Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-25
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FAIRFIELD, Ncb., Feb. 23- Special to
The BEE. In this vicinity the number OF
cattle being fattcned for market is very much
less than it has been for u number of years.
There is probably not over five hundred to
seven hundred head of feeders within a ra-
dius of ten miles of Fairfield. Quite large
number of stock cattle were brought up from
the drouth district of Kansas last fall and
sold to our farmers at a low rate.
There is large surplus of corn, oats and
hay in this vicinity. Our two elevators are
kept busy night and day handling the grain,
principally corn, as il CONES in, and yet fully
one-half of the farmers are holding for better
prices. Corn and oats are each worth
Is cents a bushel. Hay is a drug on
the market at any price. 1t can be bought
for - Il ton. Quite quantity is being baled
and shipped to other markets.
Hog cholera has got away with q good
many porKcrs here this!winter but there are
still lots of hogs that will be ready for mar
ket i'll the spring. j. Lcnzen & Sons shipped
out three car loads of sheep yesterday and it
is probable that there are not as many more
left in the county.
Among the prominent stock men and far
mers in this vicinity are: M Broderick. Il.
E. Patton, Culver & Son, NJ. A. Hancock,
Ed Holmes, Dana Bros, II. e. Potter, Frank
NalenJlne, a. IOWner, -. NlchclNlC, j. w.
ChldcrstOn, G.. ID. DoXsle and John Mickey
nolds. Each of the above has from 100 to
300 head of .cattle of all kinds, and on an
average they own nearly one hundred head
of hogs each. Horse breeding is becoming IA
prominent feature of farming in this vicinity,
all classes, heavy draft, coach horses and
trotters being well represented, also an
occasional thoroughbred
EDGAR, Neb., Feb %. Especial to TIE
BEE. Following is n stock, grain and hay
,t.,r "a
within n radius of ten miles: Hogs, l!,0S9;
corn, $40, $50 bushels: cattle, Sll2: sheep,
1,STO; oats, G6,29i bushels; hay, S,2O6 tons.
The hay mere given docs not include any
other kind of fodder, of which there is an
abundance. There are not more than one
thousand cattle being fattened for sale.
Webster.
RED CLOUD, Neb., Feb. d. Special to
THE BEE. Webster county has long en-
jovcd the reputation of being the greatest
stock producing county in the Republican
valley, and Red Cloud that of being the
best shipping point on the line of the b. &
M. east and west of here. The number of
cattle being fed here and within u radius of
ten miles is 5000 and proportionate number
of hogs. There are no sheep to speak of in
the county. Cattle of all grades number
1000.
Feed of all kinds is plenty. Much hay is
being shipped to Denver and other points.
The seasons output will reach 800 tons.
There have been fully 1000 head of fat cattle
shipped from here in the last sixty days
and about the same number of
hogs. The principal stock feeder in the
county is Mr.. w. N Richardson, of this city.
He is now feeding 500 head of cattle and 800
head of hogs. His reputation is that of
being one of the largest and most successful
feeders in the state. He has been engaged
in the business many years and not "a few
of your readers throughout the state know
of him. This season Mr.. Richardson will
use 10000 bushels of corn and 500 tons Of
hay, for which he will have paid the prices
above quoted, making no small item of
expenditure for products of the county.
There are many other stock feeders in the
county, among whom are the following:
A Roots, Charles Hunter, William Irons,
John and E. j. Peterson, Sam Eaton, Aaron
Shurtliff, j. c. Holcomb, All Mccall, o.
II. Sherer, Sam CARRIER James Gillham, II.
Gerhard Olmsted. a. j. Worthington, John
Moore, /. w. Hampton, William and Le-
grand Thorne, Colonel Eaton ana John Nc
Culom. Mr.. McCullom lives in the north
end of the county noted for his fine hogs.
These parties are feeding from twenty-five
to two hundred head of cattle and proper
tionate number of hogs
Red Cloud, as market is unsurpassed in
the state and as an evidence of this fact we
note that fully 1000 head of stock being fed
III Kansas are to be marketed here. We
have heard of no cholera or disease of any
nature, and owing to the open winter stock
has done remarkably well.