The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-11-21
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LAND, STOCK and CROP.
Levi Hubble has lost four mules. See
"ad" on "a page
Five hundfsd and eighty mules were
recently shipped from Lexington 10 Cuba.
- The sale Of J. l.. Dawson, IT,, IL fixed
for tomorrow Saturday. There are some
good stock and other valuables advertised
Al Thos. Finncls sale near Kirksville,
calves brought $3.50; scrub heifera, sii;
COWS from sii 10 sS5, aud young mules
So.
- The Midway Clipper says Mai. J. +.
Hart, Of Jacksonville, Ia, had two sheep
shipped him from Kentucky by express.
The latier's charges were $500.
OIL AZ Messrs. lIamilton's sale At Kansas
City, Mo-, us head Of Cotswold sheep
sold at an average Of $3.50 per head, re-
alizing TO them a total Of over $1,000
The corn crop Of 1870, in the United
States Is reported at 1883, 2Gs,75O bushels
Illinois heads the list with 225,932, 700
bushels, while Kentucky furnishes 1922
100 bushels.
The cold snap has made the hog
trade lively. Yesterday morning, Tim.
w. Higgins shipped 700 head, for which
he paid from 90 to $3.50 per cwt., and this
morning, Moses Collier will forward GOO
for which he paid the same prices.
- Reports from all parts Of the State
are to the effect that nearly all Of the pork
killed before the present cold spell has
spoiled. Tweaty-eight wagons Of extra
enc hams and shoulders were delivered at
the Paris Soap Factory in one day.
There was at he Chicago cattle show
asteer that was 1897 day sold that weighed
2,sl2 pounds. A gain since birth.
Of one and eighteen one-hundreths lbs.
per day. A car load Of yearling Cots
wold's were on exhibition that averaged
22sl pounds.
- Business is 30 heavy with the L. &
\. II. II. that Il IL impossible 10 GIL orders
for cars for several days. A gentleman
who has Investigated the matter, told us
yesterday, that over $500 hogs were await
ing shipment between here and Lebanon
Junction alone.
"A number Of farmers who killed hogs
week or two ago, had the most Of them
to spoil during the warm term. II has
turned cold again after a good r=:a, and ii
Is not likely that we will have much more
warm weather this season, consequently
hogs are looking up.
GEoRGErowN COURT DAY.-Eight
hundred cattle were offered and generally
sold at $3.50 to $500 per cwt. A lot Of
mules brought Ss5.05 cash; a pair do,
$3.50, and another pair $40. Unbroke
mules brought from $50 to SIS. Hogs
went at $685. to $3.50 per cwt.
- During the year ending with October
last, the aggregate weight Of the ship
ments Of pork, lard, hams, shoulders and
sides, from Chicago, was l,099,Ols,93l lbs,
which would GIL 1922 cars with the full
load Of $4,000 lbs. each. That number Of
cans coupled together into continuous
train would cover 2s6 miles Of track.
The Advocate says that Kennedy, Fer
guson a Co, bought cattle in Boyle last
week, as follows: From J. c. Caldwell, 81
head, at $3.50; from z. +. Gentry, a bunch
nj S435; from Chas. p. Cecil, 32 head, at
$40; from Charles Clark, "a head, at 81.
IS. They will be weighed this week, and
We learn that the weights Of some Of them
will pan out nicely.
--LouIsvILLE.-Calllea are quoted at 81 10
4 for extra shippers; 8 to 81 for best butch
ers; p to "a for medium, and 1t to 2 for
thin and common. The cooler spell caus-
ed hogs to jump to $40 toS4l5 for choice;
$685. TO $500 for fair, and So to $40 per
cwt for shoats. Sheep are higher with an
active demand; extra, 3 to 81; common, 2
TO 2t cents per pound.
-DASvuLE COURT DAY.-Capt. II. T..
Bush says the market for cattle started oil
with good prospects in the early part of
the morning, but about IL O'Clock a cold
and chilling rain set in, lasting all day,
and destroying all interest in trade. Some
very good cattle were on the market,
bringing from 3 to 81 cents per pound.
Scrub cattle were unnoticed. No mules
were offered.
w. d. Sutherland bought yesterday
600 barrels Of corn delivered on the cars
at SLIGO per barrel......C w. Gaitskill
weighed to James X. Ford, 20 fat sheep,
all ewes, averaging 10 lbs, at 4 cents......
J. II. Kennedy, Of Garrard, has purchased
in Clark, for a Louisville firm, about Sl4,-
900 worth Of hogs......Sam I. Martin has
so acres Of corn which he says will aver
age 20 barrels or 100 bushels per acre ......
W. C. Vanmster weighed on the 18th inst,
the lot Of As cattle, sold by him some time
since to Judy and Barrow at A cents per
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