Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-02-26
STOCK s0UlBs.

Iron Bitters cured me completely"
STOCK soUlBs.
Points and Items about Kansas Stock.
Mr.. Bob. Strother, Of Upper Timber
creek, Cowley county, according to the
statement of correspondent Of the
Burden Eagle, has lost forty-six head OF
sheep recently by sheep killing dogs, and
had twenty others wounded.
Emporia News: Many stockmen and
farmers are having much difficulty in
procuring water for their cattle at pres
eDt, on account of ice. Park Morse, near
Columbia ford, has had seven men cut
ting ice for day or two, SO as to permit
stock to drink.
EmpOria Democrat: Pfefferel d: Perrier
sold ninety-three head of four year old
steers to John Lewis on Saturday. This
closes out their partnership stock, ex.
cept some hogs which they will sell
shortly. Mr.. Perrier moves with his
family to his Eagle creek farm this week,
to which he will hereafter give his per-
sonal attention. He is a good Judge OF
stock, shrewd trader, and will no doubt
make far more money with great deal
less annoyance than in trying to buck
the laws in handling liquors. Mr.. Pfefer-
lie will reside at the old fair grounds.
Some one makes a good suggestion
about feeding calves. They are rough
customers, and if possible seem to take
delight in upsetting their troughs and
feeding boxes. To prevent this, have a
shelf made at proper height from the
| floor, with holes in it large enough to
allow buckets to 90 half way down. Feed
either milk or ground feed in buckets
and set them in their holes, and the
celves cannot either turn them over or
put their feet in them. There should be
bracket to every calf in the pen, 80
there will be no crowding and all can
get their share.
Those herding cattle in stalks where
the diseased corn has been left, should
not allow them to remain for more than
two or three hours at time. and should
then see that they have sufficiency of
living water. The latter, as a preventa-
tive, is worth more than all the cures in
existence, and it is probably owing to the
meagre supply that is given cattle that
many of them die. Were this simple
formula observed more strictly, the farm
ers who have been attributing their losses
to the influence of "ergot" and other
causes, would be surprised at the decrease
in the death rate among their stock.
Halstead Independent: While Alex.
McBurney can boast of the giant hog,
his neighbor, Thos. Ewing, comes to the
front with diminutive one. Mr.. Ew-
ing's pig is about four months old and
according to Mr.. Ewing's best judgment
will weigh four pounds. There are grow
ing on the body of this animal two pro-
tuberances of somewhat the appearance
of seed warts and are now about the
size of the balance of his pigship. MIR. Ew-
ing has been tempted to separate the one
from the other but has been in doubt
whether to cut the pig away from the
protuberances or the protuberances
away from the pig. At last accounts he
had about decided not to interfere in 1.-THE
matter but let nature take her course.
In the meantime this juvenile hog Cir
culates about and frequently makes his
presence felt among the balance of the
hogs.
Nj. j. Williams, OF near Americas, In
the Emporia Republican says: In reply
to Dr. Holcombe, in regard to my cattle,
that have died with some unknown dis
ease: He has stated that it was consti.
patton, caused by insufficiency of food
and water. and bad care. In regard to
this will leave it to the judgement of
your readers to determine whether he
is not mistaken. / have fed regularly
about six bushels of corn in the shock
per day, and a wagon load of oats in the
straw per week, to IS head, and all in
good hay, cut the last of July, that they
would eat, and have watered them at
noon every day out of good well by
pumping the water out into basin in
the ice. 1 was always particular to see
that every animal got all the water it
could drink. As for windbrakes, they
are as good as the average. l have lost
twenty-one head and have one more
that will die. Three of them were mich
COWS, kept on full feed. Several others
would have made fair beef. The doc
tors remedy is very cheap, but it would
take man that had good patience and
lots of muscle to perform it. 1t is this:
Make every grown animal drink five
pals of water, and if they will not drink
it hold their nose In it until they do.
Feed more husked corn without any fod-
der, for fodder is no more than chips this
season.