The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-05

Nine counties, death rate. to Is
The Is per cent loss is noted
as under the canopy Of
heaYen."
MONTANA.
Nine equities, loss of flesh 10 TO Is
TEXAS.
Four counties, loss OF flesh IS
Four counties, death rate. 10 to Is
KANSAS.
We give this state in full, 8 verbatim
report of the officer:
Marshall CountY-Fall condition,
good; shelter, hay sheds; death rate, very
light.
Ford County-Fall condition, splen-
did; shelter, none; loss of flesh all WIN
ter; death rate two per cent.
Sheridan County - Fall condition,
good shelter, natural loss of flesh, ten
per cent; death rate, five to ten per cent.
Wabaunsee COunty-Fall condition,
good; shelter, timber; loss of flesh, con-
siderable; death rate, i've per cent.
DAVIS County-Fall condition, very
good shelter, very little; death rate. two
per cent.
Edwards County Fall condition,
good shelter, straw or corrals; loss of
flesh. ten per cent; death rate, five per
cent.
Barber County-Fall condition, good
shelter, none death rate, three to eight
per cent.
Pswnee County-Fall condition, good /;
shelter, very little; loss of flesh, fifteen
percent.
Compare Marshall county, Kas., where
hay-sheds are used, with Sheridan coun-
ty, Kas., where there is no shelter ex-
cept such as Is afforded by nature.
Where the hay sheds are used the loss
is almost nothing; where the cattle have
nothing but natural" shelter, the loss
in flesh is 10 per cent, and the death rate
il from 3 to 8 per cent. Follow the
same comparison throughout the table,
and no argument will be necessary to
induce the ordinary farmer to shelter
his cattle, be the mode ever so rude, as
has been suggested above. Nothing is
better that good straw-shed.
After careful Investigation, he has
some to the deliberate conclusion thai
the system OF reaching the market in
the near future Is by refrigerator cars
advantages greatly In favor of that sys
tenn being both economy and the fact
that the beef can be shipped at all sea
sons Of the year, while the live stock
gluts the market in August. SePte mbel
and October.
The Texas fever takes quite & chapter
of the report We abstract some OF thu
noted losses: In 1888, 500 head of Ar
kansas cattle communicated the diseasl
in Harper county, and more than / ,OO'
head died. Up till November 5, 1888
one herd of 800 at Dodge City lost $50
in Lyon county. so died out of 800, anC
Captain Adams of Shawnee county, los
40 out of 200. A case is cited in Cherr'
county, Dakota, where one herd of Texa
cattle caused the death of 1000 In tina
county alone, while thousands Of other
were lost or endangered along the I'm
OF the drive. The report quotes q few
cases of smaller Importance In states cas-
of the Mississippi, and in some of thes
cases the disease can only be &C
counted for on the theory tina
il was communicated by straw o
litter from cars) pens Wher
Texas cattle had been fed. He recon-.
mends that where Texas cattle are ship
ped IN the months during which the d.
sease can be communicated, the trans
portation be in separate cars, properly
handled, with separate pens tor resting
places, and that railroad companies b,
compelled to destroy all litter by burn.
ing.
The blackleg and its remedies are dis
cussed. The writer says that while th
i vnnreal,kx, hao aaIdOn, haav, aava~a - a.,
one district, the aggregate Of Losses ha
been quite large. The writer speaks Q
the remedies resorted 20, and says tha
some Of his correspondents recommen'
plenty of salt, saltpeter and sulphur
others salt. saitpeter and cOpperas;
mixture of salt and unslacked lime; sal
and saltpeter, without sulphur or COP
peras; that q mixture of pitch ant
tar is beneficial; that somethIng i
resorted to by many, while Vaccination
of young stock IS also resOrted TO. Nj
FullenWideF. however, gives as his owl
opinion that '-the timely use of salt, salt
peter and sulphur u the most effectuA
mode of treating the disease at presen
known 10 stockmen." But the tire,
conditions of pure water, wholesome
food and good shelter are strongly urRet
in this report. Damaged food and stag
nent water and exposure are the threi
fatalities to stock under all cIrcumstan
ces. t
The writer contends that the interest
of the two great classes. the ranchmeI
and the farmers, are closely united
"The future of this industry" says tn,
report, Twill be the raising of cattle o.
the ranch 70 be fattened for market b.
the farmers Of our large corn-gToWinl
states"
The report is emphatically in cpposi
ton to the proposed cattle trail of ak.
miles in width from the Red river OF thu
south to the Red river the north.