The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-28
The Interior Journal Kentucy Friday January 28 1916
Farm and Stock News

The State Farmers Institute will
be held in Frankfort February Is to
II.
Clark & Young, of Bourbon,
bought 10 head of extra mare mules
at prices ranging from $3.50 to $215
per head.
So far about 100000 horses have
been shipped to England and France
the average price being $160, which
makes the total $80,000,000.
On the first Monday, January 3rd,
about 200 or 1000 mules were sold
at Columbia, Tenn, at about $40
head.
At the recent sale of Jerseys held
by Samuel R. Reed, at Chattanooga,
an average of $120 was made on SO
head.
Caywood, Smith & McClintock, of
Paris, bought twelve head of mules
in Winchester, Monday at prices
ranging from $3.50 to $17O per head.
Myers & McClintock, of Paris
bought ten head of aged work mules
from Clark county farmer this week
at prices ranging from $145 to $175
per head.
C. S. Evans, of Jessamine ha pur-
chased from Lewis Brown 165 acres
of unimproved land at $155 per
acre.
D. T. Matlack was chosen presi
dent of the Clark County Fair associ-
alton and July &c, 27, % and 20
were selected as dates for this years
exhibition.
Richard H. Wills, of Paris, bought
Fl head of aged mules at Winches-
ter last Monday, paying an average
of $3.50 per head for the animals.
Mr.. Wills also bought pair of
mules for S465 from a Clark county
farmer.
Sam Bell, of Hardin county, ship
ped last week from Glendale, four
car loads of extra fine cattle to Spen-
Ger & Co., of Chicago, III. These
cattle will weigh from 1850 to 1900
pounds and the shipper expects to
get nine cents or better for the whole
| lot.
William Etherington, of Woodford
county, found his pair of mules that
broke away from colored man who
was leading them on the Lexington
pike and were missing for some days.
They strayed into a pasture at Jim
Cleveland's. I.
Among the tobacco sales made last
week at Lexington were3 estey
Simpson, Garrard county; ( l,a25
pounds, $4,000; average $a3RO.,
Harry B. Sipple, Laurel seoupty,i3,-
315 pounds, s5S3.89; average S1zssasse
Irwin Simpson, Garrard county, p $50
pounds, $414.51; average 8 1928. 8
Fifteen jacks averageds s45d aHa
"a jennets S1317 at a sale held BIZ
Hineman & Hutchins at aStetlings
Kan. The top price was $1,000 paid
by J. H. Smith & Son, Kingfisher,
Okla, for the jack, Governor. Sun
flower Queen was the highest priced
jennet and went to H. A. Dale, Eu-
reka, Kan, for $345.
The Pulaski county farmers club
accepted a bid on their grass seed
supply. The prices are as follows ::
Glover, sapling or red, $12.25 per
bushel; timothy, $3.50 per bushel;
orchard grass, 1925 per bushel and
red top 1925 per bushel. The clover
tested 99.4 purity, the timothy test
ed 1922 purity, the red top tested 1872
purity.
Because of her sudden death. a
post-mortem examination was made
of Lulu Lumine, :06 IA the great
trotter which died last week at Wal
nut Hall Stock Farm in Fayette
county. 1t was found that death was
caused by heart trouble and that her
heart was nearly twice the size of
that of normal horse. The mare
was raced by Thomas w. Murphy
and was owned by A. H. Cosden, of
New York, who it is understood, paid
$4,000 for her in 1912. She was
left at the stock farm at the close
of the October meeting, for breeding
to Blue Grass stock.