The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-05-21
CONCERNING FARMERS.

Hogs in Clark county, $3.50 to 1913.
In Boyle county, 80 slop cattle, 2OOfbs.,
sold at AZ cents
In Boyle county, % bushels of old corn
sold at $500
Wool in adjoining counties is selling at
q and % cents.
Capt Tom Terrell reports of Bob Eads
at Red House, Saturday: Mare end colt,
$50; mare and colt, $40; mare 500;
household &c. good prices. Fair crowd
and bidding lively.
n. Lehman, Of Baltimore, was here this
week looking for export cattle. He
bought none, however, as those having
good ones asked &c, which Mr.. Lehman
would not give.-DdHUiHe AddUocdte.
J. W. Embry's sale on Thursday,
amounted to S1,7OO. Forty shorthorns
ranged from $50 to $50, and averaged
about $50. A 2-year-old Vatican filly
sold for 500; two 3-year-old Vatican
FLIES Sl2O and $3.50; yearling Vatican
colt, sl25.
When good farming lands are worth
fifty dollars per acre, and cigars five cents
each, every time a young man smokes
one, he dissolves into smoke and ashes
the price of nine square feet of good land,
upon which can grow at one crop wheat
enough to keep a man in bread for a day,
or corn sufficient to feed fattening hog
for the same length Of time.-Ne,0s.
The Danville correspondent of the
Harrodsburg Saying says; 'Mr. C. c..
Leer, of Bourbon, bought of Caldwell &
Son, of Boyle county, yearling jennet
for $500, and two jennet colts for 500
each. He also bought of Joe Harlan five
jennet colts, of Joe Harrington one jack
and one jennet colt for 1915; of J. X.
Baughman, Lincoln county, twO-year-
old jenncts for $500; of W. T. Wood a
jennet colt $50; of Alexander Cooke,
Washington county, jennet colt for
$780,"
Hon. Jere Baxter, Nashville, Tenn, the
former candidate for Governor, has sold
MaplewOOd, his beautiful farm of four
| teen hundred acres to a syndicate of Bos-
ton gentlemen for $4,000 iQ cold cash.
The negotiations for the place have been
pending for about one year. The pur-
pose of the syndicate is to subdivide the
property and erect a large number OF
beautiful residences. MaplewOod is only
three miles from the city, and is one OF
the most beautiful places in the State
Mr.. Baxter purchased it for sixty thous-
and dollars only few years ago, and has
spent as much more in improvements.
In cur last issue we made mention Of
the rooster of Mr.. Green B. WOodcOck
which was reported as tenderly looking
after a sitting Of fifteen eggs. Since oul
last report the chickens have been hatch.
ed and the rooster is now taking care OF
five handsome Plymouth Rock chickee.
with as much maternal interest as a hen
could possibly manifest. Is there any
body the owner of a stately rooster pOss
essed Of such courage as the one above
referred to? 1t was a little better thar
three weeks ago when he assumed charge
of the fifteen eggs and fOrsOok his lOrdly
duties for those of a setting hen anC
since the chickens have Matched he doe
not manifest a desire to return to his for
mer position in the hen yard.-DaauH,
AdrOcate.
Messrs. Blanchard Randall P. H. Mac
gill and Harry \. Pare, representing tn,
Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange, Wis
tied Washington to-day and had a tall
with the members of the Maryland dele
CATION in Congress in opposition to tn,
Butterworth bill, which prohibits specu
lation in futures. Mr.. Macgill explained
in a general way the methods of dom;
business in grain centers, and explained
how necessary it is for grain merchants t,
indulge in what is termed dealing in fu
lures and options. He denied that j
was gambling for dealer to buy in ad
vance of the harvest, and showed that tn,
grain business is conducted with as mucl
regard for propriety and fair dealing a
any other branch of trade. 1t was ex
planned that the passage of the Butter
worth bill would seriously interfere Will
the grain trade in Baltimore, and TIN
members of the delegation were earnest
ly requested to oppose its passage. The.
thanked the committee for information
impaired, and promised to do whateye
they thought would be best for all con
cerned.-JOurnal of Commerce.