The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-04-21
STOCK AND FARM

Edgar Doty. of this city, paid J. K.
Mckinney $3.50 for half interest in a
green threeyear old mare.
Walter Martin, the well known farmer
near Turnersville, had half a dozen
nice calves 10 die of blackleg last week.
The 1lG acre tract OF land, known as
the old Chrisman farm, near Nicholas
vile, was sold to various purchasers for
a total of S17,O57.
Mitchell Taylor, of Boyle county, sold
TO J. c. tombstone twelve head of fat
hogs averaging 26O pounds at 81 per
hundred.
John Chrisman, of Danville. has sold
to @. p. Ceci. of that city, 81 lambs to
be delivered from the 2Oth of May to the
10th of JuEe, at ten cents per pound
Wilson Alexander. of near Hedgeville
sold twenty odd head of cattle, running
in weight from 1000 to LOO pounds to
to Danville dealer at lis hundred
Fish & Brandenburg, stock buying
company, near the east Garrardiline, e
making large purchases of lambs with n
their territory, for late spring delivery
and paying seven and a half cents a
pound.
Mr.. Lige Hurt, of the Buckeye section
who deals in ''hen fruit" as a paStime,
brought in load of eggs that ne had
purchased from the Buckeye and Teat
ersville stores that was some load. The
wagon contained 81 cases, with 30 dozen
to the case, making a total of ?. $50 dozen
that he had purchased at Il cents the
dozen, the load totaling the sum OF
1928. 40.-Lancaster Record.
While war in Europe is wasting $685.
600, 900 day. the American farmer is
keeping the worlds balance by produc-
ing an equal sum daily in his crops.
Forty three per cent of The crops of the
world are produced in the United States
1t would be necessary to double the en-
tire amount of money in the world TO
buy the American farms.
The mule trade for the past week has
been a little more active. although very
|
is one OH the market, our local buyer,
Mr. W. B. Burton usually locates it. and
loses little time in buying il. having pur-
chased quite number in the last few
days He recently sold nine Of the ny
birds to McAdams & Co., of St. LOUIS
for $l55 90 head and three 10 J. W.
Newman, of Pikeville for $4,000 each.
Lancaster Record.
Lawson e. Brown, the we'll known
| Lancaster stock firm, exported a car load
of hogs 10 the city markeC1he latter part
of the past week. They have contract
ed with w. G Goock. of the Goshen sec
ton for half hundred head of porkers,
the animals to be delivered about the
latter half of June, their average weight
10 reach the $50 pound notch and the
price agreed on, seven cents a pound.
These same wide awake Lancasie err buy
ers have also contracted for bunch of
cattle TO be purchased from the same
Lincoln county farmer to go the first half
of July, at from 81 to 81 80 per hundrad
w. B. Burton, of Lancaster, is making
extensive purchases of army mules for
Shipment to the French and English
forces and will export large consign-
ment to St. Louis next week TO firm
that h Id contract to supply an uulim-
tied number of hybrids 10 the armies of
the Allies Mr.. Burton has been on a
recent trip to the mountains on the
search of pack mules for the European
War, having bought bunch for which
he paid from S75 10 800 per head. the
hybrids being small animals He was
in this city on last county court day. on
the lookout for all the good hybrids he
could secure. and bought pair of good
sky ear-olds at $3.50.