The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-05-07
CONCERNING FARMERS

CONCERNING FARMERS. |
In Boyle county 2l3 hogs weighing
about 200 lbs, sold for 81 cents.
A man in Bourbon county a few
years ago gave for jennet bushel of
potatoes, for which he has recently re-
fused 81 900.
J. w. Brewer bought on Monday $50
hogs at 1915 and $751;. w. Gilmore
sold go fat hogs to be delivered on Mon
day, at S2.SO.-HarrOdsburg Democrat.
Mr.. Siege, near MilIville, WOOdford
county, has lost 800 hogs out of 500 he
had on slOp, with the chances of losing
more. It was at first thought to be
cholera, but is now thought to be pneu-
monis. This is a big loss.-Lexington
Gazette.
Mr.. TiIfOrd Currens has so acres OF
corn high enough up to be seen all over
the field. This is the most progressive
corn yet reported in this county.-Isaac
Pearson sold to Geo. Bennett. of Aux
vase, Mo-, one S-year-oId jack at 1915,
and Logan Caldwell, of Boyle county,
sold to same party one jack, Is months
old, for S45O.-HarrOdsburg Democrat.
The Thorne Tobacco bill was tabled
in the Senate as it should have been.
The effect Of its passage would have
been to injure Louisville as a market,
and benefit Cincinnati and other cities
outside of Kentucky. The guarantee
given by the Louisville Inspection to
every sample Of tobacco grown in
creases its value, and the farmer gets
the advantage.-Farmers Home Jour-
nal.
w. A. Williams, agent for Mrs Gin
GS Parrish, Exr., of Harvey Parrish,
reports excellent sale on Saturday, at
the farm near Red House. Jack colt,
1852; yearling jennett, 1886; old jen-
net, $40; yearling steers, SS2.5O
yearling heifers, $24; S-year-Old mules,
$40; 2-year-Old mules, S92. Grass
land rented at 81 per acre. Large
crowd, bidding lively, and good feeling
generally. Capt Tom Terrell was
auctiOneer.
The railroad having recently pur-
chased the COvington Stock Yards,
Captain w. A. Peters, the Superintend-
snt, has been instructed to make all
improvements necessary to put the
yards in first-class condition. The work
is now nearly completed, and May lst
the yards will have yarding and ship
ping facilities second to none, and will
be prepared to receive and ship live
stock direct to ard from all parts of the
| United States. The Eastern lamb buy
ers will be at the yards from May LIST,
to the close Of the season.
Hemp culture is being extended, the
| product being utilized in the manufac-
ture of binder Irvine, which is shown
to be equal to binder Irvine from Sisal
Manila, with the merit of being sew
eral cents cheaper per pound. In re-
| gard to these two fibers, flax and hemp,
the particular advantage to our far
mers, in their culture, will be the saw
ing of this country, out of total Of
imports amounting to $4,000, 900 Of
S26, 600, 900 now paid for foreign fibers
and manufactures that should be pro-
duced here, and for which native fax
and hemp may be substituted.-FrOm
Circular of the Editorial Division De-
psrtment of Agriculture.
President Of an Alliance oil mill in
Georgia, says he pays is to % cents per
bushel for cotton sedan average of
So per ton. The cotton seed meal is
estimated as worth ST. 81 per ton. He
gets gu, Of one ton of seed 81 to AZ gal
Ions oil, $50 pounds meal. In addition
from 20 to % tons seed-a days work,
he gets / bale short lint cotton worth
$25-enough Of itself to pay the days
labor. One ton of cotton seed he esti-
mates brings in S7.S7 worth Of oil, 81 so
of meal, 81 of bulls, and 81 OF lint.
These mills have been established in
many counties in Georgia, by numbers
of the Alliance and pay a profit of as
high as 40 per cent. Fertilizer factO-
ries are generally attached to the mills.
Southern Live Stock Journal.
At Wisconsin Farmers Institute P.
Wakem read paper from which we
take the following: For several years
of my life was connected with a
ranehman, who was the owner Of ten
thousand cattle. and 1 thoroughly be-
lieve one OF the best informed men on
breeding have ever meta man who
had experimental and carefully studi-
ed, and amassed fortune nearly ST..
coo, 900. and has IT yet. He tried nearly
all the beef breeds, and finally discard
ed all bat the Shorthorn. have known
him to take bulls worth, to see, $40C
each and turn them out on the ranch
to breed his cows to, but he was care
full to take them up when breeding sea
son was over and feed and care fol
them until time to turn out again. He
always claimed that where his cattle
located (WyOming), they were bettel
rustlers and made more improvement
than any other breed, not only in the
first cross but in each cross afterwards
ContaOions RInod DiseaCas
Ulcers, sores, pimpleS, Itch, salt rheum, etc.
are evidences OF contagious blood diseases
IL Is mauifestly a duty 10 eradicate blood
poison from the sYsiam by a nse Of B r n