Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-18
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
KANSAS LIVE STOCK BOARD PRE-
PAIRING ITS ANNUAL REPORT.
Next Meeting of Kansas Improved
stock breeders AssOcintiOn-An
Agreement as to GUAR
antininE Cattle.


members of the state live stock sanitary
board are in the city getting up their BIZ
ennial report TO be submitted to the go-
ernor by January l. The board will rec
ommend that the law be so amended as to
change the date for raising the quarantine
along the southern border from December
to November 10. TO conform with the reg
ulations Of the secretary of agriculture OF
the national government
During the year permits were issued, un-
der the Kansas regulations requiring the
same. for the shipment Of SCI srocker5
and feeding cattle from the native division
Of the Kansas City stock yards 10 interior
points in Kansas.
In compliance with rule of the Kansas
regulations, permits were issued for cattle
TO enter the state OF Kansas for grazing
and feeding purposes as follows:
From Texas via Santa Fe..............6i iS3
From Texas via Rock Island -........-. 40
From Texas via NJ. h. * T.-.-......... 90
From Texas via Missouri PaCitic---..-. SO
From Texas via trail. 3,3l9
From Arizona via Santa Fe-=.-..---.--.. 81 80
From New Mexico via Santa Fe.......l56 $50
From New Mexico via Rock Island. 2.OO
From Oklahoma via Santa Fe..--....... 5.il9
FROM Oklahoma via Rock Island. ....-- lS.6
From Oklahoma via Missouri Pacific. 215
From Oklahoma via trail.--..-.....--... 1,5S5
IOtal laS. .aI
Chairman johnson. of the commission,
also issued permits for the admission Of
about $500 cattle from Texas. There We're
S;6o5 cattle admitted during the year from
the states OF Sonora and Chihuahua, Mex
leo.
The next annual meeting of the Kansas
ImproIe Ied Stock Breeders Association
(which also includes the Kansas swine
Breeders Association, and the first annual
DreederS combination sale, Will be held aC
Topeka January l. and IS. 1897. This will
be the greatest occasion for fine stock
breeders ever held in Kansas and each
member of the association is exDected to
do something for the good of the order.
The committee on programme and arrange
ments will shortly issue the annual pro-
gramme.
Washington. Dec. IT-Hon Sydney Fish
er. OF Ottawa, and Secretary Morton, after
a full conference over the present cattle
quarantine laws between the United States
and Canada. have reached a general basis
OF agreement and the proper officers OF
tually satisfactory regulations whereby the
present long detention of cattle to be
shipped from either country to the other
vii. be avoided as far as consistent with
safety. The regulations then will be pre-
sented to the respective heads of the Unit
ed States and Canadian departments of ag-
riculture for ratification
Rev. S. NJ Brown. of the Tabernacle
Baptist church, addressed the Young
Mems Christian Association at the stock
yards yesterday afternoon. His subject
was The Reasonableness of the Christian
Religion" He compared the condition OF
the heathens with Christians and said
that our clothes, houses and comforts OF
life were all the result of the Christian
religion, and for that reason alone it should
be supported and encouraged.
The mule market has busted It is said
there are $500 mules now here on the mar
ket. and buyers are bidding s. 10 SO lower
than ten days ago
]. NJ. Riordan, Saline county. Kas., was
at the yards yesterday with sheep. He
reports the usual number of cattle in his
county. but more hogs. Corn selling at
Ii to 10 cents.
White Bros. of Buffalo. Kas.. had IN
ffty-siN more of their fine grade Shorthorn
and S-year-old steers yesterday. They
averaged LAOS pounds. and were sold by
Wright & Hannah at A65. next to the
highest price of the day. Eastman took
them for the export trade.
There We're some very pretty native lambs
in yesterday. ). a. Lightcap of Raymore,
Mo- was here with fifty of his own raisins;
and feeding that attracted general atten-
ton. They averaged "a pounds and were
sold by w. C. NJ. Baker & Co. at $3.50. the
highest point of the day.