The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-01-02

The prices Of stock varied with the
seasons as in 10. During the Spring,
grazing cattle were worth about 3lcents.
IN the summer fat cattle sold at 4ic@ &c.
In February hogs brought 2lc@3 &c, and
advanced towards the fall season To 4c@
W. for feeding. Fat hogs were held at
H. before the financial crash, but the
packing season opened at &c, advancing
steadily through the season to sic. The
hog crop for Lincoln county was not up
to the average, and the price realized av-
eraged about SO IS per hundred.
The wheat crop for the cDunty was
pretty fair, free from rust and ether dis
eases, and though thin on the ground,
owing to the severity Of the winter. the
yield exceeded the expectations of farm
ers. The average for the county was
about s bushels per acre,-l2 bushels is
an average crop one year with another.
The quality of the wheat was extra.
The grasses were very fine; oats crop
heavy and saved without injury. The
corn crop was the best produced in the
county for years. Apples exceedingly
scarce, also peaches; small fruits almost
a failure.
The farmers of Lincoln county have
not made any money on this years labor,
but it is very clear the fault is with them
selves. They raised produce enough,
but their average crops were so low that
they afforded little profit. And so of
their live stock. They do not pay sufii-
cient attention to breeding choice ami
mails. The markets are flooded with
inferior meat, which cost the farmers far
more to produce it than it is worth to con-
sumers. The prosperity of the farmer
does not depend solely upon the amount
he can produce and sell, but upon the
pr fl of his sales. If he expends all of
his income to produce what he raises. he
is rs poor as if he had sat in the shade of
a tree during the entire growing season
without making an effort to sow or reap.
Farmers will forever complain Of hard
times unless they 60 to work in earnest
and strain their lands up to all they will
bring; practice economy in their farming
operations and make farming business.
Thus far We have had an unusually
mild winter, and few rains. The first
frost of the Fall season fell ON the 18th
of September, injuring nothing. The
first snow fell on the Dist Of October.
We have had but two or three light
SHOWS, and no ice. The grain crops for
the present year are in admirable condi-
ton and promise large yield. At the
suggt stion of the JOURNAL few Of our
farmers representing the best corn-grow-
ing sections of this county, selected from
their corn crop Of the past year few
specimen ears each, and placed them ON
exhibition at our Office to compete for a
small premium offered by ourselves.
There were nineteen competitors, and a
most magnificent display of corn. The
premium was awarded to Geo. Vaughn,
Esq. whose farm is situated in the
"Bald Hill' region, three mikes east of
Stanford. The winning ear was of the
"Shanks" variety, very popular and
prolific corn. and weighed % ounces.
About 900 mules we're fitted in this
county last year, aud but few Of them
have been taken to market. The south
ern market will not open until the 10Th
or Goth Of the present month. The dis
tressed condition Of farmers in the south
has seriously affected this section Of our
State Indeed more seriously than the
eastern panic.