Western Kansas world., 1886-03-27
STOCK AND FARMING.
Information Concerning the Principa
Interests of Kansas.


Interests of Kansas.
The present month of March, write.
w. P. Higginbotham, Manhattan, opens
up rough; not severely cold, but hard OF
stock in poor condition. All of our peo
pie will now resolve to prepare sheds and
more feed for next winter, and very many
will neglect to do so, and next winter
will probably witness repetition of the
losses of this one. "It was ever thus, .
and will always be thus. Stock well
cared for, however, is selling at good
figures. Ny own sales have been very
satisfactory, and prospects for the future
trade are good. Ny Josephine cow
Roxanna's Rose I'd, dropped very
handsome calf recently, sired by Imp
Double Gloster. Her last calf, dropped
March IL, 1885, at eleven months
weighed 1,150 pounds. This one seems
to be an equally good calf. I shall offer
at my sale, May 4, 1886, few calves by
Imp Double Gloster; and, by the way,
my offering will be very superior lot OF
stock, all in fine condition.
Manhattan Industrialist: The inter-
esting experiment made during the past
month, in which six milking COWS were
given on alternative days water warmed
to the temperature of ninety degrees
Fahr., receiving during the remaining
days water as usual directly from the
well, shows with surprising uniformity
a gain for the two milkings Immediately
following the drink Of warm water,-a
gain in the amount of milk varying from
ten to forty per cent. From this expert
ment and half dozen others which we
have made upon the collegefar we are
strongly of the opinion that if warmth
can be got into an animal and kept about
him by artificial or other means, the
question of getting the most out of the
animal for food consumed is reduced to
its simplest form.
s. Mccullough, Ottawa, Franklin
county says: "My herd of Berkshires
have wintered well and have come
through in fine condition, and start in
on the new year with the best herd that
I ever owned. During the past year I
have added sows to my herd. Among
them is the fine imported SOW, Proud
Princess. This SOW won four first prizes
in England last year, including first at
Bath and west of England, and first at
royal show of England, and first at the
London Canada, show. Ny sales for the
month of February were twenty-five.
These pigs went to four different states.
Mcpherson Freeman: We have talked
with farmers from every section of the
county and find the prevailing opinion to
be that the wheat has been about as bad
ly killed as it was year ago. The drift
ing snow left it exposed to the coolest
weather ever witnessed in this county
and hence the life has been frozen out Of
the plant.
Atwood Citizen: Mr.. Gallagher is
foreman of the McGillen ranch near
and is one of the most expert
snced cattle men on the range. He in
'orms us that out of about 400 head of cat
lie held at the ranch, only four head have
,een lost during the severest winter ever
lnown in the northwest.
Sterling Gazette: The winter wheat
n this section is reported to be all right,
Notwithstanding reports to the e-contrary,
There is still danger from freezing if
winter continues to Gnger in the lap of
pring."
Osborne Farmer: Some Of our far
ners report large numbers of chinch
Jugs in the corn fields, the mow-drifts
laving protected them during zero wealth
r.
J. L. Hastings, Of Wellington, Sumner
ounty, sold an imported two-year-old
tallion last week for 81, 200.