The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-06
STOCK. CROP AND FARM NOTES

The wool growers of Owen county
have organized pool.
W. E. Kennedy. of East Union,
KY, sold jack to Chambers Perry OF
Mt. Olivet, KY. for $1,000.
The Carroll, Gallatir, Owen, Tri-
County Fair Association will hold this
years fair September 8-9-J0-11.
F. B. Endicott, of Winchester, pur-
chased yearling pony, by kentucky
Beauty, owned by Marion Hall, price
$3.50.
W. Ed. Kennedy, of Carlisle, sold
his premium jack to Mr.. Chambers Per
ry, cashier of the Mt. Olivet Deposit
Bank, for $1,000.
The Perryville fair will be held this
year on Aug. Is, 10 and 20. The fair
grounds will be improved and the
equipment added 10.
Daniel Hertzler, of Carlisle, Pa,
shipped "a horses from Georgetown
Thursday. The horses were purchas-
ed from Georgetown dealers.
1t is one thing to raise stock and
it is one thing TO market them profit
ably. Be wise in breeding and feed
ing, but be wise also as to market con-
ditions.
The farmers have been very busy
the past ten days having their hemp
broke. The weather for this business
has been fine and great progress has
been made
Extensive experiments have shown
that COWS produce more milk and but
ter if they are turned out of doors a
portion Of each day, than those that
are confined in the stalls all the time.
The first foal of the season at
Maplehurst Stock Farm, w. A. Bacon
proprietor, is a bay filly by Locanda
2 1929. by Bourbon Wilkes. Affie will
be mated TO Locanda for the 1909 sea-
son.
Recently Messrs. Orie and Clar-
ence Lebus, Of Cynthiana bought
from their mother, Mrs. Martha Lee
bus, of Los Angeles, Cal. 600 acres o.
land in Harrison county, for which
they paid 100000.
Fleming county growers are max
ing preparations Tor a big crop of
white hurley this year And it is esti-
mated that between 5,000,0 900 and
5000. 900 pounds will be raised, if
there is anything like favorable sea-
son.
In the sale of tobacco raised in
Shelby county by E. w. Mccormick in
1907 by the Burley pool was one hogs
head that netted him $3.50. The hogs
for "a cents at pound, bringing him
S361.20 The total expense for freight,
drayage and insurance amounted to
S7.85.
The Elizabethtown News says
"Mr. Greenwell has sold his crop of
growing weat at 81. 90 a 5ushel to be
delivered as soon as it is threshed. We
understand that several other farmers
in the same locality have also sold at
$1.00. Ithas been twenty years since
wheat sold at this price from the
thresher."
The Mason Circuit Court grand
jury adjourned at MaysviIle Wednes-
day for the March term. Thomas
Valone had five indictments against
him for selling his pooled crop of to-
bacco. c. H. Sidwell and Patrick
Collins were indicted for the same
offense.
bluegrass and other seeds used by
Kentucky farmers are purer this year
than ever before, according to State
EntomolOgist, H. Garman, of LeXing-
ton, in a recent report to the State
Agricultural Department. His exam
ination of seed shows an average Of
only eighty per cent.in previous years.
The Nicholas County Board of Con
troll has received $50, 900 for distribu-
ton among the growers of Nicholas
county who have their 1907 tobacco
pooled. About $4,000 is already on
hand, and within the next few days
the growers of that county will receive
over 500, 600. About $40, 0CO has al
ready been distributed.
The Harrodsburg Democrat says
'There seems to be no doubt that be-
fore the end Of another week the
price of hogs will reach seven cents
and then there will be a scramble later
on to get the hogs at eight cents.
There is no product of the farm from
which the farmer realizes a greater
profit than from hogs, so that it will
be harvest if hogs get to selling at
eight cents.
-Thos. McCIintock, of Millersburg,
bought in Mt. Sterling, seven mules
from Mr.. Mason one mule, from Mr..
LyGick two mules. He sold to Mr..
White, OF Montgomery, two mules; to
Mr.. Gibson, of Harrison, one mule; to
Charlie Thompson, of Lexington, IL
mules; to Charlie Adair, of Bourbon,
two mules. Mr.. McClintock also
bought of John Mas laIl four mules,
and sold him two.
On a recent trip from Maysville to
Winchester, M. G. Rankin, Commits
sioner of Agriculture, counted 312
plant beds, all of which were visible
from the railroad. Mr.. Rankin says
he could not tell how many more were
in that section, but judging from the
number that close to the railroad, he
estimated that there must be an I'M
usually large number Of beds planted.
Mr.. Rankin says this indicates to his
mind that the 1909 crop of tobacco will
be the largest that has been planted