The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1905-12-08
FARM ITEMS.

| If the corn crop of this year were
equally divided among the inhabitants
of the United States each one would
receive 81 bushels.
The first sale of the 1905 tobacco crop
in Owner county is reported James
Pryor bought for the American Tobac-
CO Co., 10000 lbs. at an average of
cents.
NJ. j. Jacobs, of Bourbon county, is
building a corn crib one thousand feet
long, thirty feet wide and ten feet deep.
1t will hold thirty thousand barrels.
A Barren county farmer sold an OAK
log last week measuring As inches in
diamater at the small end and y inch
ceS at the large end. 1t required ten
mules to haul it, and brought the farm
er S4S.
The 240 acre farm of Roger r. Early
on the Maysville pike, considered by
good judges to be one Of the most
beautiful as well as fertile tracts in
the vicinity of Lexington. was sold
Thursday at Public auction. the pur
chaser being Mrs Scotie l ChenOweth,
at an average of sl45 an acre, or a TO-
tai of $4,000. The farm Is q miles
from Lexington.
Cynthiana Court.-Mr Lydick re
ports: Yearling and two-yr-uld steers
ranged in price from 81 Ca 81, the lat
ter price only for good ones: milch
cows in demand, prices ranging from
$3.50 40: calves, SlOdl5: some stock
ewes from S4(d5 80 per head; few or
binary sows, with pigs at their side,
$l5(d1S per head. But little doing in
either mules or horses, except plugs
and common, which sold at low prices
S Remarked killed 100 turkeys for
the Thanksgiving trade and sold them
to Armour & Co. who cOrnered the
trade in Central Kentucky. Turkeys
cost about 20 cents pound to market
in Boston, and all over that amount is
profit for the dealer. The farmers
wives made good money on the fowls
at IL to ID cents pound on foot.
The largest deal in the tobacco trade
in Kentucky in many months was con-
Sumated at CarrOlltOn this week when
the Baker Tobacco Company, of that
city. one of the most extensive re-hand
lers and buyers of tobacco in the world,
sold out to the American Tobacco Com
pany. 1t is claimed that the price paid
was $4,000 The Baker has for many
years past bought all the tobacco it
could get within a radius Of seventy
five to one hundren miles of COrrOll-
ton, re-handling and selling about six
million pounds annually, and employed
between 275 and 300 hands.
The Cynthlana Democrat says the
failure of the Ky. & Ohio Tobacco
Growers Company to contract for the
requisite amount of tobacco to assure
the success of the undertaking is
disappointment to large number of
merchants and commercial men as
we'll as the tobacco growers themselves
thought it is no surprise. The life and
vim of year ago were absent from
the campaign and there second to be a
settled determination to pet the mat
ter take care of itself. The county
chirman and few enthusiastic far.
merS pushed the scheme, but the re-
spouse was never encouraging, or
course, looking backwards, almost
every man has an 81 told you so" and
can point out the weak spots in the
scheme; but the simple fact of the
whole matter is, the failures of last
year proved the most powerful factor
in promoting the failure of this year.
AS statistics show, the volume of the
crop is large. Experts says the quail
ity of the tobacco is Indifferent. There
fore low prices may be expected.
Others crops have been abundant and
prices ranged high. Their ought to be
enough money in the country to tide
over temporary depression until the
people can get their bearing.