Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04
STOCK s0UIBs.
Points and Items About Kansas Stock.

Mr.. Nate Holcomb has returned from
Illinois to Washington, bringing with
him $50 head Of Holstein and Durham
cattle.
Burton Monitor: Ethan Davis lost his
valuable Norman Stallion recently. The
horse was a fine dapple gray valued
at $500. 1t will be hard to replace him.
Chanute Times: A valuable Jersy COW
belonging to DR.. Light, died Of hydro
phobia few days ago. 1t was bitten
some two weeks ago, which was after
wards killed upon manifesting symptoms
of hydrophobia.
Paola Times: Mr.. Fleming, living a
few miles south Of town, lost very val
liable team of horses by lightning Sun
dav morning. He he had turned them
out in the pasture Saturday night, for the
first time since he bought them.
Sedan Times: The lightning of last
week killed considerable stock in Elk
and Greenwood and some hay in stack
was destroyed. It is believed that much
of the loss occasioned by that lightning
can be prevented by putting ground wire
on the posts, and attaching to the fence
wire.
Marysville News: Last week Thos.
Greenman purchased fine thorough.
bred Hereford calf, and for which he
paid the nice little sum of $500. The an.
imal is but fifteen months old and now
weighs 800 pounds. The calf and it's
mother, shortly after they were import
ed, took the first premium at the New
York State fair. This is fine stock and
we'll worth the price paid for it.
Belleville Telescope: Rev. F. Zavodsky
informs us that Monday Of this week
was lively day at the new town OF
Cuba, it being the opening day Of ship.
ping stock from that place. Between
three and four hundred farmers had tax.
en- in their hogs to sell, and there being
brisk competition between buyers the
prices ranged from SIS to 1910; the latter
being about the price paid in Chicago.
Fredonia Citizen: A number of shoats
belonging to MIR. Lauderbaugh' of Coy
vile, are quite versatile in their tastes
and accomplishments, being able to suck
COWS while the latter are either stand.
ing or lying down, and are persistently
guilty of the habit, to the aggravation OF
both the owners and the COWS. It is said
that the pigs present grotesque atti'
tude in extracting Tactical nourishment
being compelled to stand on their hind
legs to relieve the bovine udder.
Beloit Gazette: Last week some Of
Messrs. Goodwin Bros valuable Angus
cattle exhibited signs of illness, and these
| 1ouo cd fo1v RI
DIR. A. A. Holcomb, State veterinary sur
geon, to come and examine their herd
DIR. Holcomb arrived and visited Good
win Park herd, but fortunately for the
Messrs. Goodwin, their sick cattle have
all recovered, the disease proving only 8
bronchial trouble resulting from the late
cool, damp weather.
Beloit Gazette: E. P. Newbanks has ths
contract for putting up G. W. Culp's new
barn at Scottsville. he will have it com
pleted in . couple of weeks. 1t will bt
biggest barn in this part of the State. /
will be octagon in shape, 73 feet across
or, in other words, 70 feet eight ways. l
is to be 40 feet high, with cupola II fee
high, making the extreme height 60 feet
1t will be finished up for fancy stool
barn, and we feel sure that friend Gull
will fill it up with good stock.
Wichita Eagle: r. n. Alex lnder, liv
ing about ten miles southwest of thi
city, sold three thoroughbred pedigree'
Merino sheep to Mr.. ]. II. Wing, Q
Council Grove. These were as fine ant
pure blood Merino sheep as We hav
seen in Kansas, and it would be well
our farmers raised more Of them. Tn
wool was examined by several compe
tent judges while the sheep were await
ing shipment at the express Office, an
was pronounced very fine in every re
spect. Mr.. Alexander does not make
business of breeding sheep for tn
market, but he has some of the fines
bucks and ewes in Southwestern Kar
sas.
Speaking of the stock farm Of Lucie
Scott, near Lesvenworth, the Times {
that place says: The exhibit he Wi
make at Bismarck will consist of twelv
head, q selection having been made fro1
both Holstein and Hereferds. Of thes
both breeds have many fanciers, but