The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-09-15
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one of the best yields of wheat reported
so far from Kentucky. He had ~ acres
that made 2,24S bushels, which is better
than 81 bushels per acre. 1t was extra
good and of the Fulz variety.
Glowing accounts of the bumper corn
crop IN Kentucky come from ali sections.
From all reports the crop will be the
biggest ever grown in the State,
The tobacco crop this year is not quite
SO large as usual and the crop has, no
doubt, been damaged by the cold, wet
weather. But, after all there will be a
good sized crop produced. Some of the
weed has been cut and housed in various
sections of the State
Those who are in arrears for more than
one year must pay their subscriptions
without further delay. Uncle Sam won't
let US 10 carry you any longer. Besides
we need the money in our business. If
Hemp cutting is under way in Ken
lucky. butts being greatly retarded by
the heavy showers. There is heavy
crop of hemp, one of the largest ever
i raised in the State, and at the present
prices this means several thousand dol
lars in the farmers pocket
T. S. Fleming has purchased from his
brother, Milligan Fleming, his S3-acre
| farm lying near Oxford in Scott county,
paying for same $40 an acre.
AT the sale of A. F. Scott held in Gar
rard county last week, the following
prices were quoted: Hogs brought
So 10 per hundred; sucking calves from
S35 TO $3.50 per head; corn 1925 per
barrel. in the field and hay $3.50 per
ton at the barn. The farm of 2SS acres
was bought by William Scott at 500 per
acre.
Chas Lewis, of Montgomery county,
has sold by contract 100 barrels of new
corn for SO. % a barrel in the field.
Michigan's celery crop is damaged
and heavy loss may result, if weather
conditions do not improve before the
crop is harvested.
Make Walters. of Hardin county, Ky,
purchased last Tuesday from Guthrie
Wilson and J. B. Bowles. near Bards
town, six registered Holstein dairy cattle
at a cost of about $500.
Maplecrest Stock Farm. East Claridor,
Ohio, owns the twelfth daughter of the
Hostein Fresian bull, Pontiac Argyle
Korndyke, TO make more than thirty
pounds of butter in seven days
Seven thousand dollars was the price
paid by John Ariman. Middletown. N
Y, to A. Meyer. Syracuse. for the Hol-
stein Friesian COW, Legis Beta, the
mother of the Meyer herd sire, King
Lyons.
W. A. Todd has just delivered to f
L. Woods, of Paint Lick a bunch of the
finest hogs that has gone out of the
East End of Garrard county in some
time. There were PIT in the drove, and
$50 of them averaged 300 pounds The
balance of the bunch averaged about
225 pounds. Mr.. Todd sold them at IS,
81 65 and 81 hundred pounds, accord
ing to their weight and quality.
Col. John T. Hughes. master of Elkton
Stock Farm, near Muir Station, sold
last week to Mr.. Ben J. Thorp, of Erie,
Pa. the phenomenal year-old saddle
stallion, Hughes Mcdonald, for 81, 900.
Hs also sold same pasty a bay saddle
gelding for $3.50.
J. NJ. Munday sold 40 stock hogs 10
Walter Southworth at IS per hundred;
Hambrich 81 Bradshaw sold 40 hogs TO
r. L. Coleman at 81 80 per cwt and 20
hogs to K. II. Anderson at same price;
rs sheep TO ]. l.. Luke at 81. 80 per cwt.
and rs to Thos. Fesler at same price.
Simpson & Watson sold Saturday to R.
II. Wolfe e. Son. As hefers at 81. $780, TO
Will Garrett, IL heifers at $3.50: to Shad
Ford, l6 heifers at 1896; to George Lusby.
10 heifers at 1925, and to Will Payne, &c
heifers at $700.-Georgetown Times
Last week at Mt. Sterling, Robert G
Gatewood sold to Henry S. Haywood. of
Bourbon County. IT'S export cattle
averaging l,42s pounds at $3.50 per hun
dred, making an average of S121 38 q
head, or S21, PAL. so for the bunch. They
were SHIPPED east.
]. Wade Walker, of Garrard county
sold pair of six year old mules to Mr.
Richard Gentry of Boyle county, for $3.50
These mules were about seventeen
hands high, and will probably weigh
2.4OO pounds.-Lancaster Record
w. II. Crossfield. the well-known livt
stock trader, sold 10 various parties las
week two hundred and fifty sheep at
"a TO 1-4c. He has two hundred ant
fifty more on hand. -Anderson News
E. R. Wade of Clark county, bough
81 bead of cattle in Montgomery count,
last week for which he paid $7.20 pc
hundred. They averaged about Ito
pounds.
Spoonamore & NICK h ME.
the Hubble section, sold 20 head of hog
to Jones & Cress at seven and half cent
j a pound They averaged about Is
pounds F. L. Thompson. of Preacher.
vile. sold 70 head of hogs last week |,
Victor Lear, Of Garrard. at seven and
half cents a nound The norkars averaf