The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1898-02-11
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.
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i. l.. Eikin sod Simeon Arnold Il
binch o. % 10 shoaUs at Sc.
Thompson Arnoli bought of Swine
Trad, - choice feeders at II -.
b. +. Robinson shipped t. Cin'ti.
this week two nice looaas of hogs.
j q. Robinson bought OF Il. f. RoL-
nson two 1890 10. feeding cattle Tor
500,
C. A Arnoll bought of Geo. Woods,
Of hubble, II shoats, averaging 75 lbs
at , sic
" A. Lear bought at Richmond
court Monday. % choice ycarling cat
tie at IN average price.
T. I. Robinson bought of Alec Wal
k.r - light hogs at Sc and of Alec and
Luther Gibbs - at same price.
Morgan and Robinson bought OF
Tram Conn YOKE o; cattle $3.50 lbs.
at / lie. Also some hogs at Sc.
Morgan sod to i. +. Robinson
some light hogs at ga to Sc. Mr..
Robins IN sold James Smith 4 81 IL 10.
,hoats at b.
Aitamont was bred to - mares last
season, and % of them are said TO be
in foal. He will stand for service al
Alameda, Cal, this season.
THE Government estimate Of corn
| 'or 1891 was 50, O95. l0l acres, 1902, 9GI, :
833 bushels: OF wheat, 80, 4G5, OGG acres
80, 149, 1GS bushels; value O. both crops
S92o, 81 O.3.
] he bones OF George Wilkes. the fl.
nous trotting SIR, have been present
ed TO the KcntuC.<y STATE College by
CO. ". L. Simmons.
The sorghum sugar industry in Kan
sas mas proven a failure after the gov
ernment had spent $3.50, 900 in expert
ments ana the machine that cost SOL,
coo was soil n. auction for ., 900.
Mares in foal need Just enough feed
o keep them from losing flesh. CIV,
plenty If hay. with oats and brar
and feel separately to each, according
to her individual neei,
Kentucky, $i,O32, 212; North Carolina
s., 400, 33i; Virginia, S3,Ol3, s56; Tennes
see, -, i64, SIC; Ohio. 81, COS, coo: Pennsyl
vania, 81, 299, 542; Connecticut, 81, 3a5,
SIS.
The remo7al OF superiluous fence.
improves the appearance of the farm
reduces expenses, increases the guam
titv of oaltivatab bic land, and remove:
one Of the principal shelters and breed
ing grounds for insects and vermin.
The value OF all the live stock in thu
country on Jan. l, 1897, was est mated t,
be 81, $50 $50, OOO. GA Jan. /, 1888, i
was estimated at s., OS1 012, 900, show
ing an increase in value in one year o
$50, 0j3, 900.
j. Crouch & Son, owners of the La
fayete S ocil Farm, Indiana, have (;
horse ranch in South Dakota, where
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they will breed this spring to theil
sixteen imported German coach stall
ions.
Concerning dehorned cattle, Swift &
Co. of Chicago, says: eve do not con
slider hornless cattle worth more thar
those of the same quality and fatteneo
with horns, except in rare cases where
shippers would pay 3 to Toe more pc
hundred pounds for hornless C, lc."
Root crops are best preserved by be
ing kept IN the dark, at little allow
the freezing point, and they mus
have moisture. These conditions ar
not many nor very difficult to obtain
but are all important. a house liza
is not the place for root crops.
Capt. T. w. Bottom reports to Til
RECORD the sale OF William Huddles
ton, near Alum Springs, Boyle county
as follows: Yearling heifers 81;
calves SO, milk COWS S25 to $50, horse
SIS to $50, corn Sl.SO in 5. barrel lots
1850 bundles oats S1.15 in lots OF 50(
hay 4Oc per hundred, hogs IS per hun
dred.
The final estimates for TOBACCO pro
duction in the United States in tn
! year 1895. made by the Agriculture
Department, place the total yield a
403, OO4, 800 pounds, valued at $24 25S
O70. The area cultivated amounted
594, 749 acres. Seven States produce
crop valued at more than a millio
dollars, viz:
5 JEssAMINE ITEMs:-J. w. Haydo
sold to Gus Macy, Versailles, fin
) gelding by Koscinsko, for Sl75. II. 1
Campbell bought from Robert McCor
nell, Woodford county last week 1O
ewes at 2.75 per head. Jas. w. SimI
son sold Monday to Richmond partie
four-year-old saddle gelding b
Chester Dare. d I'm By Mark Diamond
for $3.50. journal.
The Harrodsburg Democrat say
that General Jno b. Castleman vii
send his prize-winning saddle stallio
and his great mares to the farm o. HI
son, Mr.. David Castleman, where tn
stallion will do service. General Cas-
tleman's idea of stock-raising is to sc
r cure only the very best foun 1atio
stock that can be had and to allow n
datorioro fiOu IF IL NOthino INIT fh