Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-02-20

Concerning stock feeding In Kansas
Prof. Alihart says: The farmers of west
ern Kansas have been accustomed to de
pend upon prairie grass for pasturage
during the winter months. Snow has
not fallen to a sufficient deptl to prevent
the animals from finding the juicy stalks
beneath. Cattle from eastern portions
of the state have been driven vest for the
winter, in order to save the usual three
months of feeding. A very few years
ago 1t was no unusual sight to see In
January thousands Of cattle feeding on
the rank grass of western Kansas. The
severe winters Of the last two years have
convinced the stOck-raisers that some
feed must necessarily be stored, for use
at such seasons as we are now experience
ing. Millions Of dollars worth of stock
have been sacrificed to the late blizzard;
and the suffering caused by thirst, hun
ger and cold Is far beyond the experience
of other years. If water and food could
have been supplied, many Of the cattle
lost might have been saved. The wiser
ones Of our stOck-raisers VIII not be slow
/ to see the necessity of doing something
to insure protection also. The DAYS of
''no feeding in Kansas are numbered.
Wichita Beacon: Grocerymen report
an unprecedented supply of butter In
market. The snow blockade has pre-
vented it from being shipped out, and as
a consequence the people from the cOun-
/ try and surrounding towns have brought
in the tactical essence in quantities beyond
/ the capacity of the home consumption.
! First-class country butter has been offer
/ ed as low as 125 cents per pound with
out finding buyers. OF course this kind
| of weather butter viii last an unlimited
/ time, and it seems as if an enterprising
/ Spectator might make a good thing of
| it by buying it at the present low prices
and shipping to the western markets az
/ soon as the lines Of traffic are open.
/ Butter generally commands a fair price
/ here and affords a very welcome revenue
to the farmers, upon whom the cOnse-
/ quence Of this glut falls heaviest. The
surplus should be disposed Of before the
spring supply, which is always ample,
/ begins to come IN.
Manhattan I7ldustriagtst: Sure enough
the proof that wheat does turn into cheat
came to us on Monday from a farmer in
johnson county, in the shape Of a wheat
head from which a spikelet of cheat was
plainly springing. A brief examination
of the specimen showed that the tiny
stem Of the cheat spikelet had accident
ally wedged between the spikelet and
main stem Of the wheat head-Only this
and nothing more. 1t is Just as reason
able to expect the sow to occasionally
drop litter of puppies as that wheat
should turn to cheat.
Peabody Graphic: Charley Westbrook
sold his wool, last week, to a buyer trav-
cling in the interest Of an eastern house.
The price realized was twenty cents, and
the tiptOp price as compared with all
other woods. Yet there are wool yarns
sold In this market for two dollars a
pOund-made from Just that quality OF
wool. Verify the west does need wooden
factories, so that we can have the cloth
ing we wear made here from the wool we
raise here.
Atchison Globe: Superintendent Fa-
gan of the Central Branch has received
reports from the different agents indicat-
ing that there are stored in Central
Branch elevators, ready for shipment
152, $50 bushels of wheat, 100000
bushels of corn, D. 800 bushels of oats
J
grand total of 1904 bushels Of grain
or 1851 car loads. The agents also re-
port that more than half of the crop OF
1885 is still in the country.
Manhattan Republic: In planting po-
tatOes next spring, it viii be well to re
member that whole potatoes viii yield
the most, and the tubers viii be larger
, than the yield obtained from cuttings
Careful experiments have been made anC
the result is largely in favor of planting
whole potatoes If the seed potato Ii
large, the increase viii belarge.
Kansas Farmer: During the recent
drifting and binding storm, it is saiC
cattle drifted from the Platte river to tht
Arkansas river-quite a long trip-escaP
ing starvation to finally pile up theI
] bones with hundreds Of other cattle tina
were stopped by the wire fences and per
ished for want of food and shelter. Tn,
! lesson taught is plain.
Girard Press: Several of our leading
! fruit growers say that the peach bud
! are all killed We hope they are mis-
taken, but extreme weather has, undoubt
q edly, damaged this important crop.
Crawford county is devoid Of peaches
p in 1886, it viii be the third year tina
1 the crop has been a total failure.
q Greenleaf HdependeHt-J Journal: PEG
pie who are feeding southern cattle II
2 this locality are having a hard time OF it
e and if the weather does not moderate
soon their stock won't weigh as mucl
after they have eat up their whole crOl
of corn as they did when they eommenc
ed feeding in the fall.
f Kansas City Lire Stock Indicator: I
. Kansas abandons the livestock laws /
u. now has it VIII never have others as gooC
{ until their necessity is shown by losse