The interior journal., 1875-10-15
LAvD. s1Ot X, AND CROP ITEMS.

LIVE stock trade improving, especially
cattle.
Tue fine stallion Allie West, which sold
for $4,000 a few days since, has the epizoo-
ty in a mild form.
VIZ heard citizen Of a neirhborinc
county say that he very much desired To
buy n small farm Of 80 or 90 acres Of land
in this county, near town. II any Of our
readers have such for sale, they would do
we'll to advertise the fact in this paper.
Tur greatest short horn sale that ever
occurred /, this country took place lat
Thur-day in Clark county, Ky, near Win
chester, by b. u. Groom. Seventy head Of
heifers aud twenty bulls were sold. We
will lay before our readers next week a
statement Of the result, written for us ex-
pre-sly by an intelligent stock farmer who
vas present.
FINN ToBAcco.-Mr. W. J. Russell one
Of our most enterprising farmers Of the
Wee, End. showed US on Mouday Last some
excellent samples Of tobacco raised by him
this year. They were cured bright ytl-
low, 20 desirable among Tobacconists for
wrappers. Mr.. Russel hus ten acres OF this
tobacco that he ssys will fully come up to
the samPles-if 80 he has a Big Bo-
nanza"
SEVERAL o. our Hanging Fork farmers
told us on Monday last that a great deal Of
the corn crop would remain uncut in sew
eral parts Of the county, owing to the fact
that farmers could not afford to pay for cut
ting it,with corn at 81 2j to 81 so per bar
rel, aud that the fodder would scarcely pay
! for the cutting. We have not heard Of any
corn being injured by the late severe fro-ts,
and farI ers say this Is fine weather on the
crop, as it hsrdens /, ready for Winter and
/ ior grinding
A NUMBER OF our readers have told Us
that their fowls, both chickens and turkeys,
a''rl'cl viii cholera within the last two
..iJ.Ins. We have learned from our friends
that duck has never been known to have
that disease. The aquatic h bits of this
f,wl may account for its freedom from the
Water cleans them, and IL we could keep
our roosting places clean, our other fowls
might escape. An old lady subscriber
told us the other d. y that il Il little coal
oil was mixed with meal and that fed TO
the fowls, it would prevent il not cure the
cholera.
THr C6Wier-Joarad reports sales at Lex
ington on October 10Th, of short horns be.
longing to Mcssrs. Nsnmeter and Farra as
follows Fity.three head brought $685.,
IN average Of only little over $40 per
head. Tn, highest priced animals were
Gem 9TH, by Dick Taylor. dam Gem "a, bv
Fordham Duke, sold to Nanmeter at $50
Gem 9th by 18th Duke of Adric same dam
to DR., Sprague, S425; Queen of the Realm,
by Star Of the Realm, dam by Prince Chris
h""' " '''Es"Ni S"''i '"e' fh' "N NHu-
rie Duke, dam by JEFF. Davis, to :. Van
meter, $3.50 Cora 3d, by Duke of Argyle,
dam by Seaton, to DIR. Sprague, $3.50. For
/ ~ dollars was the lowest price brought
The sale was poorly attended, and the pri-
ces obtained were quite moderate consid r
ing the quality OF the stock, as the Nanme-
ter herd is known to be among the best in
Kentucky.
'oosff N"ohr i"f'-,onSiuer'ns 'he
we'' IA" oay' 'here was good crowd IN
I, was the open;n, dsv of the Co,r, ~
Claims Fran the renor, of IN. .uc,;on.
Ger. below II will h. seen what s,ock was an
the market and the p-ices ob,ained Time.
are renr,.en,ed rather easier than fo, some
mon,hs ,..t and +. general GOOD s,l;n,
nrev,iled .mony all cla..e. trade. and nro,
csi,ion. In IN. Co.n,v Cou,, bu, Iiule
bus;n,.. was docke,ed on,.;de of admins.
traitors and guardian settlements We no
ticed Mr. John Blain, County Clerk, at his
old desk again, after long absence, by rea-
son Of partial stroke Of paralysis. pass
way, private, was granted to james Robin
son over the lands of Mr. swoPe, after
spirited opposition upon the part Of the
latter. But for the existence Of the statute
which allows the erection Of these passages,
und.r proper e'rcumS'ahees' many persons
would he greatly dlscommoded. Bv D o.