The Bourbon news., 1912-10-22
STOCK, CROP AND FARM NOTES.

Tobacco growers claim the con-
tinued drouth will cause the tobacco to
cure up red and change of weather is
necessary before the tobacco will cure
bright.
1t is estimated by the State De-
partment of Agriculture that the far
mers of Kentucky have lost $3.50, IT'S
worth of hogs from cholera since the
first of July.
MIR. r. N. Ratliff, of Winchester,
purchased last week the farm known
as the Hargis place on the Paris pike
from Mr.. B. Martin at price which
was not made public.
One of the best cattle sales of the
season Is. market took place when James
w. Myers. of near Moorefield. Mich
olas county, sold to Albert Maffett. of
Bourbon county, thirty head of cattle
for 81. 300.
Guy Hundley of Boyle county,
sold last week to J. II. Bronston. of
New Haven, Conn.,. his pacing mare.
Pickles. which has attracted a wider
reputation in the horse world. The
price paid for the mare was not stated.
Nicholas county farmers are per-
turbed over the scarcity of water. A
great drouth has prevailed in that
county for several weeks and water is
gone in some places. Cattle are
driven miles to Licking River to water.
The American Tobacco Products
Company was chartered at Richmond,
Va, with a capital of $50, 600, 600. The
promoters announce that the company
is formed for the purpose of entering
the cigarette field in competition with
the American Tobacco Company.
The 80 acre farm of j. +. Cook &
Co.. located in Fayette county about
four miles from Lexington on the
Georgetown road was sold last week to
J. +. Cook at S231 per acre. The sale
was made to settle the dissolution of
the firm. ]. F. Cook will remain in
the horse and mule business.
The Kentucky Stock Farm, pub
1lshed in Lexington, which has for
more than a quarter of century been
one of the leading turf journals of
America, devoted principally to the
breeding industry and to the runner,
will hereafter appear as The Kentucky
Trotting Record, and be devoted to
the interest of the light harness horse.
"A quarantine has been declared by
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board
against all horses, mules and Jack
stock from Nebraska, Kansas and 9TH
er Western points, and the driving or
moving of sheep from Robertson coun-
ty, Ky., has been forbidden pending
ha -
inspector. The action against the
Western stock was due to the continu-
Gus spread of a disease similar to cere-
bro spinal menigitis.
All the tobacco in Bath county has
been cut and housed and there was an
unusually good crop. Some that was
cut and housed during the recent cold
spell was considerably damaged by the
frost, especially that which was in the
lowlands, and will not bring a good
price. A few buyers in some sections
have been offering 9 and 10 cents a
pound. but as yet there has not been
any sales reported. The cut out plan
is being seriously considered by the
growers in Bath.
: With ideal weather conditions pre-
mers have been afforded the opportu-
nifty to complete their fall seeding and
many acres have been sown to grain.
In this line of farm work the farmers
are considerably advanced over last
year, when rainy season retarded the
work. The acreage of wheat this year
will be considerably in excess of last
year, due in a great measure to the
excellent season afforded. The wheat,
however, needs moisture. and gentle
rain would put the crop in excellent
condition.
The farm Of Thornton Moore, con-
tanning 490 acres, seven miles from
Lexington in Fayette county, was
bought by James B. Hagein. New
York millionaire at public auction last
week. The farm which was offered in
two tracts was purchased at Sl33. so
and SIPS respectively. Haggin now
owns ten thousand acres of land in
Fayette county. which is the largest
amount of Blue Grass soil owned by
one person. His holdings in Fayette
county and the city of Lexington are
valued at $1,000. 900.
MIR. A. p. Adair, of Paris. writing
in the Farmers Home Journal gives
some valuable information in hogRing
down" corn, acquired from practical
experience, which is as follows:
Having read several articles of
late on Feeding down standing corn
to hogs" l will give you some expert
ence we have had along that line this
fall.
ION September 2, 1919, we weighed
up LOG head of hogs consisting of eight
sows that had raised spring litters
and were quite thin, 10 head of late
fall shoats and the remainder March
and April pigs. The LOG head weighed