The Bourbon news., 1912-10-25
STOCK. CROP AND FARM NOTES.

VIII m ilIer. of Mt.S terling sold
his farm of about 20 acres near that
city to Robert Howell, of Moutgom-
cry, at $145 per acre.
s-Carilsle will have an agricultural
fair tomorrow. Hundreds of farmers
have entered their products and it
promises to be one of the biggest agri-
cultural events ever held In that city.
j. s. Renlck, of Clark county
Wednesday sold his farm of 444 acres
on the Van Meter pike about miles
from Winchester to Ben d. Golf at
Sl70.70 per acre. The place was
known as the Van Meter farm. With
he purchase of this land Mr.. Golf now
owns more than 1000 acres. He is
also the youngest farmer in the State.
The Winchester Democrat says
"Mr. r. N. Ratliff, who purchased the
fine farm of MIR. j. B. Martin on the
Paris road few davs ago, has an
nounced that he will turn it into a mule
raising establishment on large scale.
There are about 145 acres in the tract
besides beautiful residence. Mr..
Ratliff is one of the best as well as the
largest mule buyers in the country"
The sale of blooded and harness
stock held in Mt. Sterling recently by
r. B. Young and others. was attended
by only a smell crowd and bidding was
anything but active. All the stock
brought low prices. The highest
price of the day was S225, which was
paid by AIM. Land, of Nicholasville,
for Golden Princess, two year old
mare sired by Golden King 1859, out
Of Montgomery Princess by Bourbon
Chief 976. This mare will be prepared
for the show rings next year and cam
paigned in Kentucky. During the day
rs head were sold for total of So, 22O.
so, or an average of SS5.4l.
"A recent bulletin from the State
University Experiment Station at
Lexington shows that the largest av-
erage yield of corn in the State was in
Mason county, swith forty-four bushels
per acre. The average yield of the
State is twenty -fiveibushels. Commits
sioner of Agriculture Newman has
asked the Mason County Superinten-
dent of Schools. Miss Jessie Yancey.
to have the Toys of the Mason County
Corn Club furnish hin.with seed corn,
for which he will pay a fancy price
when 1T meets the standard or perfec-
tion, "a per cent, germinathion. The
boys are now busy saving their corn
to win this fancy. price,
One of the largest crowds ever as
sembled in Mt. Sterling attended court
there Monday. Trade in the mercan-
tile lines was good. There was large
amount Of stock of all kinds but the
demand for mules, horses and sucking
mules as very light and not many sales
were made. A large number of suck
ling mules were on the market from
common TO good and more than thou
sand were offered for sale. From five
to six thousand cattle on the market.
Best steers sold at Id cents, year
lings at ga cents. cows 3 1-2 to a l-2
cents, bulls to 3-4 cents. Arch
Prewitt sold twenty 600 pound steers
to j. H. Bell, of Bourbon, at 4 Sd
cents. Chas. b. Duff sold twenty five
$50 pound steers to ]. w. Young, of
Bourbon, at cents.
AT the dispersal sale of w. L.
Scott & Son, at Louisville. of 100 head
of Jersey cattle, large crowd of buy
ers were present from surrounding
States. The average ran from $50 to
$500, the bull, Morocc0's Champion,
bringing S9O0,t he highest price, pur-
chased by E. III. Ware, of Douglass
Ill. The COW. Moselle. brought S64O,
from Farm, Lexington. Morocco s
Pet, COW, sold to DR.. Wedeklr, at
Louisville, for $500.
H. Messenger & Son, of Shelby
vile. have shipped their two great
five-gaited saddle horses. His Eminence
and Nazimova, to the st. Louis horse
show where they have been entered in
several saddle horse stakes.