The Bourbon news., 1912-08-30
STOCK, CROP AND FARM NOTES.

-Caywood & McCiintock, of Paris,
bought last week from Joseph Jacoby.
Of the Hu:chisoh neighborhood. TWEEN
ty-five head of fine breeding ewes, at
a private price.
-Caywood G. McClintock, of Paris.
shipped last week. three double-deck
car loads of lambs to the Jersey Citv
market. This firm has shi dped more
than 10, 900 lambs from PSHs this sea-
sen.
Mr.. |. c. WIllmott, If near Hutch
ison, delivered last week, to Mr.. Asa
Jewell. Jr., of Lexington. fifty head
of lambs. which averaged eightytwo
pounds. The price paid was Is
cents per pound.
Prospects for a wonderful corn
crop in BOYLE county was never better
than this year. The rains have mater
tally. assistd the grain, and banner
season is looked for. The acreage is
greater than tor number of years.
Charles Franklin. of the Hutchisoa
neighborhood. delivered Thursday TO
Baldwin Bros. in Paris, 900 pound
heifer, at l. cents per pound. Alonzo
Glnn delivered to the same firm 750
pound heifer, for which he received
$t5.
Prof. R.F. Smith, of College Ste
tion. TeaXs. purchasedsfoUr of the best
bred fillies she could find from James
II. Gillespie. of Harrison county, and
will ship them to Texas and begin the
breeding and raising of the Kentucky
saddle-bred horses.
1T is estimated that the export cat
tie In Montgomery county alone this
year will bring that county over $780,
OO0-Qulte sum of inOney-and that
p,llehandlers will make good money.
For the export cattle industry this
year has been one of the best that the
Kentucky farmer has ever had.
Three or four sales of large crops
of old tobacco have been reported in
Nicholas county. James p. Rogers, of
Carlisle. took over crop of 16. 6.0f0
pounds from Arrls Virgins. and one of
1000 pounds from r. A. Atkinson and
j. E. Ramey. His fetal purchases are
about 1000 pounds.
The Mt. Sterling Gazette says ex-
port cattle are being shipped away
from that place, and they are weighing
heavy and are going to the East in
fine shape. The business in that Sec
tion this wear has been remarkable,
and from the prices obtained there is
evidently a scarcity over the country.
"A calf with two we'll formed heads,
four ears, four eyes, two mouths. two
noses was born on the farm of Robert
Moore.a a farmer of near Concord, Mich
olas county. The calf was perfectly
formed, except for the two heads and
lived sevreal hours and ate before it
died. The hide was brought to Carlis-
lie and exhibited, where it created much
curiosity.
The Burley Tobacco Company has
closed deal for several lots located
in the central section of Carlisle direct
ly ON the Main street and the L. & N.
railroad, for the purpose of locating
another large loose leaf tobacco vale
house at that point. Work on the
new house will be commenced imme-
diateIy and everything will be ready
for opening when the other sales
houses open there this fall.
-Ihe DanVilie Advocate asys: en-.
E. T. Thatch. a "rominent attorney
end saddle: horse. breeder of Cleveland.
Tenn, bought Tuesday uf Allen S. Ed
ellen, Sat Glenworth Farm, a two-year-
old Chestnut colt by Bohemian King
for $4,000.
Sheriff Bowen Fox. who was in
Lawrerceburg this week buying mules,
succeeded INJECTING two carloads, but
report the animals as rather scarce and
tiIh. He shipped his purchase to the
Eastern markets."
The continued hard rains in Bath
county are causing all the creeks and
branches to overflow their banks, DO.
ing great damage to crops in the bot
tom lands. In some of the places the
water is over the tops of the tobacco
plants and corn has been badly dam
aged and washed. A number of water
gaps and a lot of fencing have been
washed away. Tobacco cutting is hr-
ing delayed by the wet weather, for
many fields in that county are ready
to he cut and housed. A few days of
blight sunshine is badly needed by all
vegetation in this section.