Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-08-07
sorEs FOR THE STOCK RAISER.

State Veterinary Surgeon HOl-
combe, of Kansas, recently inspect
ed the twenty-five livery stables OF
Leavcnworth and found twenty-five
cases Of glanders. He ordered five
of the horses shot. Their value
was estimated at 81, 600.
There is much dissatisfaction in
Texas over the new law compel
ling cattle men TO pay rental q
eight cents per acre for all land
used for grazing purposes The
money so derived goes to the school
fund, thus originating the express
sion "children's grass"
New Mexico Stock Gr0wer.-The
demand for first class COW men in
this territory is more than can be
supplied at present. There are
plenty of men looking for situa-
lions, but the stock growers Of the
territory are looking only for such
as thoroughly understand the busi-
ness and are perfectly reliable.
] Caldwell Journal.-The beef
market was lower in Chicago on
Saturday the 26th ult. than it
has been for nearly seven years-no
market at all TO speak of. Think
of 4 man being called upon 20 take
SD for steers that were worth $40
per head ten days ago. 1t makes
a BLT-stoekman swear twO-stOry-
and-a-basement swears every time
he thinks of il.
A horse has been known to live
to the age of 62 years, but the av-
erage lifetime is between p and 81
wears. From one of the New Eng
land States comes the report of 4
horse, now past IS, which is hale
aad hearty and able to draw as big
a load as most of the young horses.
tbs 4 noticeable fact that when
horses of remarkable ages are found,
they are gsnerally from well bred
stock.
J.H. Saunders, of Chicago, H. NJ.
TAYLOR, Of Texas, and J. II. Payne,
OF Kansas City have been appointed
by Hon. Geo. B. LOring, L. s CON-
missioner of agriculture, as board
of health. to be connected with the
bureau of animal industry. 10 pre-
vent the spread Of contagious dis
ease among stock This board Is
provided for by the act Of congress
establishing the bureau of animal
industry.
The Kansas City Times speaks
thus regarding the Spanish fever
and other cattle diseases: "Until
stock are properly protected from
the moment they leave the farm or
rancho. having. been properly cared
for.on the farm and rancho, disease
Will be the common let Of stock
shipment, ~,and.laws regulating these
matters should be much more strin-
gent and better defined than they
are. They should extend all the
way from the breeding place TO the
butchers shop, whether the cattle
are in New York or near the place
Of supply upon our western prov
inces. When this is done we shall
have healthier stock, larger prof
its and less cattle scares.
Stock Grower.-It seems as though
the practice of cattle growers buy
ing and turning into their ranges
Shorthorn. Hereford and Gallo
way bulls, all together, is not one
which viii produce the best results.
A hundred years of experience
has proved, if one can Judge by the
claims of the most noted breeders,
that the best results arc not obtain
ed by crossing breeds. Men who
tried in the early part Of the present
century 10 improve the Galloway
by migrating on them Shorthorn
blood, gave up the experiment.
claiming that the progeny was not
equal 70 either blood pure. So,
too, have men tried TO cross Here
ford and ShOrthorns with the same
result.
KSnsas City Drovers News:-We
would advise the shippers of Kan
sas and the southwest to break up
the present system of giving fees
to the railroad brakemen and
freihgt train conductors for a little
attention given 70 live stock while
In the cars. Ifevery shipper viii
Just stop giving fee in his own
individual case, e railroad men
viii soon stop expecting it. The
railroad company VIII be cOmpell-
ed 20 make good all losses result
ing from carelessness of train hands
and the shippers viii save n large
per cent of their yearly profits,
which now goes into the pocket of
the trainmen for doing what the
railroad has already paid them to
do. This fee business Is a nuisance
to the shipper and should be brok-
en- up
Kansas Cow Boy.-Quite a num-
Der of stOckmen in Hodgeman and
Ness counties, who have heretofore
been devoting themselves ex-
clusively to cattle raising, are now
turning their attention to horses
and stocking their ranches with
them. This is a wise move.
There is more money in horses
than IN any other kinds Of live
stock. John Z. FarnswOrth, Of
Ness county, and one Of the
wealthIest and most succe ssfuI
stOckmen, has been raising and
handling horses for a number of
years, and BE Saws that they have