The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-01-27
WEEKSSA[ESbEST
OF ANY DURING
ENTIRE SEASON
priesthood UpssWell In Spite
of the Poor Grade
Offered.
2S6, 900. POUNDS AT
SALE SATURDAY
Over Four Million Pounds
Have Passed Over Mar
ket This Season.

tobacco market last week were, con-
sidering all things, about the best that
have been held during any week of
the present season. Prices were good
considering the quality of the offering
and growers were we'll pleased with
the prices received.
The dry weather which prevailed
the early part of the week, made it
farmers who had good tobacco to
offer would not assume the risk of
having it damaged, consequently the
market was flooded with the lowest
grades In the three sales of the
week total of 67S,665 pounds were
sold.
At the sale Saturday 286,O50 pounds
were disposed of for $34, 049.42, an av-
erage of $1190. The morning sale
was held on the old floor of the build
ing of the Bourbon Tobacco Ware.
house Co., and during the afternoon
tobacco on the new addition was sold.
The grade of tobacco offering in the
afternoon was far superior to that of
the morning sale and much better
prices were realized. The sales to
date amount to 4,246,000. Receipts
continue heavy and indications point
to full floor for the sale to-day.
The following are some of the crop
averages for Saturday:
Woodford & Honican, $3.50 pounds,
for $574.8S, an average of S16.25.
Collier & Mastin, 3,1S5 pounds, for
| S436.0S, an average of $3.50.
7. w. Thomas, $685. pounds, fod
'aS6.25, an average of $14.32. n
Miller Lail, 1850 pounds, an aver
age of $3.50.
Ardery & Earlywine, 1895 pounds
an average of $15.S5.
Ferguson & Bramel, 9,175 pounds
an average of $14.30.
Talbot e Wagner, 1880 pounds
an average of s12.41.
Skillman & Myers, 3,340 pounds
an average of $16.25.
Jones & Case, 1856 pounds, fol
ls1,62449, an average of $14.05.
Ardery & Midlin, 1855 pounds, fol
S339.97, an average Of $3.50.
]. II. Bell, 5,1S5 pounds, for s834.95
an average of $16.10.
Houston G. Houston, 2,940 pounds
for $541.66, an average of $14.50.
Newt. Strawther, 5,120 pounds, TO
$705.20. an average of $13.77.
Beach & Hinton, 3.S15 pounds TO
$629.12. an average of $16.40.
Beach & Carpenter, 2.765 pounds
for S541.50, an average of $3.50.
Clark & Baker. 1870 pounds, 70
$1,04442, an average of $500.
LEXINGTON.
Sales this week on the Lexington tc
bacco market amounted to 4,283,70
/. pounds at an average price of $12.5
, a hundred This is the greatest nun
Der of pounds sold in one week in tn
, history of the local market.
Ii Considered as a whole, the qualit
| of the offering was rather inferior
: Low grades prevailed and much d.
cidedly common tobacco was Sost
: Colory, while not very, much i'll eV
: dence, was in good demand at abor
the same prices as heretofore, ran,
: ing up to $33 the hundred. The ma
ket throughout the week was stron
: and while sales seemingly had tel
: dency to drag at times, it was du
] rather to the poor quality of the t
: bacco than to any lack of interest q
i the part of the buyers. Rejection
were light.
L WINCHESTER.
; About 250,000 pounds of Tobacco
|. were sold Saturday ut WincheStt
= at 81 to $40. The quality was on
medium.
n FRANKFORT.
t A total of s4,2S5 pounds of tobac'
n were sold in Fran cort Saturday
e an average of $11.75 the hundre
# Prices ranged from 2lz to 20 cents.