Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-26

F. ,m the repnlsive and prescribed
nuisance of antiquity, to'eF .t~d bl
depi ed, und r the b "a al III any ~
lIgiOns, de5condti thr ugh ih- stvds',
pred DRY horde of old Sorld forests
and ingles, the hog his become not
only amenabie 70 civiliZ vim, bu-,
under the modifying in1Ienc5 of In
dian corn and surroundings sAlubriou>
and peaceful, he is in America debt.
paper, a tge-rem over, pro
moter Of progress, AID bu5treSS of
prosperity. Here is uuqiestion ably
the region Of his highest development.
In his Amtric IN form The mouths
of every nation water for rashers
from his unctuous carcass, aud the
pinched and petty savings of peasants
and the cutters OF princes ar+ alike
rih | of lhrir boarded cDiaS 10 TX
change for the STAPLES and luxuTics re
alone yields. Whether Mtmmon is
to furnish forth Il marriage feast in
Gotham, or u luckless prospector be
grudgingy grub staked FIR IL t deI-
perate venture into the frozen fist
ntsses of the Yukon, the hog must
be early reck IIed with.
There is probably no other territory
of the same area rs Kansas where thu
conditions Of elm lte. sill, food ana
care are more congen:al 20 the hogs
health and wholesome dtvtIrpnert,
aud he il nOwht re found So Gevei,. ,.td
except among high order Of peul T..
High-class swine are unknown aud
impossible among loN-class paDpl-.
Kansas swine, image of Kansas
grain aud brain, met ut Chicago il
1898 the world heaters, and beat
them. u lcie sans az 'icu,tucIi re-
port for January of this yeac gives tn
average value of tn X ms IS hog ~ IS
per cent greater than tn It Of th3 Ms
souri, porker; II PER cent a5,v, TIE
Virginit hog; 81 ab we his Ke.tucky
relative; 62 ner cent higher thaa The
Texan; 13l in adv inco Of the Ark Al
SAD; and 1879 per cent gre Itcr thaI
that of the Florida hog. The SANE
report shows but I'll mt states wi; IA
NOR. hogs than Kausa3, and but fpur
in which their aggregate value WIS
larger She has more hogs than all
New England and fifteen states and
terri cries added, and with a value tx
ceeding the total OF tho 10 in eightea ii
sister states.
Where corn and gras most abound
the hog Is most profit ably evolved
and wakes fatte''. Ktnsas is acorn
orchard parked with grasses. No
where else do corn and grass grow
in greater Upul5nce. Ia such re-
gion, with sucn an environment, the
hog and his colIeaSu', The beef, sioc r
are twin chief al;heni, st who tran.
mn;e the bulkier pro 'uct o tie soil
into gold and silver "a Nv beats
wGerewith to bay better h meF
added lands, luxury aud leisure. It.
Kansas be finds tie favor, d ZONE
his Ell Dor d.. Hare he attsins the
qualities which make his flash del.
icacy sought cf epicures in Occident
and Orient, no less than fit and
staple ration for men of heroic un.
dertaAings, iron nerve, and COO
brain, Ike those at Manila ano
Santiago fired the unerrinz shots
that wrenched loose the props OF a
throne, revi-ed the wJi Ids map. and
replaced tyrsun!', aig WI b % /
Glory"
1T Is in recognition Of his imporh,
ance and possibilities ~ a flctor IN
the states advance nent, aud that he
may be It'll better understood. no
preciated and utiIizs al in enh .ncin.
her wealth and welfare, thaS til,
Kansas BoIsd of Agriculture dis
cuSses him.
+, -. CoBURN, Secretary