Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-05-01
STOCK AND FARMING
Information Concerning the Principal
Interests OF Kansas.

Information Concerning the Principal
Interests OF Kansas.
Harper Graphic: Poultry raising is
among the many profitable specialties Of
the country, and the industry is follow
ed more largely every year. 1t is done
on large scale In many places. In
stead of being called ranches, they are
called poultry farms, and egg farms.
Some of these farms have as many as fif-
teen thousand fowls. The profit is very
large, IN many instances reaching over
200 per cent. The only drawback seems
to be the lack Of knowledge in taking
care of them. But there is no mystery
about this. People sometimes go into
the poultry business who have never set
a hen, and know nothing about the poul-
try business at all. There must be a
practical knowledge Of the nature of the
fowls, the habits, the necessities, and how
to best adapt the accommodations to
their habits. They must be taken care
Of. 1t is pleasant business, and once
undertaken it is a source Of profit the
year round.
Kirwin Independent: O. W. Hull has
purchased of VIM. Ford of Central City,
Iowa, the Cleveland Bay Stallion,
Beauty foaled IN 1879, and imported
in 1881 by Geo. e. Brown, of Aurora,
| Ill Beauty" is 16 IL hands high,
weighs 1854 pounds, is a beautiful dap
/ pie bay, has fine action and is In every
way desirable as a general purpose horse.
He is Of pure blood as everybody ac-
/ quainted with Cleveland Bay stock viii
! see at a glance. The Cleveland Bay
/ - n HTrArv,0A Lv..,I ~ 4
| their name from their beautiful color.
and fertile district OF Cleveland, England,
where they originated. They are dis
tinguished for style, action and endur-
ance, being finely muscled, without sur
plus Of flesh. They are good feeders,
and consequently easy keepers, and are
uniformity kind and gentle. They are
so strongly bred in bay color, that it
takes from three to four generations to
run cut of the color
Council Grove Cosmos: Capt. W. NJ.
/ Hurst, of the firm of Hurst. Black.
Kiehne & Wiley, has purchased for their
firm, Of f. NJ. Chase, Of this county, his
entire lot of thoroughbred and high
! grade Short-horn yearling bulls. These
gentlemen have spent considerable time
in looking through Kansas and Mis-
sOui for fine bulls. The same firm pur-
chased from W. P. Martin, Of Chase
county, sixty head Of grade Hereford
] yearling bulls, said to be the best lot OF
half bred and Cross bred HerefOrds in
the country. The firm believe in using
the best strains of blood only for the i'm
provement Of their cattle.
n-4~-, rt.E- OIL m H.
/ toned to range life, Ford county to-day
compared with a year ago, appears ike a
decay IN ones life. Now We hear men
/ talking about what is the best grass seed
to SOW for pasture. Their idea Of plant
ing trees to shade stock in the pasture
/ and other matters In the rearing and
/ careing for live stock, that as We
/ said only a few years ago would have
/ sounded strange and altogether out OF
place. 1t is evident, however, that care
and attention Is to be given to our live
stock In the future, such as has been un-
known here in the future, such as has
here in the past.
st. Marys Express: Mr.. Isaac Keyser
Of the Kaw Valley, has patch of twenty
eight acres Of timothy grass on his farm
1t was sOWn last year, and looks as fine
and nice this spring as grass possibly
can it Is unmiXed with weeds and
covers the ground as evenly and nicely
| as a carpet 1t furnished feed for stock
during all the past winter when uncover
/ ed from snow and ice, and vii make &
vast quantity Of fEst class hay this sum
mer. Mr. Eeyser expects to realize
more cash money from this grass thar
he could have from a good crop Of wheat
and believes that farmers cannot toC
soon abandon The raising Of these cEop'
J which are uneert8ln aRd improbable.