Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-28

not been the least symptoms of the dis
ease discovered in a single herd within
a radius Of a hundred miles Of Dodge
City. There Is no healthier place on the
American continent for either the biped
or the quadruped.
Medicine Lodge Lpder: r. W. Phillips
saws that ne has branded over one hun
dred black calves this season, by his thor
Oughbred black bulls out Of high grade
ShOrthorn COWS. Only In two or three
instances were the calves any other color
than black, and these were solid red, af-
ter their mothers; but in every instance
they were hOrnless.
Wichita Eagle. Ben Robinson. of An
dover, now has on hand 1O3 pigs from
three to ten days old. This is not much
of a country for raising stock, but with a
little attention an ordinary careful far
mer can soon get around him a "right
smart family of pigs. Who cares Wheth-
! er corn brings 10 cents or 40 cents per
/ bushel, when by feeding it to hogs the
farmre makes it bring him fully 80 cts.
Dodge City ColO5Oy: The question Of
/ larger areas for stOckmen Is being very
/ generally discussed. Where lands are
! exclusively grazing there is no doubt but
/ that such a policy would not only be an
act of justice, but would promote settle
ment and increase the wealth of such
/ regions of country. Success in stock
raising exclusively is impossible on the
! allOtments now given for hOmesteads,
/ and the consequence is that the stock
men are compelled to have understand
! ings among each other as to where there
/ ranges shall extend. 1t would be much
/ better for the Government as well as for
| the localities to make the title certain to
! every stOckraiser Of from two to four sec
| lions Of land, under discreet classified
tions.
Topeka Commonwealth: Three Topeka
! horse dealers, Johnny King, one of the
! Given Bros. and. James Wallis, made a
/ trip recently through the southern Dor
| der counties of Missouri in search OF
] horses for speculation. They stopped at
| all the farm houses, and found but very
few horses for sale, and those that were
| offered were at prices go high as not to
Ileav6 a margin of So over Topeka prices.
! The reasons given for the scarcity of
! horses, are the large number of new
! farms opening, the heavy shipments East
| within the past two years, and the nom
! shipment Of drOVes, such as used to come
annually from Texas and California. A
! good horse that would scarcely bring $50
| a few years ago IN Topeka, will now bring
I PIOOJ ana ponies GldG USED J6 sell Tor rom
/ $50 to 80, are now worth from S75 to 500.
! This advance in prices will, Of course, in
! duce farmers to engage more extensively
in raising good horses for the market.
Caldwell Journal: Mr.. VIM. Vanhook.
for O. w. Miller, last week at HunneWell,
/ purchased six hundred head of two and
| three year old steers eqdally divided as
to age-fOr $4,000 cash around, that so
far as price and quantity are concerned,
is the cheapest bunch Of cattle bought or
| sold in this market for four years. The
! cattle are all straight Northwest Texas
/ cattle and are smooth and thrifty. In
fact bunch of cattle that would have
| sold last year in this market for $500
! per head straight through. The drovers
/ had to have money. Mr.. Miller had the
money and wanted the cattle. The
/ change was made, and the drovers find
! themselves out just the cost of the drive
and the interest on the money used in
! purchasing the cattle. 1t is rather hard
on the drOVers, but our ranchmen can't
pay as much for a through steer at two
or three years old, as they are receiving
on the Kansas City market for a three
! year old steer that has been eating three
cents-an-acre grass, and expenses for the
past two years on our B. I. T. ranges, and
hence the tumble in prices.