Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

ElDorado Republican,; Col. Bly,
Early, OF Chelsea, has just put in 4CS
head Of cattle--a first class grade Of
feeders-which ho will keep till grass on
$50 acres OF corn Of his own and on
what can be bought in the neighbor-
hood.
Pittsburg special: Another pro.
tracted drouth is iniuring this entire
section. 1t has been two months since
a shower has fallen and winter wheat is
suffering for moisture. The ponds and
small streams for watering stock are
dry and numerous wagons are kept
busy in this city supplying empty els
terms.
Jewell City Republican: The ground
is as dry now as it ever gets, yet the al
falfa fields are green. The conviction
grows on the Jewell county farmer that
alfalfa is going to be the redemption OF
this country. Some say it will be over
done like everything else that promises
to pay, but whepever we overdo the al
falfa business you will see one of the
grandest places to raise cheap cattle
and hogs that there is anywhere.
Severance News. Jake Stout, it APP
pears, knows little something about
hog raising. One day last week he had
two car loads Of his hogs on the mar
ket at Kansas City, and sold them for
Is cents per hundred over the highest
market price paid in Chicago that dag.
The market men underworld to create
the impression that the hogs had boon
sorted at st Joseph, but it did not i'm
press. The hogs were sorted in JatN's
own hog pen.
Packers are keeping very busy these
days, and their killing both of cattle and
hogs is surprisingly large. They took
last week q, 159 cattle and 66,720 hogs,
this being an increase over the previous
week OF 1851 cattle and 1857 hogs
Not only was ready market at good
prices furnished for much new stock,
but labor at good wages given to many
idle hands. The country is still taking
young and thin cattle very freely, the
shortness in the corn crop seeming to
have but little influence upon the demand
for stockers and feeders. Four hundred
and thirty-two cars of such cattle were
taken for the country last week against
1888 the same week last year.
Information has been received from
Hartford, Conn.,, stating that the bond
holders of the Garden City Irrigation
Co., and the Southwestern Irrigation
Co., owning two of the largest irriga-
ton properties in southwestern Kansas,
have decided to repair the bitches and
put the property in working order. T.
E. Dewey is receiver for both compa-
MES and will have charge Of the reht-
ting Of the properties. The bitches
have been much neglected and hence
have deteriorated in condition and eff
fectiveness. 1t is proposed to put them
in perfect condition at cost of $4,000
to $4,000 and make thorough test OF
their possibilities in raising field crops,
especially alfalfa. Farmers under the
ditch will be urged to put in windmills
for garden irrigation, both to economic
water and to make certain subsistence
for their families. The bitches have 90,-
600 acres subject to them and the ex-
pertinent Of the stockholders will DO
the most extensive effort of the kind
in the state. 1t means great deal for
southwestern Kansas and will make pro-
ductivo large section of Finney aud
Kearney county lands which has as yet
never been tested. Work will commence
soon on the improvements.