Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-09-19
STOCK sQUIBs.

The erection of the new Catholic school
at Newton, Harvey county, is about to be
commenced.
A Lyon county stock breeder has five
imported calves aged five months which
average 636 pounds Per head. They are
Galloways.
Reports from Coffey county state tina,
stock raisers have not suffered as severe.
ly as those in other counties from loses
by hog cholera.
The Unadilla stock breeders associa
ton of New York are making exhibits
at various Kansas fairs. Holstein cattle
is their specially and it is said they
show some fine animals.
Glen Elder Herald: Stock cattle are
very high, much more than they ought
to be, when compared with prices realiz.
ed in the past and what they probably
will be for some time in the future.
Manhattan Republic: At James. M
Fortner's sale last week his $50 sheep
were sold at from $1.5O to 81 10 per head.
The hogs were also sold at good prices.
The cattle were not all disposed of. but
fair prices were paid for those bid off.
The other day the Santa Fe brought a
stock train through from Colorado to
Atchison q distance of 500 miles in
twenty-four hours, thus avoiding the
necessity of feeding. Twenty more
trains followed the first one each one
day apart.
Larned Chronoscope: We trust stock
men will put up all the hay possible this
season. Should next winter be as severe
as last winter, it will be difficult to get
up more hay than will be needed.
Should the winter be mild the hay will
keep over another year if properly cured
and stacked.
Salina Independent: The death ratio to
the swine of the county in the past few
weeks from lung fever Tor cholera) has
been quite severe. The greatest loss we
have heard of is where one farmer out o
one hundred hogs has lost all but four
teen head. The cause for the disease il
attributed by some to over. breeding and
overlooking.
Hog cholera is prevailing to such an
extent in Jewell county, that it is feared
it will cut the next years crop short.
The following remedies are recc mmend-
ed by raisers: Equa! parts of black car
bolic acid and coal oil put in the trough
and water places. Another is load the
sick hogs in wagon am carry them to
another pen.
Kansas Farmer: Cows inherit the pro.
pensity to give large or small quantities
of milk, but still the quantity will be
varied greatly by the treatment to which
they are subjected. All things consider.
ed, the largest flow of milk is the most
profitable, unless it is secured at too
great expense; and reason must be used
here as in all other things.
The following sto-k raisers are making
exhibits at the various Kansas fairs: j.
s. Halves, Colony, Anderson county
hereforde; j. 8. and w. r. Goodwin
BelOit, Mitchell county, Aberdeen angus
Col. w. s. White, Sabetha, short horns
DR.. A. NJ. Edison, Reading Lyon county
horses and swine; ]. ]. Mailr, Manhat.
tan, berkshires;W. w. Waltmire, Carbon.
dale, chester white swine.
Wichita Eagle In q number of places
farmers report corn as yielding very
slim crop, while the stock looks very
fine and rank, the corn does not appear
10 turn out good ears. They attribute
its failure to the seed. This season has
demonstrated that seed corn should be
obtained from Tar north to insurea rapid
growth OF corn, instead of stock. Had
Inst rule been adhered to, many thous
ands Of bushels Of corn would have been
saved the farmers this season.