The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-27
STOCK AND FARM

Calvin Hart, of Falmouth, sold $500
worth of tobacco from 8 acres.
Jas. 1. Hamilton, of Lancaster, sold As
head of 100 pound hogs to v. A. Lear at
$50
Chas. Duff, Montgomery county, sold
% head oil 900 pound steers at 1-2 cents
TO J. II. Graves, of Fayette county.
Frankfort butchers bought some fat
cattle in Shelby county, paying 5 IL to
&c for COWS and &c for heifers.
R. H. Grow, of Lincoln county, sold a
months-old Aberdeen-Angus calf to
Bisslt & Davis, of Mercsr county, for
s125.
John B. Foster, of Lincoln county
sold to Monte Fox, of Danville, two cars
of fat cattle at s7.s5. They averaged l.
400 pounds.
A British buyer arranged through a
Chicago bank to purchase all the avail
able storage eggs in that city. He made
an initial purchase of $4,000 dozen just
TO show that he meant business.
The European war having cut off Eng
lands outside supply of eggs, demands
are being made upon America. The
first shipment, consisting of $4,000 doz.,
went forward on the American liner
New York
What is thought to be the largest
steer ever raised in Giles county, Tenn.
was shipped to Louisville by Clarence
Campbell, of Cam pbellsville. IL weigh
ed 1900 pounds and The price paid for it
was 1882 81.
Kansas had 1875, 800 acres of feterita in
1914. and yet it sprang into prominence
in Kansas only last year. Besides its
Misunderstanding qualities and ear
ly maturity, the feeding value OF its
grain is pronounced as practically the
same, pound for pound, as that of Kaffir
and milo.
In northwestern Kentucky the farm
ers produce two crops of potatoes each
, season. The first crop lis planted in
March and harvested in July. The sec.
ond is planted Immediately after dig.
cling the first and is harvested in DC
tobeE
A farmer who has raised tobacco fol
years said to US this week: THE rea.
son so much tobacco brings a price fal
below what the farmer expected to get
is that the crop has been cut 20 days oil
more before it is ripe. Pull green ap-
pie and let it ripen and it is bitter. To
bacco is like the apple and buyers know
t."-Carlisle Mercury.
Mrs. Sarah E Aulick. of Hightower
had produced on her farm 2.730 pounds
of tobacco on l 4 acres OF land. Thi:
tobacco was sold at the Burley house fol
$3.50. a record hard to beat.
l.. B. Murphy, of Scott county, SOLD
his farm, located near Georgetown, tC
c. T. Skinner, for 5000 per acre. There
are 81 1-2 acres in the tract.
E. L. Woods shipped car of hogs &c
the city market from Paint Lick-124
head. He bought 26 hogs from Center
Bros, weight 1o7 pounds, at $40 pei
hundred.
Monte Pox, the Danville stock buyer
bought los cattle from Chas. Caldwell
of Boyle county, weighing 1,165 pounds
average, at So 30 per hundred. This wa
a S12, 600 deal.
John NJ. Farra, of Garrard, sold Il
Monte Fox % head of cattle, 1850 lbs
average. for 81 rs per hundred. Ale:
Doty sold 40 head to Fox. that averages
1,170 pounds, at IL cts.
D The Lancaster Record says that A. c
Wright bought in that county for tn
English government horse mule from
B. F Hudson for $3.50; one from A. b
Basin for $125; one from Craig & Brow
for sl35 and a one eyed mule of Prewit
Thompson for sos.