Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-26
STOCK soUIBs
POints and Items Ab0ut Kansas STOOD.


decided to hold Farmers Institute.
Considerable alarm is exhibited in the
neigh borhood of Wichita over the report
that number Of animals were affected
with CHAMBERS.
Wa-Keeney World; A 363 pound fleece
OF wool Is what Z. G. Ross, of the Down
er region, reports as being sheared from
one Of his sheep.
State Veterinarian Holcombe has been
investing the stock which had been Bit
ten by mad dogs in the vicinity of En-
porla. One farmer reports the loss of six
COWS.
Cowley county has 1851 head of
horses and mules; 32,905 head of cattle;
5000 head of sheep; 20, 500 head of hogs
and wool clip in the last year of, at Is
cents per pound, $45, 1853.
Fredonia Citizen: Mr.. Dart, living one
half mile north of town, claims to have
the two. oldest horses in the county, if
not in the State. One is a horse thirty
six years of age and the other is mare
thirty years of age.
Wamego Reporter: Sam Jones, of La
Clede, recently sold Is head of yearling
calves for $708.30, or an average of 1925
head. They had been corn fed and
were sold for beef If anyone can beat
that, let him show up.
Minneapolis Messenger: J. w. Nc
Laren, near Sumnerville, this county,
purchased four thoroughbred Poland
China pigs from Miller Bros celebrated
herd of Junction City, Kans. All are re-
corded in the Ohio Record.
Centralia Enterprise: Mr.. Dave Arm
stOng one of our prominent farmers, has
within year fattened and sold over SIS,
600 worth of cattle and hogs. He finds
that the best way to market corn it to
feed it to stock and concentrate its weight
and value.
Wichita Beacon: Ben Forrest, of Erie,
shipped three cars of cattle and one of
hogs last week to Kansas City. Cattle
averaged l 400 pounds and sold for $500
per hundred weight. Hogs brought him
1896 cents. Mr.. Forrest has three hun
dred acres Of wheat which looks very
fine.
Manhattan Republic: Sunday morning
bolt of lightning killed the fine family
horse belonging to Rev. w. Friend. It
was bad loss, but Judge Pipher went
out among the people and very soon
raised one hundred and fifty dollars to
replace it, which was just the proper
thing to do.
Halstead Independent: Floyd Morris,
of this township, has a thoroughbred
ShOrthorn purchased in Illinois within
the last year that is certainly very fine.
Mr.. Morris now has eight head of thor
Oughbred ShorthOrns which will COM
pare with any other herd Of its size in
this part of the State.
Usage County Chronicle: Mr.. E. K.
Terry brought some good hogs to market
this week, which he sold to Finch & Co.
Four Poland China and Essex of the lot,
eleven months old, weighed ], 500 pounds,
an average Of 405 each, and one Poland
China and Berkshire, two years old,
weighed $50 pounds.
Sidney CoaOboy; Stockmen whose cat
tie have run loose on the range, now size
up their losses at less figure than they
did while ago. Five per cent. will
cover the losses among acclimated range
cattle. The losses among the cattle
brought in last year will vary from five
to thirty per cent, according to circum-
stances.
Seneca Tribune: About two weeks ago
Fred Parli, on Johnson Creek, sold to
Chas. Azier, of Seneca, forty-six haad of
three-year old fat cattle for about $75 per
head. Last week he sold 81 head more
for the same price, to II. L. Atkins, of this
city, who shipped to Chicago last Mon
day morning from Axtell, Kans. It pays
to raise cattle in this country, and Mr..
Parli in this transaction can give good
proof of the same.
Clay Center Dispatch: Cam. Stewart,
of the county poor farm, sold nine head
of hogs last Monday to W. S. Broughton
for $500 per cwt. The hogs were ten
months old and averaged 375 pounds
each. Of course the contract price was
agreed on last April when pork ruled
high. Mr.. Broughton lost only $50 by
of course stood by bad bargain.
Larned Optic: Mr.. G. w. Prescott's
thoroughbred Hereford bull "Lord Eos
ter died a few days ago Of blackleg.
"Lord Foster" was bred by Tom Foster,
of Michigan, and was valued at $4,000
He was of the celebrated Lord Wilton"
breed and was one of the best bred bulls
in the world. He was purchased by Mr..
Prescott in March and shipped here
about the LIST of April, and was much adj
mired by all cattle men.
Larned C7tronoscOpe: Messrs. Herbst,
cooper q Co., OF ADl1no, Kan, nave
bought and fenced in 1000 acres of land
in Edwards county, and Wednesday
evening received at this place some 500
head of Shorthorns and Herefords, and
about 200 calves. They intend to invest
in Galloway stock also. These gentle
men in fencing, have put gates every
mile so that parties who wish to cross
the country will have no trouble in GO
ing round, but can go directly through
the " big pasture"
Medicine Lodge Cresset: The Cherokee
Strip Live Stock Association and the
Barber County Stock Growers Associa-
ton have had bills printed containing a
warning to southern cattle drovers to
keep on the trail and quarantine grounds
and not infringe on the rights of local
stock men. To be foreWarned is to
be fore armed, and the drover who