The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-01-30
STOCK AND CROP.

O4OAA AMI CKOP.
Earl Ferguson sold to James Fergu.
son, 20 barrels of corn at 50.
"A Garrard county tobacco grower
averaged $l25 an acre for his tobacco
crop.
Aimee & Musinon bought of NJ. S
Mines, $4,000 pounds of tobacco, at
$85
M. B. Wilson, of Cane Ridge, sold
to Aimee & Mussinon, about 14,OO lbs.
of tobacco, at So. 10
Tom Bristow, of Elizabeth, sold to
Claude Redmon, a crop of acres of
tobacco, at about cents.
r. H. Parks, of Elizabeth, sold 40
mules to St. Louis party for $4,000.
They will be shipped to Cuba.
-Abnee & Musinon bought of W. P.
Mansfield, of Cane Ridge, a crop of
5, S65 pounds of tobacco at ~ and s
cents.
MIR. J. T. Huguely sold to G. E.
Brent. of Lexington. 900 bushels Of
millet seed at 70 cents. -Danville Adj
vocate.
Col. John Cunningham, of Cum
ningham Station, has an offer to lease
his farm to gentleman who desires to
mine for lead.
james Hulett, of Jessamine, raised
$4,000 pounds of tobacco from 10 acres
of ground. getting 121z cents a pound
for the crop.
-Forty-ore acres of land belonging
to Mrs. Alice Gilkey, lying East of
North Mlddletown, was sold Tuesday to
Ed. Rice, for $50 per acre.
1t is reported that the stallion Al
fred Star, 2:14114, by Alfred G., 2:l9A,
dam by Mambrino King. has been sold
by Brook Curry to T. c., Jefferson for
81, 1000.
j. w. Bocon, of this city. sold to j.
W. Mowry, of Holt, Mo-, the 3-year-old
colt, Blueskin, by Jay Bird, out of a
mare by Scarlet Wilkes. Blueskin will
be put II the stud by his new owner.
j. A. Cain, of Woodford county, h..s
on exhibition an ear of corn grown in
Clark county that contains thirty four
rows of grain. The average size cob
contains from fifteen to twenty rows.
Black Minorea hens are gaining in
popularity every day as.egg producers,
their eggs being larger than those of. the
White Leghorns, the next birds in lay
ing. The two kinds lay about the sane
n amber of eggs.
"A sample of the tobacco raised un-
der canvas at the State College farm al
Lexington last year will be taken to the
MaYsville Corn and Tobacco Fair to bt
held in February Prof. Scovell vii
address The growers of tobacco under
canvas.
A Kansas firm has just completed {
chicken fattening house with capacity
of 5000 chickens, and by new process
and instrument will be used for forcin,
prepared food down the threats Of
chickens. This process will add thre
pounds to each bird in three weeks
One man can feed 800 chickens al
hour.
The Glasgow Times says buyers a
securing the county in search of mules
Advices from the southern markets sa
traders a e selling mules as fast as the.
can put halters on them and planter
are taking them at any price asked
Wat is true of mules also applies +
horses. Smooth, sound, high.steppin
Eastern horses are scarce and bring any
where from $3.50 to $500. while block
Southern horses are in strong deman
I at 800 to $175.
Kentucky excels in tobacco an,
| hemp, the best paying crops grown b,
farmers, is noted for live stock, i
/ rapily becoming foremost as an oil pre-
I ducing State and will soon rank high i
] coal mining. Millions of capital hay
! come into the State to develop indus
tries and every effort should be made t
induce further investments. Men o
affairs should be elected as law maker
and every law now on the statute book
/ detrimental to capital or trade shout
be repealed. Farm journal
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