The Bourbon news., 1912-11-19
STOCK. CROP ANDFARM NOTES.

1t is announced by j. j. Hooper.
secretary of the Kentucky Dairy Cat
tie Club that a neeing of the club will
be held January 10, during farmers
week at State University at Lexing-
ton.
The Mason county Fiscal Court
recently allowed sheep claims to the
amount of $3.50. This is the largest
award for loss of sheep in number of
years. A number of the claims ex-
ceeded $50 each.
MIR. Ed Turner, of near this city,
delivered to E. F. Spears & Sons IN
this city last week 786 barrels of corn.
for which he received S2.25. This is
the largest single delivery of corn
made IN this county this season.
The DanviIle Advocate says: "Mr.
w. H. Thurmond brought to this office
an ear of corn that we believe tops all
the 1912 freaks. 1t is large ear and
is surrounded by eight smaller ones.
all matnred and most of them well
filed"
The report comes from Carlisle
that John Durham of that county, has
had three women shucking corn for
him, that men laborers were so scarce
and those not employed were so lazy
that he was compelled to employ wom-
en- to get his corn shucking finished.
The Ball Bros. of Versailles,
have sold to Charles Folds, of Chicago,
their champion three gated chestnut
mare, Sibyl. seven years old, by Mont
gomery Chief, dam by Peacock for So.
$40 cash. Sibyl has been one of the
most successfully show horses of Indi-
ana, Illinois and Missouri. She won
the blue ribbon every time she was
shown except once, when she was
placed second.
Tobacco sales are reported brisk
through Nicholas county and much of
the 1912 crop continues to be sold at
the barns of the growers. A new aver
age of SIT per hundred is reported on
some crops. the best prices thus far
this season. Other sales are running
averages on crops of from SO to SIG.
according to quality, the crop being
reported the best raised there in years.
In order to keep the army supplied
with the best horses.that can be secur-
ed Government stations are to be sent
to Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia
provided the farmers of those States
shows sufficient interest in the plan to
warrant it. The point where the stall
lions will be kept will be decided after
an inquiry by the agents of the gov
eminent who will talk with the farm
ers. At the request of the war depart
mentO ongress at the last session ap-
propriated $50, 900 for this work.
commissioner of Agriculture j.
W.Newman issued an order lifting the
quarantine in this state against the
shipment of Kansas and Nebraska
horses from st Louis, East st. Louis,
Kansas City. st. Joseph and Chicago
and Indianapolis stOckyards. The
quarantine was put on October l5.
The Bureau of Animal Industry at
Washington notified him that the dis
ease which has been killing horses and
mules by the wholesale in those states,
is not communicable.
Tobacco buyers in Central Ken
lucky have been unusually active IN
the past week closing contracts with
the growers before the opening of the
loose leaf market In the various cities
| insCentral Kentucky. Thousands of
pounds of the weed have changed
hands at from to Is cents, a few ex-
ira good crups being purchased at the
latter price.
Tobacco stripping in Bourbon
county within the next two weeks will
be almost completed. The work has
been retarded to a great extent owing
to the lack of seasonabIe weather.
The rains of last week together with
several days of damp atmosphere
brought the tobacco in case, and the
striDpers taking advantage of this
rushed their work with all haste. A
number of crops yet remain to be
stripped but these will likely be pre-
pared for market in the next two
weeks, and before the opening OF the
sales warehouse in this city.