The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-04-30
CONCERNING FARMERS.

at 1895 to S7.75.
In Boyle county, 1000 bushels of old
wheat sold at so cents.
At Petersburg, Ills, seventy short
horns sold at $40 to 500.
In Boyle county. 12OO-lb heifers sold
at Sc; 233 hogs sold at 32c.
Rev. r. r. Noel sold to ]. T. Conn,
4S head Of shoats, 100 pounds, at cts,
and a sow aud pigs to Sim Anderson,
for $I7.50.-Lancaster News.
Four thousand reports, received by a
Toledo firm, aud covering nearly every
county in the winter wheat States, are
summarized as making a worse show
ing for the crop than a year ago.
CIark's stock barn burned at Brock
way, MINI. twenty-One imported
breeding mares were burned to death.
They were valued st S25, 900. The barn
cost $500. There is an insurance of
$4,000.
The big land deal in which Cox &
Co., of West Liberty, sold to LexiDg-
ton and Frankfort parties, $50, 900 worth
of Morgan county land, was closed and
clinched last week. This is the largest
land sale ever made in Morgan county.
Observation-Disclosures.
Malcolm Gill, this county, sold to
w. B. Moss, about 200 acres of his farm,
near Lancaster, extending from the
Lancaster to the Buckeye pike, Sc, 500
cash. No improvements, and no cross
fencing. This is considered by our land
experts as a good sale.-Lancaster Rec
| ord.
The 800 acres of land belonging to the
John J. Jackson interest in the estate
of the late Thomas Jackson were sold
Wednesday to NJ. ]. Farris and VIM.
Gilmore for $4,000. This is a first-cIass
body Of land and brought $65 per acre.
Mr.. Farris takes $50 acres of the land
and Mr.. Gilmore the same amount
Danville Advocate.
Special crop reports from all parts of
Manitoba state that open weather dur
ing the three first weeks of April, with
the fine three days rain Of the present
week, has resulted in the farmers OF
the province getting an excellent start,
and never before were indications at
this season OF the year more favorable
for prosperous season.
Winchester Court. A. Ramsey,
auctioneer, reports only about 200 cat
tie on the market: FOrty-One light
plain steers, 500 pounds weight, brought
500; Is fair yearlings S23; extra yearl-
ings $1,000; 80 plain steers, $50 pounds,
S26. so; u common steers at S23.70; no
choice cattle offered. The prices real
lied were fair when quality is cOnsid-
cred.
o. 7. Wallace sold and delivered a
few days ago, the 1889 crop of Burley
tobacco, raised on q acres of land.
Price paid was cents all around the
yield, so Mr.. Wallace informs US, was
3,775 pounds, an average of l,776 lbs.
per acre. The tobacco from the q acres
brought the nice little sum OF 1854. 25.
Allowing the renter half this gives Mr..
W., about S62.5O per acre rent for the
land. Who comes next ?-Lancaster
Record.
A special from AtchIsOn, Kansas,
says: A mum Der of farmers, living in
the eastern half of this county, report
that sort of wire worm is doing great
damage to the wheat. The worm is
about an inch long and the thickness
of fine wire, and of dark brown color.
Wherever it works the wheat sOon
| withers. The worm is not confined 10
any one farm or DeighbOrhOOd, but is
all over the eastern half of the county,
from north to south.
DOrnbusch's List by post reports the
passage, through the Dardanelles, Of %
steamers and l sailer loaded with wheat
destined as follows: Italy, 5; Spain,
L; Holland, /; Marseilles, 8; Germany,
1; BayOnne, 1; United Kingdom, 2;
Gibraltar for orders, 8. Since New
Years day 178 steamers and 81 sailers
laden with wheat have passed through
the Hellespont. This compares with
2l5 steamers and 1O7 saiIers at same
time last year.-Baltimore Journal Of
Commerce.
The books of the Kentucky Hemp
Company are now open for the SUBJ
scTiption of stock at the National Bank
of Lancaster, Kentucky. The stock is
divided into shares OF 500 each. The
capital stock $4,000 with power to in
crease to $lOOOOO. Five acres of land,
with never failing water has been Sc
cured, on which to locate the buildings.
Correspondence has been opened with
the view Of Obtaining spinners from
Scotland. 1t is intended to have every
thing complete for spinning aud hack
ling 10y next December. Now it re-
mains to be seen whether the people OF
Garrard county have that spirit Of en-
terprise that insures success. Citizens
Of GaTrard, we urge you to come for
ward at once and take all the stock
That if successfully managed, it will
pay good dividends, all admit. Make
this a success-then will follow imme-
diately other enterprises, so much need
ed. Property will advance, and the
county put on the high way to perma-
nent prosperity. And as your town
and county is prospered, so is each In
dividual spered.-Lancaster Record.
A very remarkable sale was made by
the Yeager family in Boyle county,
some days ago. In order to effect an
equitable division of the estate of their
father, the late Churchill Yeager, all
the children met at the old family res
idenee and held a two days sale
among themselves,-Outside bidders
being excluded. s. H. Yesger acted as
auctioneer, and disposed OF about S25,-
600 worth of property, without the
slightest jar or contention, each men,
Der of the family working for the in
terest of the bidder The home place
of rs acres went to Samuel Shelton at
SIZE per acre, and the Trumbo place
to F. F. Yeager at SO per acre. The
personal property was sold and then
division made as each member of the
family desired. The venerable mother,
now in her s4th year. had a furnished