The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-05-09

United States on receipt OF $50. each.
SsAbury 4 johnson, Mfg. Chemists, MI.
! Warehouse. Grant Par gburn $, ID
a line of twelve hogsheads of An
derson county tobacco at the fol.
lowing prices; - 80, p 30, $40. $50.
!. SIS. 1880, l725, 1925, Sll. $l3, ll,75
and 1915. The average OF the en-
tire lot is $2l.l3 per hundred
pounds.
The transp!antiug OF big trees on
the Worlds Fair site at st. Louis
is an interesting WORK. A deep
trench is cut around the tree four
or five feet from its base, aud the
earth dug away beneath. Then a
huge truck is backed up TO the tree
and securely fastened. The entire
tree 40 or 90 feet high is then tip
4 ped over onto the truck and an.
other pair OF wheels attached in
front, then, with sufficient teams
to pull the heavy load, the tree is
drawn to the place where wanted
and restored to an upright posi-
tion. Much care Il required in the
work and the trees will receive con-
slant attention until again well
rooted.
Awriter in the Jessamine JUurn.
al gives some valuable hiuts to
wool growers:
desire to urge upon wool grow
ers the importance OF preparing
their wool for market in good con-
dltion. Fleeces should be tied with
soft twine, cotton or hemp twine)
with flesh side out, taking care to
keep out tags, etc, Under no cir
cumstances should sisil or binder
Irvine be used for tying fleeces or
sewing bags, asthe small particles
OF this vegetable fibre adhere to
the wool, damaging goods and
causing manufacturers trouble and
loss. Manufacturers frequently re-
fuse to buy wool tied with sisal
Irvine. The marking OF sheep with
pitch or paint or any insoluble
matter should be avoided. 1t ire
quently Injuries the sale OF the
wool AS 1t cannot b secured out,
and has to be clipped off. which is
attended with much labor and loss
to the manufacturer.
Again, never shear your sheep in
dirty barns or in or around straw
rlcks, for often good grade fleece
is so much damaged in the chaff
and dirt that tits impossible to
throw II anywhere except with re-
jections. Ifyou have only few
burrs or burdocks on the sheep
take time TO pick them out before
they are shcdred. II the weather
Is not too cold always dip your
sheep as soon as they are clipped.
Il. A. Dodd.
Any man who knows how Gand
Will apply his brain and muscle)
can make vastly better living OIL
a ten-acre farm situated near some
good town than he can to work at
any of the ordinary trades which
will bring him in daily Income of
from ~ 10 So.
You see, when man is so fixed
he can keep a COW, two or three
pigs, seventy hens, have first
class garden and small fruit
plantation, he has got more than
half the living for his family right
In sight OF his place, saying moth
ing about what he may be able to
sell from 1t in the way Of surplus
products. a good deal OF money
can be extracted from a small piece
OF land when one goes the right
way to work. For instance, each
square rod OF well kept asparagus
bed will give a return of not less
than "a, while a hundred lunches
OF celery can be raised on the
square rod OF ground, which will
sell in any market for nearly as
much. The hens should pay the
grocery bill, the COW should fur
nish the milk and butter needed.
while the pigs should FIJI the lard |
jar and the meat barrel. We often
wonder why 50 many smart young
men are content to work all their
ives for other men, using about /
ali their wages up in living ex-
penses, when they might be indie
pendent, be their own boss and
I've on the top shelf by wording a
en-acre farm,=Farm Topics.
Reports from abroad show that
american horse flesh is rapidly
growing IN demand in foreign mar
'ets. During the past six years
treat BIitian alone spout $4,000
MO IN the United States in the
'urchase OF horses, independent
4 the S600,000000 which she
pent for mules. Last year
ot less than $4,000 horses
we're shipped from this country to
England. Until 1895 the exporta-
ion OF horses was not an lmpor-
ant item in our foreign com merce,
ut since then 1t has grown into
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