The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-06-20
Farm and Stock News

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J. H. Wright, of the West End,
sold to Ruble Bros, of Garrard, a
7-year-old mare mule for S137.50.
Frank Robinson sold at Danville
yesterday Is two-year-old cattle
weighing about 500 pounds at $50.
T. W. Jones lost valuable horse
from lockjaw last week, which be-
came overheated in the harvest field.
Logan Stephenson delivered to
T. w. Jones, "a lambs that averaged
sc pounds at 9 cents pes pound.
w. T. Doolin, of Garrard, sold to
W. B. Burton five year old mare
mule for SITS.
B. w. Leigh, the hustling Huston
vile trader, sold to Dick Gentry, of
Boyle, a six-year-old horse mule for
S140.
Whitehouse & johnson, of Boyle,
bought of John M. Rankin, AZ 1900
ID. cattle at $8.40 and IL Thrown
out" beeves at lower price.
At the Washington Jersey Farm
sale at Parkersburg, w. Va, 81 head
of Jerseys averaged S12O, with a
top of S4OO.
W. D. Hanson and his sons, of
the west end, have sold to Fox Cald-
well, of Boyle, for October delivery,
65 feeders at 1-2 cents.
w. T. Robinson bought Of Jerry
Caldwell, Jr., a fve-year-old mare
mule for $235 and match to her
Of j. H. Baughman for $3.50.
One hundred and twenty-six Is
landbred Jersey cattle were sold at
Coopersburg, Pa, recently for an
average of $641.19. The first fifty
sold averaged over 5000, while the
first eightyfive averaged over $500.
G. A. Swinebroad sold to V. A.
Lear 35 hogs, averaging 240 pounds,
at Sac. He bought of John Rigs
by 80 porkers, weighing $50 pounds
at s 1-2 cents and of F. B. Marks
bury 10 119-pounders at &c.
Lee Rankin delivered to T. W.
Jones last week bunch of 25 lambs
which he had engaged to the local
buyer some time ago at 9 cents a
pound. Mr.. Rankin had them in nice
shape and they averaged 81 pounds.
Z. Lee Murphy, Of the Hedgeville
section, sold to Clell Claunch, of
Perryville, II 400-pound cattle for
1878. He bought cow of D. F.
Rankin for $40 and sold Jerry Cald-
well 20 yearling calves at a fancy
price.
j. d. Whitehouse, the clever Boyle
county stock trader and farmer,
shipped from Moreland the other day
a double deck of lambs he bought in
that section of Lincoln at 8 1-2 to
10 1-2 cents. They averaged 80
pounds. Mr.. Whitehouse bought of
Briscoe Grain 25 1,1O0-pound cattle
for July 10th delivery at Sac.
S. B. Sanders, of Hubble, deliver
ed to j. L. Hutchins, Of Danville,
last week, bunch of hogs which he
has had on feed at the farm Of H. J.
Luce in that section. The porkers
were in prime shape, averaging 21O
pounds and sold at s ga cents. Hay
den McBeath also delivered a bunch
to the same buyer at 1-2 cents a
pound. They were a trife lighter in
weight.
j. S. Turpin, sexton of Buffalo
Springs cemetery, who is also one
of the best judges of good Jerseys
in this section, sold nice cow of
that breed to Joe Criscillis, of Gar
rard, for S44; he sold him a cow and
calf for $50. Mr.. Turpin bought
from Scott Bros, of Goshen section,
cow and calf for $50; and sold
200-pound calf to T. w. Jones at
6 ga cents a pound.
Cattle owners and dealers of this
state who had stock killed during thu
epidemic of the foot and mouth d.
sease have filed claims for the
amounts due them from the state
with Commissioner of Agriculture
Cohen. The last Legislature passed a
bill providing for the reimbursement
of owners whose stock was killed.
Half of the claims were to be paid by
the state and the other half by the
Federal Government. The claims fill
ed represent about one third of those
which the state will have to pay.
James Parrish, of Midway, Satur-
day sold to Jonas and Simon We'll, of
Lexington, his fat cattle which are
reported to have brought the high
est price paid for fat stock in that
section in many years. The cattle
were chiefly shorthorns and weighed
on an average of 1,400 pounds and
were of practically perfect finish.
They had been in the feed lots all
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