The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-06-14
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| II. X. Hurst, of Woodford coun mtg
has sold this spring 765 bushels of hi
Ohio White Seed corn, or enough t
plant $500 acres. This is probably
the biggest sale Of seed corn made BY
one man in Kentucky.
w. B. Kidd, of Winchester, export
cattle buyer, for Green, Morris Il Co.
Of Chicago, was here Monday and Of
tered $3.50 for the TOP lots. None Of
The farmers were willing to take that
price.-Paris Reporter.
Many farmers are disturbed about
the wheat. They say the chinz bug
is becoming serious. Others, how.
ever, think the insect is what is
known as the nudge. The nudge is
harmless. --Danville Advocate.
The Sayings reports small crowd in
Harrodsburg Monday, county court
day. Only about rs cattle on the
market, Yesrling heifers sold from
$3.50 to $3.50 per head cows sold
$3.50 to $26.25. Mule colt $45.
Norris Bros, report 1000 sheep on
the market Monday. Price &c per h.,
all sold. It's cattle from to &c, all
sold. .... Farmers cay the outlook for
a good wheat crop in Madison is bet
ter than it has been for years.-Rich-
mond Climax.
The Paragraph reports 300 cat
tie at Richmond Monday, SELL
ing at from &c to &c. Good demand
for sheep, 200 selling at Sc. Plug
horses brought from $12 TO $40.
Several horses for cavalry service
brought prices ranging from $50 to
SIS.
Mr.. Abram Renick, of Clark couu-
ty, the proprietor of the great herd of
Rose of Sharon Shorthorns, was in
town Monday, and with Col. Groom,
made shorthorn talk lively. Mr.. Rem
lex says mis- herd is doing nicely. Col.
Groom reports that the shorthorns he
shipped to Texas are doing nicely
Paris Reporter.
The government recently purchased
$4,000 mules at st. Louis at an average
of 500 per head, making a total of
81, 100000, and has issued orders for
the purchase, in the same city, of CO.
600 hstchets, 1000 axes, 10000 axe
handles, $4,000 mess pans, 5000 camp
kettles and about 10000 other miscel-
laneous camp articles.
The natural flavor of grape juice
may be preserved Intact by raising
tho temperature gradually to ITO de-
grees F and keeping it at that point
ten minutes. then quickly bottling,
taking care to use thoroughly steriliz.
ed vessels absolutely air-tight. The
addition of four ounces of sugar for
each quart of juice will improve it's
quality and palatability.
For the past two weeks Captain AL
shire and his associates have been
buying up horses through Central
Kentucky for the regular army.
There are about 500 horses now on
hand in Lexington in the hands Of
spectators, who bought them up
Most of the horses are purchased at a
price OF from $75 to 500, and are of a
fairly good grade. The market will
not be an open one, as several dealers
have contracts to furnish fixed num-
Der of horses to the Governments
Lexington Herald.
Mr.. M. Y. Spencer bought. last
week of Mr.. B. F. Sanders 6 butcher
cattle at SIC per pound. go. Messrs
B. F. Sanders & Co., of Vansrsdell,
shipped another car load of lambs to
Cincinnati last week which they pur-
chased at SC per pound. 49,. Corn
came up this year, unusually well and
the farmers have had more thinning |
than replanting to do. The prospect
for fair yield of wheat is good but
not so good as expected, on account of
it not stooling out to large extent.
.....A number of horses, suited for
cavalry have been purchased here
Harrodsburg Sayings.