Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-10-03
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DR.. A. A. Holcomb state veterinary is
authority for the following: There are
thirty counties in this great state infected
by hog cholera. In 1882 the disease be-
gan 70 make Its appearance IN this state,
appearing in g few counties. Since that
time it has increased steadily until lest
year the cholera became pretty general
in q large number of the eastern coun-
/ ties. I personally know Of the loss of
over 100000 worth Of hogs. This year
the disease Is more prevalent than atany
time within the history Of the state, and
the loss VIII undoubtedly reach a million
dollars or more. The counties which
have suffered most heavily this year are:
Brown, Marshall, Jackson, Ossge, BOur-
/ bon, Butler, Lyon, Chase, Dickinson,
Saline, Reno Barton, SedgWiCk and Sum
ner and Shawnee. Large numbers of
hogs are being shipped to market that
are infected with disease, and as q con-
sequence 1t is appearing in counties not
/ before infected. 1t is also a fact that
nearly every stockyard in the eastern
/ tWO-thirds Of Kansas is infected, and all
hogs shipped through these yards are
| exposed to infection.
Kansas City LiUs-St0cE Indicator: Far
mers who wish to improve their stock of
/ hogs, or to have choice pigs next spring,
should now be looking up their breeding
| stock. If already supplied with good
! brood sOWs, they can well afford to buy
| pure-bred bears. If the sOWs are not as
good as the farmer would like, it is all
/ the more important that he use q well
bred boar; at the same time he would
! do well to secure one or more Well-bred
| sOWs Of the same breed as the boar he
selects for use with his common stock.
I Hnfrros nn he vuTn1I
piled with hogs that viii afford him
handsome profit in tue rearing of them,
/ however, close the margins may be on
/ which farmers with less faith in pure
bred stock may have to work.
Atchison Globe: The Chicago lumber
| company Of AtChison, recently sent out
inquiries concerning the raVages Of the
hog cholera, and the managers of the
COmpany's different yards in Kansas and
Nebraska are now sending in replies In
Republic county, Kansas, the report is
that u per cent. Of the hogs are dead,
and around CaWksr City but very few
are left. The reports indicate that fully
half of the hogs IN the district between
the Platte and KaW rivers will die Of
this complaint, which seems to be IN
usually fatal this year.
Troy Chig: One day last week the
year-Old down; and splendid colts too.
i By the way, we notice that DOniphan
county is getting filed up with first
class horses, mules and cattle, and would
include hogs also if the cholera kept
out. We think those who are so strong
ly opposed to what they call hOrse-raCing
at fairs, do not look at both sides. These
very races are what are inducing our
farmers to improve their horses, and are
stocking the county with the best the
country Affords
/ Ell Dorado Times. s. L. McCune, pro
prietor of the Valley View herd OF
Poland Chinas, near Benton, has fourteen
recorded soWs of the best strains, eight
Of them being the product Of his grand
old SOW, SaIlie, No. 1862, American
Poland China record, volume 4. he has
two bears, one bred in Ohio and the
other in Illinois.
The swine departments of the various
fairs this year are conspicuous by the
much advertised and abused breed
Duroc Jersey. The prospect for large
amount of cheap corn in sight should
give this breed an additional boost
Judging from the remarks of two eZ
breeders of DurOcs, they like the scrub
must go.
Emporia Republican: a. D. HudnaIl
Of west Las Animas. Colorado, bought o.
Major W.'P. Herring, Of this city, fifteen
head of Polled Angus yearling heiferE
at $3.50 cash, and one bull at $500. lie
also bought of T. McHardy, two Gallo
way heifers at $3.50 each. It pays Il
raise thoroughbred cattle even in this
country.
Poi1ed cattle have been scattered over
/ the western ranges the past year to tina
number, that next spring the COW. meI
can Judge for. themselves if they are the
breed they most desire.
Thos. NicoI, ofDiekinson county, own
ed the ClydeedaIe stallion Dukes Not
to" who took the first premium anC
sweep stakes at the Bismarck fair Last
week.
Florence Herald: The hog crop in
this county is being somewhat dimin
ished by the cholera The loss viii b.
; severe on q number Of farmers.
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