The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1889-11-20
CONCERNING FARMERS.

c. w. Williams, OF Independence,
Ia, the breeder OF the stations Axtell
and Allerton, was telegraph operator
six years ago at SEQ month. A rela-
tive left him s., 900, and be determined
to 90 into dairying. He required two
road horses, and bought q couple of
mares by MambrinO Boy for 500 each.
These he afterward sent to Kentucky
TO lie bred TO William L. ana Jay Bird,
both by George Wilkes, al $50 mare.
The result was Axtell and AllertoD,
the former OF which has been sold for
Sos 600, while the latter is priced at
$4,000.
Henry Chambers, who went to South
America with Prince Wilkes, writes
that the Prince is still winning, and If
he is not Too severely handicapped by
being set too far back of the wire at the
start, be expects TO win several large
stakes with him before the season is
over. Henry further states that he has
driven him a half in los, and a mile
in ZIG 10 bis work. He evidently has
retained his speed in Henry's hands,
but whether he will do so well under
the management of one not acquainted
with Crit. Davis methods of shOeing
ing and handling him, remains TO be
Seen.-Kentucky Stock Farm.
1t is said that no such valuable field
of trOtting horses has faced the starter
of this year as that of the 2:2O stallion
race at Lexington. At the call of the
bell six great individuals answered, no
one Of which could be bought for
500, 900, $50, 900 having been offered and
refused for Nelson alone. They were
Nelson, 2:l4i; Jack, 2:l5; Geneva s.,
2:l9i; Iona, 2:l72; AlcryOn, 2:l5f, and
Norval, 2;lSf. Jack won the race i'm
three straight heats in 2;17I, 2:l5, and
2:l63, with some speed to spare. The
winner is u small gray gelding by Pilot
Medium, son Of Happy Medium and
daughter Of Pilot, Jr.-Stock Farm.
An extract which we clip from the
Scientific American gives a most mel
ancholy account Of the farming inter-
est i'm the New England States, but
especially in Vermont. The writer
says that in one county forty thousand
acres, cut up into from so to 100 acre
tracts, with barns, fences, etc., in toll
cradle, IL not good, order, are abandon
ed, and nobody living on them. No
reason is assigned 10y the writer for this
most deplOrabie state of affairs. But
that all over New England people are
leaving the country and crOwding into
towns. It seems that the cause of this
depression is owing to the opening Of
vast districts Of virgin farming lands
in the west, the chespness of freighis
and consequent lOwness in the price of
farm products. Such would be the case
in Kentucky, in great measure, if it
were not for the horse interest. Cut
this of, aud the price Of corn, hay and
other prOvender would not pay the cost
of production, and the price of our
lands would sink prOpOrtiOnately. We
have other advantages over Vermont
in shorter and milder winters and in
the recuperative qualities of our lime
stone soil. But to the horse interest
we owe our great comparative pros
perity. ShOrt-hOrns and Jerseys are
not worth the raising, and, although
sheep seem 10 pay q remunerative
price, yet the danger from dogs and the
numerous diseases to which fiOcks are
liable, and the limited number that
can be prOfitably handled, make this a
precariOus husbandry. So, in a meas
ure with swine. These are easily and
cheaply raised, but cholera decimstes
whole drOves just as they are ready for
market. But as long as the demand
for horses at high prices continues so
long will Kentucky lands be valuable.
although many farmers are moving
into the towns. We have in our mind
three large farmers, owning and cult
waiting farms Of several hundred acres
each, who have recently come into
Lexington to live. But it is the ques-
tiOn Of domestic service that is Oper-
atiDg on our farmers, and not the want
of profit in forming. Their farms are
still cultivated, and they live in town
on the profits Of their farming. We
hope to see some explanation Of the
anomalous condition of things in the
New England States, to which we
have TefeTred.-Gazette.