Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-06-13
STOCK soU1Bs
Points and Items about Kansas SOCK.

Points and Items shout Kansas Stock.
Burton Monitor: We give it as oul
opinion that the spring crop of pigs il
short throughout the State.
Dodge City Globe: There is q desire
on the part of cattle owners, foremen and
bosses, to stop the rough handling Of
cattle on the ranges, and the desire has
been impressed on the minds Of the
cowboys to that extent, that favorable
results are to follow.
Three valuable horses were killed
at Hutchinson in one week because
of being injured by runaway teams.
Columbus Courier: The owners of the
ull-blood Clydesdale stallion, Jock Jr.,
owned in this city, have just refused an
offer of $1,000 for him.
Caldwell Journal: Mr.. Adams of
San'tone, Texas, arrived at the quaran-
tine grounds Friday, with 300 head Of
stock horses. He reports good safe
drive this Spring With but very light trail
losses.
Dodge City Ceacboy: The winter red
cattle, what there is left OF them, are be-
mand will soon be for range tock, which
will land on the market in shape to COM
mand good prices. Our cattlemen have
had bard winter, and the favorable
outlook for them at the present time
naturally puts them in excellent spirits
Louisville Republican: J. W. Arnold
is shearing his sheep this week. They
will average eight pounds of wool
per head; at 20 cents per
pound each fleece will bring
$16O, and flock of 1000 will augment
S., 900. This, probably, is a high esti.
mate on the price of wool, but reducing
it to Is cents per pound and the augmen-
tation will reach $1,000.
Dodge City Globe: The breeders of
Jersey COWS claim to know more about
raising calves than nature. Now they
say that the milk of a Jersey cow is too
rich for calf to take from q COW, and
for the calf to do well, the COW should
be MIXED ard the milk stand until the
cream rises and is skinned when the
calf can be fed on the skim milk. Ma
this may be one of them, but we doubt
it.
The following stock notes are taken
from the Dodge City Cowb0y:-There
is an unusually heavy calf crop on
our ranges this Spring.-The round
up is progressing very satisfactory, and
owners of cattle are very much en-
couraged, in finding that their losses last
Winter are much less than they expect
ed-The market will be overstocked
with horses, judging from the large
herds on the way to Dodge from the
Territory.
Wichita Beacon: "Blood will tell"
when it comes to breeding fine stock.
Thefarmers who have grown discouraged
from fruitless efforts with scrub stock
might profit by the knowledge that
Messrs. Stewart & Boyle, Of this city,
breeders of Poland China hogs, sold
about $4,000 worth Of fine bred hogs in
the last year. They sold two little
shoats this week for $55, and will have
two hundred thoroughbred hogs for
sale this Summer and Fall, and these
will in time do great deal to root out"
the rural ruts.
lola Register: Mr.. H. F. Travis of Elm
township, informed us the other day that
he had just completed seven day milk
ing test of one of his Jersey COWS, and
the result was 1877 3-S pounds of milk, or
> daily average of - So pounds. On
similar test the celebrated Holyoke,
Mass, COW yielded only Is IL pounds
1aily, so that, as usual, Kansas heads the
procession. And it should be remem-
oered, too, that the Kansas COW made
his extraordinary record on prairie |
.rass alone, and with no other attention
han was given the rest of the cattle.