The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-03-11
STOCK, CROP AND FARM NOTES.

B 1t is estimated that about 200 ewes
died in Bourbon county during the cold
weather OF January and February.
From present indications the lamb
crop this year will be the smallest in
years. The prices are high for sum-
mer delivery.
The claims OF the farmers of
Fleming county, for sheep killed has
been pro rated at As cent, and the
amount received by the county clerk
was s., 1886 The total amount of
claims in Fleming amount to So, 915
Col. Geo. W. Levitt. the noted
Boston horseman. who is spending a
few days in Danville, bought from
John S. Baugman, the promising
young mare, Mary Cromwell, for ST.
500. She is a blood sister of George
Gano and is by Gambetta Wilkes
Howard Bros, Of Scott county,
lost By death last week: their fine stall
lion Dick Bond. While running in the
pasture In the country several days be-
fore. the horse slipped and fell on a
stake which penetrated his hip, blood
poison ensued and his death followed.
Wet weather continues to .retard
the tobacco growers OF Nicholas coun-
ty IN their determination to plant a
large acreage of tobacco this season,
an much fretting among them is the
consequence, owing to the fact that
they are now several weeks behind
with their work.
Indications are that the 1910 wool
pool Will be failure in Nicholas coun-
". For time there was much favor
able talk of the proposition here, but
the organizers have failed to meet
with much success, and it is now be-
lieyed that the Nicholas county wool
growers will not pool this year.
Ben Hughes, a Fleming county
farmer, brought his tobacco to Mays
vile and unloaded it at a loose-leaf
warehouse for SALE The Burley Off
Gals swore out an injunction against
its sale, made Hughes reload the to-
bacco and haul it back to Flemings-
burg and deliver it to the Burley
warehouse there.
Wheat prices advanced 2 1-S cents
in Chicago Tuesday on furry Great
ed by the Government -eprot on farm
reserves. which showed considerable
shortage in the amount of wheat still
on the farms compared with general
expectations. From a low point of
$40 1-8. May sold up to $1.13, while
July advanced from $1.03 3-8 to
sl.05 IL.
Alfred Weber, of Minerva, on
Monday delivered at the Joyner-C Cobb
COmpany,s warehouse in Maysville,
!, 450 pounds of tobacco. The Burley
Society claimed 1t was pooled to them,
and had an Injunction issued restrain
ing the sale of the tobacco. Weber
claimed he raised the crop and his
father had no authority to pool same.
Weber delivered the tobacco to the
Burley Society's warehouse.
ID. c. Taylor and his tenant. Joe
Fritz, near Centerville, sold last week
on the Louisville tobacco market. q
crop OF nine acres of tobacco, that
averaged little the rise of 1,50(
pounds. The twevle hogsheads sold al
from $3.50 for the trash to S27.50 fol-
colory leaf of the cigarette type. The
five hogsheads of the latter sold as
follows: $22. $50. so. $23. S24 and
$27. 80. The actual number of pounds
grown or the nine acres aggregated
1875. an brought an average OF
$50 As. or a grand total of So, 021. Is. an
average Of $685. So per acre.
The American Tobacco Company
which is now fighting federal suit
for its dissolution before the United
States Supreme Court made public
Wednesday its annual report for 1909,
which showed the so-called Tobacco
Trust earned so l-2 per cent on its
$40, 600, 600 common stock.
The net earnings of the trust were
$50. 448. 384. an increase of 81. 743, 979
over the previous year, which after | a
deduction OF the preferred stock divi-
dends. left q balance of $50, 1921, 269.
The report shows the company now
has total surplus of $42, 299. 140. an
amount larger than its issue of COM
mon stoch.