Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-14
END OF KANSAS BOARD OF AGRI-
CULTURE MEETING.
TOM HUBBARD IS PRESIDENT
ADDRESS OF w. s. HANNA, 4 KANSAS
CITY COMMISSION MAN.
He Talked of the Stock Yards Busi-
ness Ems Seen by the Commits
sion Man,. Logan Jones,
of kansas City, Also
Reads n Paper.

TOPEKA, KAS.. Jan. 13.-(Special.) The
Kansas state board of agriculture to-day
elected officers for the ensuing year. as
follows: Z, A. Hubbard. Rome. president;
Edwin TAYLOR, Kansas City, Kas., vice
| president, and Edwin Snyder, Oskaloosa,
| treasurer. y secretary is elected only
| each alternate year, and Secretary CO.
burn holds over. Members were elected as
follows: Charles Sutton, of Russell, to
| succeed his father, Judge w. b. Sutton;
| George W. Click, of Atchison. to succeed
T. A. Hubbard; 7. G. Cooper. to succeed
| Congressman-elect w. ]. Bailey. George
w. Hanna and Ed r. Smith were re-
elected.
To-day's programme included the read
ing of the following papers: practical
Lessons in Agriculture" Z. Whitcomb,
| Friend. Neb.; What / Know About AL
falfa.' H. D. Watson, Kearney, Neb., and
kansas as a Stock Growing State j. ii.
Neff, editor of the Drovers' Telegram.
Kansas City.
w. S. Hanna, the well known live stock
commission merchant, delivered an inter-
esting address on the subject. "As Seen
by the Commission Man. In the course
of his remarks he said:
The feeders and shippers throughout
all the vast domain of states and terri
tories contiguous to the Kansas City mar
ket do not need to take 4 long haul, with
added expense and additional shrinkage,
to get the full market value of their con-
sisnments, so long as the competition for
supplies among export buyers and the i'm
mense packing houses prevails.
IN connection with the influences gov
erning the general live stock trade there
are to be observed. firstly, the aids. and.
secondly, the hindrances:
Under the first comes the stock to be
handled. Many mistakes are made at this
point Especially by the inexperienced, but
as the kind and age of cattle to full-feed
cannot be arrived at by any definite rule,
only general advice can be given. and
when it comes to 'roushing,' or half-feed-
ing, it is just as necessary to get the right
kind, otherwise success is turned to fall
ure and aids to success become hindrances.
Then comes the question of the kind
of feed and shelter. One of the most sue
cessful feeders of my acquaintance. whose
finished steers nearly always top the mar
ket, feeds shelled corn, oats and oil meal,
with clover hay for roughness, and he has
a large barn for shelter. On this point 1
want to say that it is as much of a mis-
take to turn stockers into a stock field to
shift for themselves. without shelter,
throughout the winter, as to f~ull-feed cat
tie in a lot where there is a little or no
.wind-break,' and where snow. slush or
mud may be the resting place. A feed lot
knee deep in mud retards fattening. makes
work harder, loses waste to the hogs. and
when fattened cattle are shipped to mar
ket from such surroundings their killing
qualities are often overlooked because OF
their filthy condition. l have seen such
cattle strike a 'glut and absolutely not
get the strength of the market on the day
of arrival. 1t certainly pays to take care
of live stock in every way. and it is wan
ton wastefulness not to do so within the
limit of ones means.
1T is hardly necessary to mention the
influence of the railroads in the develop.
: ment of the live stock industry; withou,
!, them it would be nothing.
: That the agricultural press mot only the
so-called state papers. but the local pa
: pers as welD has contributed a wonderful
!. aid in this direction cannot be overlooked
l OF course. there are all kinds of papers
some of them of very little force and no
l worthy the patronage of their communi
{ ties. but l have reason to know that tn
l majority are worth the support of the cit
iZenS t Wner9 fb .neS will iITG b u i%are aIS na S,nsGzet
In some of the Sparsely settled districts
many of the editors have sacrificed tim
and money in the development of their pa
appearance would indicate that they ha'
taken millet straw and buffalo grass OIL
the editing of Eeniuses."
, Mr.. Hanna indirectly referred to tn
Gillett episode in this way:
inflated values, both on the range an,
on the open markets, are abuses in TIL
trade of serious moment. These often oc
, cur through the open door of easy money.
: When everybody can get money, then spec
ulators have the floor; the dance is merr,
while the music lasts. but when it come
, to paying the fiddler it can't be done. ant
. the band disbands. while the musical di
rector changes residence. and the chic
mourners go about in sackcloth and ashe
seeking what they may devour. 1t is al
old story fold over and Ovpr 1paip an,
yet some men seem never to have heard
p until they are the principals in it. TIL
y honest. conservative feeder and shipper
t and the more profitable, from that stand
e point. the business is.
J. One of the worst evils in the shippin
I business is the dishonest, irresponsible spec
ulator; he is the most reckless of all com
: petitors. If he can get a country banke
or a commission house to honor his draft
by putting up a narrow margin, he wi
be after business and all competitors wit
a sharp stick; having little or nothing t
{ makes anything he. is far ahead, and
y he loses the other fellow is far behind.
d glad to see this disturbing element elm
e mated. for it is II great source of annoyanc
and ! loss to every person touched by it"
City, Mo-. read a paper on The Farme
and His Wife as Seen by the Merchant,
) Another Point of G' View" manhattan 0
ID Whereas. 1t is with pleasure that W,
'e the members of the state board of ayr
IT culture. note the fact that a member {
o our board has been elected to a seat
the American congress, and believing tn:
his usefulness to the farmers ard stoc
raisers of America would be greatly aus
mented by his occupying a place upon II
u committee of agriculture. therefore,
i Resolved. BY the state board of agr
ise culture. in its twenty-eighth annual Sc
q, sion. that the honorable secretary of aGr
'e culture at Washington be requested to urs
Al the appointment of Hon. w; j. Bailey. !,
Kansas. to n prominent place upon II
congressional committee of agriculture.
Resolved. That the secretary of Il
-. state board of agriculture be authorized
~ properly engross the above resolution al
=. present it 10 the Hon. ". ]. Bailey"
~ To-night's session ended the meeting.
l" TWO N0DAWAY WEDDINGS.