Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-24

Louis Blue Ribbon, /" is a beauty, and SO
I is "St. Louis Prize Winner" a Poland
+ China, and another Of the same breed
with nine little POlands, vel worth see
Inc. He has his Rollins and his Mails
sOWs yet, his herd numbering In all
foTty-three head. Mr.. Stewart takes a
pardonable pride in showing these hne
pOrkers, and it viii not be his fault Ii
they do not win some blue ribbons next
Fall.
Clyde had: Billy Woodward lost a
fine COW In a singular manner q few days
ago. She began complaining, lost her
appetite and finally died. An internal
examination revealed the fact that she
had swallowed the needle that the mil
Ter used to sew up the sacks filed with
chop The said needle was found buried
TO the depth of one and a half inches in
the cows heart. 1t having passed
through the back part Of the stomach
and piercing the heart as we have de-
scribed.
Kansas Fdrmer. Dr.. A. NJ. Edison,
Reading, Kas., reports the sales of DurOc
Jersey Red swine as greatly improved
over last year-selling two to one. Old
customers are anxious to buy again. The
trouble heretofore with the breed in
Kansas was that the first animals brought
In were quite inferior, and not represen-
tative. The Doctor has great faith in
the breed, and thinks them specially
valuable for crossing. His success is
owing to careful and judicious selection
of breeding animals.
WaterviIle Telegraph: A gentleman of
this county, who has q large interest in
the cattle business in the Indian Terris
tory, was arrested, with a number of
9TH m the fnivIa homo Furrnu NV IA
military, recently, but was allowed to
return home. He reports large immi-
grafton to that quarter, and he viii re-
turn again shortly, as he cOntemplates
investing largely in property there.
Garden City Sentinel: Cattle that were
in good order stood the cold weather
well. A few Of the weak ones had to
sucCumb to the inevitable; but it is
claimed by stOckmen that six weeks of
cold, dry weather does not DO the dam
age to stock that one week of cold, wet
weather viii.
Burlington Patriot: A. w. Jones and
Al PrOuty shipped a car load OF mixed
cattle last week Thursday, comprised of
COWS and bulls and will ship again this
week. This class of stock is worth from
3 to cents, and they are paying $3.50
for hogs.
Gaylord Herald: The hog market is
bracing up, and farmers are rushing IN
the porkers at a lively rate. On Monday
the streets were full Of teams loaded
with hogs which were obliged to wait
their turn at the scales.
z. F. Browner, of Bala, lost two good
COWS in his corn field; r. A. Elkins lost
three head and B1r. Playbud, of Clay
county lost nine, one a thoroughbred
short-horn that cost him one hundred
dollars.
We had $4,000 hogs, over six months
old, in this county last fall. Hog raising
has always been a very profitable busi-
ness here. Cheap corn, a good climate
and no diseases make it so.
If cattle are running in cornstalk fields
they ought to have a good feed of hay
every morning before going into the
stalk field; also a drink of good water
and an opportunity to lick salt.
While the number of horses in Kan
sas has increased 100 per cent in the last
ten years, in the same time the number
of cattle has increased $50 per cent, and
mules 300 per cent.
The Abilene Gazette says, the farmers
of Wheatland township have organized
a Mutual Protection Association, and
woe be to the thief who steals 8 horse in
that township