The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-12-29
Farm and Stock News

Kentucky was sold and delivered last
week by Jerry C.. Caldwell, Jr., o.
Danville, to Henry Caywood, of Par
is, who purchased the beeves for
Swift & CO., the Chicago packers.
There were 12S in the herd, and they
averaged 1,4O0 pounds wher sent
over the scales. Mr.. Caywood paid
$1,000 a hundred pounds for them,
less three per cent shrinkage, which
Is said to be the highest price brought
by beef cattle on the hoof Ii the state
this season.
Acting for Ike Brown, head buyer
for Armour & Co., Monte Fox, of Dan
vile, purchased the fat steers of Jer-
ry C.. Caldwell, ST., also of Danville.
There were 800 head in this herd.
and the elder CaldwelPs steers went
trifle higher in weight than did his
sons, which brought the higher fig
ure of the two herds. This bunch
averaged 1900 pounds and sold at
$3.50 hundred, less three per cent
shrinkage. Mr.. Fox also bought the
fat cattle of A. E. Hundley & Son, of
Boyle, 1O4 head, which ran in weights
from 1900 to 1850 average. These
sold at $9.4O less three per cent
shrinkage.
Simon We'll, of Lexington, bought
from Isaac Shelby, of the Shelby City
of this county, a herd of 60 steers
that averaged 1900 pounds, for
which he paid $40 net.
Watkins, Carrithers & Company,
of Louisville, who have been buying
up large number of stopping steers
to place at distilleries this coming
season, secured half dozen car loads
from feeders in this section of Ken
lucky, which were sent to the distii-
lery at Athertonville. Their purchases
in this section were: from J. H.
Baughman and Ike Shelby, of this
county, so head that averaged $50
pounds at S6.75; from ]. c. Caldwell.
Jr., of Boyle, 81 head, averaging $50
pounds at S6.75; from ]. d. White
house, this side of Danville, 80 head
averaging 500 pounds at $3.50; from
Simon We'll & Son, of Lexington. "a
head. that averaged 900 pounds, at
S6,75.
James H. Baughman, south of
Danville, bought from Hughes & Nc
Carly, of Stanford, a herd of Al
stocker steers that averaged 773
POUNDS, for which he paid $3.50;
from 7. w. Jones, of Stanford, Mr..
Baughman bought II steers, averag
ing 500 pounds, at S6.25; from Rob-
inson Hugueley, of Boyle, he secur-
ed II yearling steers that averaged
500 pounds, and which cost him Sc Is
less $40; from E. J. Cooley, of the
west end, of Lincoln, Mr.. Baughman
bought 10 950-pOund feeders at ST;
and four plain Shoppers that averaged
875 pounds lat $3.50.
VIM. Dodd, the noted horseman of
the West End, sold to James Cloyd.
of the Rolling Fork section a pair of
yearling sorrel mare mules for $3.50.
j. S. Murphy of the West End,
sold to Emmett Mccormack, of Hus-
tonville, 25 hogs that averaged 100
pounds at $3.50 hundred.
Col. |. M. Dunn of Boyle last week
sold 90 ewes for Ben King at fancy
price. One-third of the bunch brought
5000, a second third S874, and the
last third topped the herd at 1925.
Good land is selling high in Mont
gomery county right at present. At
the sale of Albert Skidmore, the farm
of 124 acres brought S2O7.5O per
acre. NJ. o. Cockrell was the purchas-
er. At the same time the farm of 90
acres, lying on the Owingsville pike,
adjoining was bought by John W.
Boardman at S121.50 an acre.
W. c Myers, of the West End, sold
to the tobacco buyers at Moreland
last week, his 7,0O0-pound crop of to-
bacco, at IA cents pound. Mr. Myers
was in town late last week land paid
up his subscription to the |. j. for
the 32d year, which is the kind of
subscriber who would make any edi-
tors heart glad.
Powell 4 Harmon sold to J. w.
Watts ten two-year-old cattle at 6
ga cents. The first named then pur-
chased % yearling steers in Lincoln
county at S33 a head.-Harrodsb
Herald.
Col. Simon We'll, of Lexington,
who has been buying a lot of cattle
in this state for stopping purposes,
has begun to put them out. The Eliz-
abeth News said last week: Watkins.
Carrithers & Co., have purchased
from Simon We'll, of Lexington, l.
400 cattle, at about $50 per head,
which they are stopping at Atherton-
vile. They are also interested in
about 1900 head being stopped at
Frankfort and Louisville.
Cattle sold mighty well at Mt Ster-
ling last week, at the court day sac.
The Advocate reports the following:
w. o. Brock, of Clark county, bought
- .6!n pnul'd steers of Elii:1 COINS
at $3.50; Morg Owens 38 750-pound
steers at Alex Coons, of Woodford
county, at $7.25; Noah Stapleton sold
Is 750-pound steers to Alex Coons of
WOodford county, at $3.50; Geo.
Halsey sold 25 700-pound steers to
Alex Coons at cents. Mr. Coons was
buying for A. ]. A. Alexander. of
WOODBURY.; Carl Trimble sold 25
l ,000-pOund steers at $3.50; Alien
Mccormack bought 80 7OO-DOund
yearlings of various parties at about
1928; Overton Chenault, of Tayette
county, bought so about 400-pound
calves at SIS Der head.