The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
State Agricultural College Took
Many Prizes at American
Royal Cattle Show.
WON TOTAL OF TWELVE FIRSTS
Nine Seconds, Four Thirds and TWO
Championships Were Also Cap
tured by College Herds.

can Royal Stock show, recently held
in Kansas City, were secured by the
Kansas State Agricultural college this
year.
The college won three frsts out of
a possible five on herds all bred and
fitted at the institution. Two cham
pionships were also given on cattle
bred here A total of twelve firsts,
nine seconds, four thirds, and two
championships constituted the awards
made to the college.
Competition was with some of the
strongest institutions in the middle
west, including Iowa, Wisconsin, and
Missouri
Here is the classified list of the col
1ege's winnings.
Hereford-First and second in 2
year-olds; first in senior yearlings;
second in junior yearlings; second in
senior calves; first in junior calves;
first and third on herds.
Aberdeen Angus Second in year
1ings, calves and herds.
Galloway-First IN 2-year-olds; sec
ond in yearlings; second in calves.
Shorthorn-First and third in 2-year-
olds; third and fourth in yearlings;
first and second in calves; first and
third in herds; championship on 2
year-old steer, College Dale.
Grade Hereford-First in 2-year-
o1ds; first in yearlings; first in calves;
first in herds; championship on 2
year-old steer, Logan.
Word has also been received by the
animal husbandry department that
the 3-year-old ClydesdaIe stallion, Bar
on Montague, bred at the college, won
fourth in the open competition at the
Panama-Pacif1c International exposi-
ton at San Francisco.
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Short Kansas Wheat .Area.-A great
reduction in the wheat area in Kan
sas for next years crop seems certain.
The casual observer travelling through
the country might think that there is
a splendid outlook for wheat, but ap-
pearances are deceptive. About seven
out of every ten fields show a fine
growth, but it is volunteer wheat that
shattered from the heads during har-
vest, which has sprouted and is max
ing the fields green. Many of these
fields would make big crop, but for
one thing-Hessian flies. Farmers
say that all the volunteer wheat is
full of the pests, and is likely to be
destroyed by them.
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May Open Land November THE
Dodge City land office received
more than one hundred letters the
day after it was announced that Pres
ident Wilson had abolished the nation
oil Of In
Western Kansas. Since then the
number of inquiries has increased
every day But the land office as yet
knows no more about the details Of
opening. The opening will not be be-
fore November 1, as much of the land
is leased until that date to the cattle
men for grazing purposes.
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Harvest Hand Shoots Two.-An
italian known as Tony shot and per-
haps fatally wounded John Cutshal
and Ed Bailey near Stockton. The
men were members of a threshing
crew at o. H. Mob's farm, fifteen
miles northeast.
K. u. to Edit N. Y. independent
"An early issue of the Independent in
1916 will be edited by the students in
Journalism in the University of Kan
sas," runs an announcement in the
current issue of the New York Inde-
pendent The novel feature will be
called "The Kansas Number of the In
dependent"
Big Kansas Oil FIow.-The Wichi
ia Natural Gas Company no longer
denies that it has struck an unusual
flow of oil on a lease few miles north
of Eldorado. In fact, it confirmed the
report that the flow was a good one
when it started putting in rigging fol
another well on a farm a half mile
west OF the present well. The flow
is estimated at 800 barrels day and
the test was 35 per cent gasoline.
Gives $4,000 to Y. Nj. C. As
Nicholson, a banker at Ellis, recent!
gave $4,000 for the construction Of {
Y NJ c. A building in his town as (
memorial to his wife. The announce
ment was made at dinner given il
honor of ]. E. ManIey, state secretar!
OF the association.
To Try Cases in Topeka.-Th'
twelve alleged "jointkeepers" of Leav
enworth, indicted by the federal CRANE
jury on charges of selling liquor with
out a government license, are to b,
tried at a special term of the Unite,
States district court in Topeka o.
November %.
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Wichita's 1915 RainfaII.-With tn
recent heavy rain this years rainfall
reached 40.37 inches. In 1898, tn
nearest to this figure, 1910 inches O
rain fell, but 1915 has over tw
months to go yet.
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TWO octogenarians Dead.-Mrs. 4
Wilgus and G. H. Patton, each 8
years old. died at Paola recently
Mrs. Wilgus was born in Kentucky i
1853. She was one of the first person
to locate in Miami county. Mr.. Pa
ton was born in Indiana and was