The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-04-25
STOCK AND CROP.

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carload of fat cattle, weight 1,44C
lbs, to w. B. Greene for 1925 PEI
hundred.
One farmer in Mason county re-
ceived from merchant of Maysville
check for $3.50 for his hams and
bacon this year.
Eight thousand four hundred and
seventy-two calves were received at
the Chicago market last Tuesday.
which we believe breaks the record
for single day receipts.
T, R. Weber, of Shelbyville, re-
Gently sold to Mr.. Irvine, of Indianola,
Miss, for $3.50, his fine two-year-old
saddle stallion by Montrose, out of a
daughter by Chester Chief.
The Continental Tobacco Co. has
just completed the purchase in Mont
gomery county of 100000 pounds of
tobacco at an average of TIC. The
entire crop brought about $3.50, 900.
The public sale of Hereford cat
tie held by G. A. Shannon at Pueblo,
Col, last Thursday averaged 500.
The best bulls sold from $3.50 to $3.50
each. The demand for COWS was not
so good.
Trainer Robert Frakes and Kip
Hume left for ST. Louis Friday night
in charge of o. V. Hume's stable of
bangtails. Among the shipment were
Leona Lee, Erla Lee, Sweet Swar,
Mac Deceiver, Roses, Blue Silk,
Maria Dudley and Mazeppa..
j. F. Cook & Co., of Lexington,
have shipped to their place at Beloit,
Kan, carload of jacks from three
to six years old, 14A to 15A hands
high. They are all black with the ex-
ception of one, which is a dark gray,
and all but one are registered or sub
ject to registry.
The Maysville Bulletin says that
up to 1860 any field in the good land
district of Mason county would grow
hemp, considered the hardest crop to
raise. Now likely there is scarcely a
field in the county that will bring this
crop, owing to the improvishment Of
the land by tobacco culture.
The combination Shorthorn sale
at Kansas City under the manage
ment of w. G. McGavock, Springfield,
ILL.,, held last week, resulted in the
disposal of ten bulls for 81 ,745, an
average of $114.50; 8females for 81, 785,
an average of $9O.17, and % head for
general average of $1O4.71. The top
price was $235 for a nine-months-old
pure Scotch bull. The sale was large
ly attended and cattle as a rule
brought what they were worth.
The loss of farm animals for the
year ending March 31st, 1905,
was greater than during the preced-
ing year. The figures given by the
Bureau of Statistics show cattle losses
to be the heaviest The total loss of
cattle from all causes was 1851, 027.
The estimated loss of horses by di-
sease was BOG, 651, while that of swine
was 2, 4O1, 796. The total loss of sheep
was 2,498, 767. Of the total number
Of cattle lost nearly one-third were
from Texas. Iowa lost the largest
number of hogs and Montana was the
greatest loser of sheep.
Luther Hamilton bought of Harry
and Hub Schrivener a lot of hay-fed
hogs, average about 100 pounds, at five
cents. The Schrivener brothers were
the first to experiment with hay as a
food for hogs. By mixing in a few
ears of corn with a bunch or two of
hay a combination, or hash, is made,
which the hogs enjoy and fatten upon.
Owing to the practice of this method
the hogs sold to Mr.. Hamilton were
brought into marketable condition in
shorter time and at less expense,
than the old system of feeding corn
straight would have required. The
important discovery for which the
public is solely indebted to the Messrs.
Scrivener, is destined to work great
revolution in the hog industry. Win