The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-02-16
STOCK, CROP AND FARM NOTES

Late sown wheat in Garrard county
is said to have suffered greatly frem
freezes. Ear'y wheat passed through
the frigid period with little injury.
-Barak Smith, of Scott county, lost
nearly 100 hogs in the past few days
from cholera. He estimates his loss
at 81, 900.
Brennan & Gay sold their crop of
tobacco raised on the farm Of the MIR.
BRENNAN near Kenney Station. at IA
l-2 cents per pound straight. delivered
at Lexington.
Guy Axwcrthy, 2 :O3 3-4, leased by
United States Senator j. w. Bailey to
do service at his stud near Lexington,
has arrived at the Bailey farm. He
was One of the fastest four-year-olGs
of his day.
H. T. Hopkins. of Nicholas
county, has sold his crop Of 1900
rounds of tobacco to w E. Kerns, of
Sharpsburg, at prices ranging from 7
10 9 cents per pound. The general
average. being about cents ger pound
Several head of cattle belonging
to Squire john G.. Trimble. of Mont
gOmery county. got into his tobacco
barn recently and ate large quantity
of the weed. AS result three of them
died and several others are in a very
! dangerous condition.
Harris & Speakes conducted sale
of stock and farming implements Tues
day for John Bro Gn on the Cane Ridge
pike. Cows brought from $40 to S62. so.
Hogs sold well, four brood sows sold
, for an average price of S25. Horses
went cheap. Farming implements
sold we'll. The crowd was small.
At Frankfort Monday Commission
er of Agriculture issued an official call
| for a State Farm els institute in
Frankfort February 27,28 and 20, and
all farmers whether delegates or not,
are cordially invited to attend. Feb
ruary 28 will be ladies day, and noted
lecturers on woman's place in sgricul-
ture and home improvement have been
secured.
CARLISLE COURT.-The Advo-
cate reports the Carlisle court as fol-
lows: Monday was very busy day
| in Carlisle. Public speakings by
President Lebus and others, the month
ly meeting of the farmers union ard
sale day at the Farmers Loose Leaf.
The three together drew a large
crowd beside the regular court day at
tendance in stock buyers and traders :"
The Carlisle City Council has been
petitioned by the Nicholas County
Board of Control for permission to
erect on its property near Carlisle, ?
loose leaf tobacco sales warehouse. a
redrying plant, and a storage plant
j This plan was adopted at meeting of
| the Nicholas County Board of Control
held at Carlisle Monday, and it was
; decided to begin work as soon as per-
! mission could be secured and the
weather should permit such work to
begin. There is movement on foot
to build another loose leaf warehouse
and redrying plant in Carlisle.
"A representative of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington
was in Frankfort last week confer
ring with Commissioner Newman, of
the State A Agricultural Department, in
reference to the government aiding
the State in the education of the farm
ers and boys in the pursuit of agricul-
turs. The amount the government will
appropriate depends upon the amount
the State apprOpristes for the purpose
, A bill is now pending in the Legis-
lature and if it passes the government
will contribute an amount something
like $4,000 annually to encourage
bows corn clubs and to be used in dis
tributing literature to farmer boys
! throughout the State
The campaign for signers to the
! Burley Society's ten-year-pool was
carried forward Monday with addresses
at a number of towns in various parts
of the Burley belt by representatives
of the Society, including President
LeBus, Senator w. A. Byron, c. II.
Bergman and H. S. Weaver at Car
Isle; Vice President A. L. Ferguson
and Lister Witherspoon at Shelbyville,
and Editor M. A. Bourne, of the Owen
ton ws-Herald, at Owingsville. The
growers took great interest in the pro-
posed pool and the house to house can
vass for signatures will be begun next
MONDAY, February 10. Many growers
signed the pledges Monday after the
addresses and the Burley Society offici-
ais feel greatly encouraged over the
prospect. The pool will close March /,
and the Burley Society officials are
making every possible effort to get
signatures before that time