The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-02-11
LAND, STOCK AND C4OP ITEMS

LAND, sTOCk AND CROP ITEMS.
AMoNg the arrivals at the stock yards a,
Cincinnati on January 2Gth, was lot Of
hogs numbering los head, averaging AZ
pounds. They were shipped by Kyle 4
Carson, Monroe. Butler county, q.
A PoLASD-CmSA IIoo.-A hog belong.
ing to VIM. Murphy, Of the shannon
neighborhood, weighs sij pounds. II Is
: thought To be the largest ever raised in the
c5nnty. twas Of the Poland. China breed.
1 Maysville Bulletin.
w. III. CoRBIS Paris, XIV. has sold to
Vim. T. Pogue, Mayslick, Ky, the import.
ed short-horn COW, kirklevington LADY 9Th.
white, calved MAY 9TH, 1875, by Grand
Duke Of York (3i3OI, out Of Kirkleving.
ton Lady 81, by sth Duke Of York C3sisOD
for -, loo-[Lex. Dispatch.
THE Red berkshire hog, one Of the best
breeds, aud which was once very popular,
is again coming to the front to claim the
prize. Several Of them were sold by a Gar
rard farmer, recently, to a Marion county
breeder, for high fgures-S70 for three.
We heard Of tract of land in this
county, renting for So per acre to go in
corn, AMI 90 acres for oats, at one half Of
the crup raised. The usual price, we learn,
was one-third of the same. The land is Of
extra good quality.
| C,L W. 7. WuHERs, sold last week, in
Fayette county, to different parties, about
ten thousand dollars worth Of thorough
bred trotting aud racing colts. This last
sale Of his, together with other animals
which he has sold since the first Of Deem
Der last, will net Col. wither. about s2I,-
800.
CLOVER land on the North side Of the
Kentucky river, rents for 50 80 TO So 80
per acre. This seems TO be large price. |
Some hemp land rents for SIS 30 per acre. |
The foregoing figures are sand to be unusu-
ally high, however, and the high price of
hemp, grain. &c, must be the cause Of it.
MEssRs. BAILEY AND BLEDsoE, Of Lin /
coin county, have but recently purchased .
Of Mr.. W. G. Lowry, Of Jessamine cou ,ty,
justly celebrated Canadian horse. Capt
Walker. This horse is said to be very .
superior saddle and harness animal, and
his colts in the section Of country where he .
has been used show the f,ct
IL man thinks that hay is scarce in
this section, let him pull out roll
of greenbacks and say to farmer-'I
want a load Of ''roughness" for NV stock
right away No sooner said than YOU find
afuli load in your loft. This proves one
thing, certain, that is-hay is more plenti-
fnl than greenbacks.
Now is the time to make your plant
beds, wherein you can start the early veget-
able plants, such as tomatoes, pepper, cab
bagc, celery. etc. II you only need few
for family use, get a small box, fill il with
rich earth, sow your seed and put the box
in window where the sun shines, and give
them watering with tepid water twice a
week.
ONE of our Lincoln county traders, who
has already purchased a great many cattle,
sheep, mules, horses, &c, in the counties
Of Pulaski, Wayne, and Casey, returned
last Saturday, from that section with only
a small bunch Of cattle. lie reports that
stock Of all kinds is unusually scarce there
but he purchased what h. brought home,
at reasonable figures.
THERE are thousands of acres Of lind
on Grcen river, in this county, which, ow
ing to the fact that it is virgin soil. would
be excellent for garden purposes, and many
acres lie within a mile of the G. $. R.R.
We heard OF two men who purchased 100
acres, lying in a long bottom, and within
stones throw Of the road, for five dollars
an acre, which they propose to make gar
den of.
From the Lexington Pros We learn that
on last Monday, County Court DAY, at
Pwis, Bourbon county, $50 head Of cattle
were on sale, and brought from - to 5 cts
The demand for mules was slightly better,
with 100 head on the market-selling from
$50 to SIS for unbroke, and 500 to SIPS
for broke mules. The demand for horses
was decidedly better, with an advance in
prices.
Mr.. TRIMBLE, OF Newberg, has sold his
bay mare, Music, by Middletown, to Mr..
Robert Bonner, of New YORK. The mare
has a record OF POI made by her in the
''two-twenty-three race at Hartford ON the
ID Of September, 1879, which race she won
by head, from st. James in 2:23l; the Sc
cond heat by two lengths from ~. James,in
2:22l when she out-trottcd the whole field
in the stretch in grand style. The third
heat she lost 10 simmons Bella, she win
ming il by length from 1t. james in 2:22
The fourth heat was another magnificent
display Of fast trotting. Music, coming
away from the whole field. won the heat
and ra e by length in 2;2l !, with blanche
second. The price paid for Music is said
TO be $4,000, and tn the mare was ship
ped from Newburg THURSDAY. Il lex. bis Il