Western Kansas world., 1886-04-17
STOCK AND FARM NOTES.

Dodge City Globe: The handling o
cattle is being reduced to science ant
things in the way of expense that havt
heretofore been given no notice, are nov
carefully considered and in the future
every dollar must take its part and show
just what it went for. Under this heaG
the range men are protesting against tht
rates OF commission men and that they
are charged as much for handling {
fifteen dollar Texas steer, as the man who
markets sixty dollar stall fed beef. We
think the range men right in this matter
they should be charged more equally
with the other men.
Junction City Union: Gus. WingfelG
told us a timber story the other day
His family settled on the Humboldt il
the spzing of 1857. Recently Gus con.
cluded to clear fifteen acres of bottom
land, the timber on it having grown
since his settlement there. From the
fifteen acres, he has sold 800 cords ol
wood and 1000 fence posts. He has
still on hand 100 cords of wood, and
5000 posts. There are 800 worth ol
wtod and 5000 worth of posts, or 50, 100
He thinks the field will pay better In
corn, and he will crowd his timber to The
hillsides and rough places.
Manhattan Industrialist: This is the
season when our manure crop is ripe e
little over II pc one would say, judging
from the rank odor it exhales when
stirred anyhow at this time of the yea,
it best suits our convenience to haul il
afeld. Our experience, too, is tolerably
conclusive upon this point, that it pays
best to apply manure in quantity suf.
ficient to make it count as far as it goes
We consider thirty loads applied to one
acre nearly or quite equal to forty loads
thinly spread over two acres of ground
and base the idea on reasons similar to
to those employed in proving large crops
more profitable than small ones.
Hope Dispatch: Ths crop of fall
wheat in this section is in bad shape
and many acres of it will be plowed un.
der and sowed to other crops. The wheat
crop of Kansas is not the crop that brings
the farmer greatest amount of clea1
money. 1t is the corn crop that pays hin
best, and this crop is never short il
Dickinson county. As natural con.
sequence more prosperous lot of farm
ers than ours cannot be found in the
state.
Hanover Democrat: Last week was
warm and pleasant, plowing and sowing
was going on, but those who doffed theil
winter clothing thinking spring had come
were doomed to disappointment and had
to draw them on again. Kansas is truly
wonderful country. No prophet, no
even that venerable animal the grouni
hog, can tell what day may bring forth
The weather is capracious, and in tha
as well as almost everything else i'll Kan
sas, it is the unexpected that happens.
L. Couch, a farmer of Jewell county
left for parts unknown the other day
taking with him four horses, a wago1
his two little girls, the older being unde
four years of age. The cause of Mr.
Couch's sudden departure was fear tina
the grand jury now in session, at Jewel
City, would uncover nest of iniquity
over which he had been presiding. Ht
had been conducting miniatur9 Nor
mon harem during the entire winter.
Garden City Sentinel: Every settler
on claim, every farmer and every cit
izen in this county should take pride
in setting out few trees every year, no.
because it is requirement of law, but
becauss it is thing much needed, fol
protection from wind, to increase the
rainfall and to furnish fuel. Plant trees
1t is but little work and the growth vii
bear to you, in few years an abundant
profit.
Burlington Independent: In Coffey
county new and strange disease is pre-
vailing among the horses, and in Usage
county the doctors an affection
very similar in its effects among the peo
pie. It comes on with slight swelling
Of the bronchial tubes and ends with sore
throat and discharge from the nasal
tubes. The disease does not appear tc
be very serious either with man or beast
Neodesha Register: Talking of tame
grass, "Duck" johnson sowed two hun
dred acres of his farm at the junction O
the rivers to timothy and clover last fal
and reports it with the exception of some
small patches as looking splendid thil
spring. Where, owing to exposure, il
did not make good start, he is SOW
ing more seed this spring. Mr.. johnson
thinks tame grass is paying investment
Phillipsburg Herald: Two parties il
this county put in crop Of oats in rather
a novel way. One sowed oats the othel
plowed them under with turning plow
and sowed his oats, the other followine
him with drag. The one who soweG
last also narrowed them in after the drag
The question naturally arises "What vii
the harvest be?"
Kansas City Lire Stock Indicator
Don't be afraid of Watching and caring
too closely for those newly arriving pigs
They may appear small and not worth
very much now, but rightly cared fol
will represent goodly greenbacks abeu
next Christmas.
Norton Courier: In the drug store o.
DR.. White is a section of the root Of {
buffalo pumpkin, dug up by Ad. Camp
bell on his farm west of town. The sec
ton is two feet in length and is thirteer
inches in diameter. It is bitter in taste
and possesses valuable medical proper
ties.