The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-02-18
~ a In Real Estate,
hn0uN Stock and Crop
DknHN h~1Orus Of Spe.
cIal interest 3:

Allen & Tucker. of HustonvilIe; sold
a pair of work mules to J. W. Russell
for $500.
j. Wade Walker, of Lancaster, pur-
chased a par of 5-year-old mules from
Center Bros. for S400
]. w. Lassiter, of Apex, N. c., bought
"a head of mules from Gentry & Thomp-
son. of Lexington. for 1924.
Ed & N. B. Price, of Garrard county,
sold IA yearling mules to John Cress, OF
Lincoln county, at S120 head
B. q. Fox, of Danville, bought of Hal
Carpenter of Lawrenceburg, 25 3-year-
old mules, two-thirds of them mares, at
sl62 so per head.
w. A. Thompson, of North Middle
town, sold 20 head of heifers at $50 per
! head.
An average of 1928 was made OH So
head of Shorthorns at sale of breeders
at Denver, Col
Wisconsin claims to be the premier
State in the number of silos owned-L.
P Marling claiming that she has more
than all the oIh-r States combined.
Geo Gano, the PAGER, went a half
mile in Loo l-2 on ice at Minneapolis
recently, making new record.
SOME TOBACCO HINTS.
Some beds in Montgomery county have
been sown.
Tobacco land is leasing at high figures
in this, the Burnley, district.
Some few farmers in Kentucky are
still stripping tobacco, owing TO their in
ability TO secure hands.
The Independent Tobacco Manufac
turers' Association. just met at Wash
ingLon, chose Louisville as their 1914
place of meeting.
Many farmers took advantage of the
recent good weather to prepare their
tobacco plant beds, but this cold snap
it would seem has somewhat interfered
with their plans Had 1t not arrived,
more beds would have been sown than
there have been.
Tobacco warehousemen and buyers
say that if this cold weather holds that
the closing of the loose leaf markets will
have to be postponed.
With bacon at Csc or SOC a pound, it
pays to keep pigs and keep them right.
Chickens Matched out in February and
March are the ones that fill the pocket
book. 1t is they, too, that make the ear
ly fall pullets that lay eggs in Novem Der
and December. when eggs soar in price.
An average of $40 on IS head OF Du-
rocs was made by Hanks & Bishop, at
their New London, Ia, sale.
Forty head of Duroc sows averaged
s6S at the sale of J G. Droz, held at
Fairfield, Iowa.
The front page of the Farmers Home
VOhih SOhoaibo a Oob w EIduh mOht6
and the great boar. Defender, twice
champion Of the International Show; he
has been twice sold for s., 600 and the
Mckee Bros. now value him at $40, OO0
He is 5 years lid and weighs S35 lbs. in
good working trim. II S show weight is
/ 100 pounds. Mckee Bros. have sold in
the past two years at public sale Isl
sows bred TO Defender for S21, 900.
B. G. Fox and Jas. II, Bean, of Dan
vile, bought in Washington county
broke mules, to 5 years old, at $3.50 to
5000 each.
w. T Saunders. of Milersburg, pur-
chased pair of mules in Carlisle for
S400. Seth Faulconer, of Elizabeth Sta
ton, sold pair of draft horses TO VIM.
YWhitson, of Harrison county. at $500. :
j. 7. Richie, of Ruddell's Mills. sold a
| 7-year-old draft mare TO Quincy Moore.
of Bourbon county, for Sl75. Clark &
Wills, of Paris, bought this week from
Barton & Stone, of Nicholas county, two
general purpose horses at good prices.
H. S. Caywood, of Bourbon, bought a 4
year-old bay gelding by Anglin Wilkes,
at the Lexington sales, for $500. Mari
& McClintock, of Bourbon, sold 4-year.
old black jack to T. 4. Marsh, of Har
rison county, for $1,000. Steve Bur
bridge, of Hutchison, bought 6-year-
old bay mare by Jay McGregor. at the
Lexington sales, for S2l0 McCray Bros.
of North Middletown, bought 4-year
old chestnut gelding, by Artist Star, in
Lexington, for S170.-Paris Kentuckian
A prize crop of~seed corn raised il
Davless county sold at 80 per bushel.
| VIM. H. Whaley. Jr., near Paris, solo
Jas. H. Hutsell, of Montgomery county
40 cattle, averaging $50 pounds, at 70.
Thos. McClintock, of Millersburg, solo
to w. A. Thomson, near North Middle
town, mules. He also sold 2 mules T.
F. Mann, of Paris. McClintock bough
Is mules in Grant and in Bath county
w. P. Burton. of Lancaster, bought