Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-15
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
GooD RAINS IN KANSAS, NEBRASKA
AND COLORADO
Commission Men Opposed to Having Ram
city, kas. Keep an Inspector at the
Yards b. Crop and Live
stock Gossip.

StOckmen continue to bring In most
| encouraging crop reports from the coun-
try and the greatest abundance OF stock
feed is promised for the coming fall and
winter
John c. Mccoy. Of Mccoy Bros. 4
Bass, who is Just back from a trip
through Southern Nebraska and Col
orado, says. Il left here June . by the
Burlington Il Missouri River railroad
for Alma, Ncb, 200 miles west of the
Missouri river 1t began raining at
st. Joseph and every foot " country in
Southern Nebraska and Northern kan
sas was thoroughly soaked was at
Norton, Kas.. Monday evening. when It
began raining at o'clock the fall he
ing very heavy from there TO the Col
oradc line. | spent two days between
Colorado Springs ana Pueblo and there
were good rains both days, and parties
told me they had had some rain every
day for n week past,
II left Pueblo Wednesday night and
found the rainfall had been as large an
the southern part of Kansas as I'M the
northern. In the past i've days l
travelled over 1.SoO miles I'm Kansas. Ne
braska and Colorado and there was not
a foot OF the country but what was
thoroughly wet. Why. from La Junta.
Coll to Hutchinson. kas. the old sand
draws buffalo walluws aud lakes were
all standing fun Of water That Couu-
try has enough water for once. Corn tn
all sections looking tirst-ClaSs and the
acreage very large While | consider
the stand only fair showing plainly
quite a number OF missing hills. and ~
was the same both north and south !
could but remark upon the universal
Ts.
ers We're certainly doing their part and
letting no grass grow under their feet
nor between their corn rows. Every
body seemed to he doing their best as
the rains had given them new life.
While in many fields they We're suIl
planting, the corn on the north line
would average from six to ten inches
high. and on the south line from one
to three feet. The acreage seems to be
larger north than south. The finest
large fields | saw We're between Hutch
inson and Emporia. kas. With a fav-
orable season the crop will be immense.
/ saw scarcely a field of wheat that
would make a full crop. a great many
that would not pay to cut and some that
would yield from one-fourth to ona-half
a crop l would consider one-third of a
crop a fair and liberal estimate of the
yield. oats are heading out slowly,
many fields being too short to bind. l
think the yield will be fair and look for
at least three-fourths Of fun crop. The
country generally looks prosperous"
The question of inspection was again
UP at the yards yesterday. \ committee
Of the Kansas City. kas., council vis-
tied the yards to look into the advisa-
bility of appointing city live stock in
spector at the yards In their meeting
with the commission men in the eN-
change hall pretty lively time was
had. The commission men are opposed
to any more inspection, as there are
fourteen government inspectors at the
yards and forty inspectors at the pack
ing houses. making fifty-four in all, and
it is said that they are doing their work
most thoroughly.
1t was charged by the commission men
that this is just a move on the part of
the desccatng works to get more dead
animals. Under the government inspec-
tion many cattle with Jumps or a slight
injury that We're formerly shot down by
the city inspectors in the yards and the
carcass taken charge of by the desic-
eating works are under the govern
ment inspection condemned but allowed
to be moved to some packing house and
a post mOrtem made by the government
veterinary, and if unfit for food are
tanked. The packer allows the owner
for a good steer of this class $l2 to $li,
while the disiCcating works would only
pay $3 to 81. If il was shot down in the
yards by a city inspector and they
moved 1t. The desiccating works only
pays Il cent per pound FOR dead hogs,
while it is said that packers Will give
two to three times that price for all
hogs that they tank. A no charge is
made that the government inspection is
not thorough, it is readily seen why the
commission men should oppose any
more inspectors
Jay II. Neff, of the Drovers Telegram,
who is now in London, will sail for
home to-day.
John L. Christian, NJ. II. Hall and r.
Moury, Atchison county, Mo, We're here
yesterday after feeders, They report
cattle short but as many hogs as last
year
II. Knowles, Wellington Kas., was in
yesterday with cattle.
G. S. APP Austin, Mo, had in hogs
and sheep yesterday.
II. NJ. Gritth. Miami |, r, was here
with some good fed steers Yesterday
Colonel sam Pratt, Concordia, Kas.,
was at the yards yesterday with cattle
and hogs.
H. HeweS and w H. Fitch, Richmond,
Mo, were here after feeders yesterday.
The "Breeze' Got the 'Ads."
.fa1N rl.