The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-02-26
LIVE STOCK, CROP, ETC.

"A lot of good mares are being booked
by Bourbon Jay.
&C. S. Brent & Bro. bought 10 acres
of hemp from DR.. W. c. Ussery, this
week, at 1876 for 112 pounds.
James L. Donnel, of Carlisle, has sold
a fancy gelding by Robertson Chief to
parties at Columbus, o., for $500.
The Continental has buyers at Angus
ia, Ripley and Maysville, and the COM
pany has bought 1000, 900 pounds at the
three places.
The stable of Woodfold & Buckner,
consisting of nine head, was shipped to
Louisville yesterday, in charge of Mr..
Hal Woodford.
w. P Fisher sold Monday to James
and Joseph Cornell, of Millersburg, his
135-acre farm on the Ruddells Mills pike,
near Paris. Price $40 per acre.
i M. Stevens, Lancaster, N. H.,
booked a Nutwood mare to Jay Bird; DIR.
F. J. Cleek, Walton, KY, has also booked
a good one to Jay Bird.
Scott Hudson has received green
lay Bird horse from Missouri parties.
He has been mile in 2:O8, and will be
entered down the Grand Circuit
In Fleming, w. S. FAINT bought about
l 800 bushels of wheat several days ago at
81 per bushel This is the first dollar
wheat in Fleming county for Sc Jeral years
past.
In Montgomery, R. R Warren, of
Judy, sold his crop of tobacco at II cents
straight. This includes l acre grown I'M
der canvass. The cost of canvassing one
acre is $500, and the price paid for the
tobacco is not enough to justify them
growing IT, The one acre raised under
canvass produced 2, 180pounds.
The following prices were received at
the sale of w. T. Bedford, Tuesday
Horse, 500 to 500; mules, a pair, $3.50;
single mule, $135; hogs, 4 cents pound
C ows, $25 to $35 head; yearling steers,
$50; hay, $12 ton; corn, 1885 barrel;
chicken hens, 80 cents each; turkey hens,
$3.50 and 1915 each; gobbler, 81. Farm
implements sold well.
Exports of cattle, hogs and sheep
have been large during January, being 81,
055 900, being the only 100000 mark
reached in any month during the last four
years. The exports for the fiscal year,
thus far, have been 500, 100000 against
$14,000,0O0 for 1903, and $4,000, 600 fol
1902
The farmers of this county are very
much behind with their blowing. There
were very few that got much done las
81 in Ri
has been frozen almost continuously, sc
/ the weather opens all available teams will
have to be rushed if the various crops are
to be planted at the proper time.
AT Winchester Court, R. B. Hutch
craft, of this city, bought ten 900-lb
steers at cents; Caywood e GHkey, o
North Middletown, bought thirty 750-lb
steers at So. 65; Robt. Gilkey bough
twenty-five I720-lb. steers at So 70; R. B
Hutchcraft also bought 950-lb. bull at
cents, and Mr.. E. C. Thomasson. O
Bourbon, bought pair of 1914 -hanC
mare mules for $500 and a pair of smalle
mules for 5000.
Auctioneer A. T. Forsyth reports sal
of E V. Layson and sisters at Millers
burg, Yesterday as follows: Horses, $12
to $182; plugs, $25, to $50; mules, $3.50 t
$3.50; pair mules $3.50 to $270; short horns
$47. so to 500; mich COWS, $25 to SIC
yearling cattle, $32 25; calves, $19 rs t
$1,000; jack, SOL: jennets, SIS to SIS
sows, $11 80 each; SOW and pigs, 1922. Sc
pigs, 81 so; corn, $500 to 1926 per BIB
farm implements sold we'll Household
furniture, good prices. Good crowd ant
good sale.