well supplied with seed.
Dodge City Globe: The present outlook
for an increased crop over that of 1888
looks more promising. Reports from
various portions Of our range seem to be
voicing but one sentiment, that young
calves were never so numerous as they
appear to be at this season Of the year
The herds are fairly dotted over with
these risky little offspring, all of which
gladdens the heart Of the stock raiser
But there is no reason why the stock
men of this particular section should not
have an increase of calves over last year,
as they foresaw the error they had com
mitted the year preceding in not supply
ing their herds with sufficient number
of good male sires. This deficiency was
supplied and the result was just what it
ought to be, an increased calf crop for
1884. Many of our stock raisers who
find a shortage in their calf crop may
justly assign some good reason for it.
and the first and foremost is an INSULT
Gent number of good serviceable bulls
Our advice would be for our local breed
ers to look this matter up, see what
breeding stock you have on your range
and then see how many serviceable sires
you can count up, and should you be in
doubt as to whether you have enough
get few more and turn them loose with
your she stock and our word for it, you
will have to find some other cause for 8
shortage in a calf crop the year following
aside from the lack of bull.