The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-08-08
STOCK, CROP AND FARM N OTES

Jonas We'll, of Lexington, bought
ON Thomas A. Keith, of Maysvlle.
100 head of fat Mason county export
cattle at a fancy price. The shipment
goes direct to Liverpool from Nor1olk.
Va.
Alfalfa pays when it is success.
w. P. Givens. :of Boyle county, was
successful. He cut his first crop June
|, and sold the hay for S45 per acre.
On July l8 he cut second crop whlcn
made two tons per acre, and IS not yet
sold. The third crop is eighteen lncnes
high and MIR. Owens expects 20 cut
the fourth crop before cold weather.
During the past week lamb ship
ments over the L. & N. railroad from
Carlisle have been very heavy. Deal
ers have shipped several thousand
lambs TO the river markets and have
been receiving them at prices ranging
from 5 to cents per pound. most OF
them having been contracted for from
six to twelve months ago at these
prices.
John E. Madden, owner of HAM
burg place, in Fayette county. WILL In
future devote more of his time aud at
tention to breeding trotters and thor
oughbreds and to farming his 2.OOO
acres of blue grass land than to rae
ing. Last week he began the delivery
of 5. 600 bush els of blue grass SEED
stripped from the pastures OF Ham
burg Place, and sold to Chas. S. 6rent
& Bro. for the fancy price of Sl.65 per
bushel. -----ssSasi oe&s ..-.
Cyr,biana, ia To have a Burley
Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse. The
erection of the building will be koegun
in a short time. and will be completed
n time to handle the 1911 crop. The
warehouse is being.built by Richmond
capital, Those interested in the enter
prise are WIS. Moberly, T. j. Mobe
~. and T, }. Smith and W. E. Luxon
and Chas. S. Terrell. The plant Will
he erected on North Main street, and
will cost $4,000 or $50. 600.
AT least ore race track in the
neighborhood of Chicago has thrown
up the sponge and decided that there
is no chance for racing In the vicinity
of Chicago in the immediate future.
This track is Worth. Within week
the Wabash sidetracks. which LED Unto
the track and we're used 20 take .tne
horses end supplies to the STAPLES
have been removed. 1t IS sald the
track will be returned to its .orIglnal
condition of farm land.
George Mellar who took to Eng,
land the So thoroughbred yearllngs soio
in Julv by James B. .Haggin, has re-
turned to Elemendorf Farm with !o
Suffolk draft horses, purchased IN
England. all chestnuts in color, the
stations and mares, three of the TOR
mer and eight of the latter averaging
in weight about 1000 pounds. Five OF
the mares have fnals at foo t.
, Total receipts of live stock at TIT
D Chicago market for week ending July
20 were 60, 400 cattle, $4,000 hogs ant
1870 100 sheep. The weeks receipt
copmared with the previous week II
round numbers increased $500 cattle
4 decreased 1O,100 hogs and increases
ID. 500 sheep. Compared with the cor
y responding week year ago cattle de
creased $500, hogs increased 400 AM
: sheep b, 900.
One of the largest cattle deal
which has been transacted In Hardl
and Nelson counties fer some time ma
been made by D. B. Martin & Co., Q
PHILADELPHIA. The firm purchased So
g head from Messrs. Lee Harmed, WI
s. liam Daugheriy. Fen Kennedy an
g Bud Harmed at 6 cents per pound Il
d 300 and 3.4 cents per pound for 81
u head. The cattle realized S25, OOu.
C Conditions surrounding crops
,e Canada are, over most of the terrltor.
ID pronounced fattering. Of the lO,5OO
600 acres under wheat this seaso
u over 9, 500, 900 are in the spring whei
IT. provinces Saskatchewan. Manltoi
and Alberta; the increment IN are
= though perhaps not so great as expec
= ed, amounted to 1920, 600 acres, !
u compared with an increase OF l.5OO,O
E. acres in 1910. Ever since the sea
to went into the ground the spring whe
We lands have been saturated by oppo
as tune rains, and with some ecxeptlo
favored by forcing temperature. fr'
o. ent prospects therefore afford
: freshing contrast to those at the sal
= period year ago, when much OF
country was suffering the wltheIi