The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-16
FARM AND STOCK.

near Hardinsburg to T. L. Thresher
of Lewisport. for $4,000. This is
the third farm Mr.. Seaton has sold
for Mr.. Pate making him good money
on each sale besides pleasing the
the other fellows in the trade. II
you want to sell your farm list it
with Mr.. Seaton.
"Uncle" John Avitt is live wide
awake progressive farmer. He lives
near Lodiburg where the soil produc-
es abundant crops when given the
right kind of treatment. Last year
he plowed a field of "a acres that
had been in grass for IS years. He
planted it in tobacco and it brought
him 5000. The same land he sowed
in wheat and it brought him $15O
He now has a good stand of clover.
Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Compton of
Robards, KY, have bought the Weth-
erington property on the Hill for
$500. They will move here about
No, embtr l.
David +. Penick and c. c. Brock, |
Louisville have bought the Thomas |
Macy farm near Harmed for $4,000.
Mr.. Brock will move his family there
some time this fall Mr.. Macy
bought Mr.. II. T. Driskell's property
in Park addition to Hardinsburg. Mr..
Driskel bought the late Mrs. Emma
Skilman property in this city and
will move here as soon as he can
get possession.
William Hall of Webster sold a
yearland mule for 500. Mr.. Hall is
u years old and recently cut $50
sticks of tobacco in one day. He is
very active man for his age and does
| full days work on his farm every
lay.
J. V. Stellar of Webster, cut and
Housed six acres of fine Burley to-
'acco and refused an offer of $50
ound for it. His nephew German
stellar raised acres OF Burley for
which he turned down an offer of
1900 He also raised 500 bushels /,
# corn. His farm is a small one only d,
) acres He bought it last fall for
HOO ,
A few crops of tobacco have been I
old in Woodford county at an aver
ge of $40 and As. I
The tobacco crop over the state
reported to be a very Indifferent :
rop on account of being cut early !,
nd too green. In spite of the condi- !
on it is in, the growers are expect 4
lg very much higher price than 4
ley received for last seasons crop. I
points to bumper prices v
'r the present crop.
There was a good crowd in Hard
sburg the first day of Circuit Court. G
Jules were in good demand and a
-ougt fairly good prices, especially Il
sed mules. Good young mules were ;
anted but very few on the market. {
he Robertson-Howard Mule Com
my did a good business in their -
,wly improved barn. h
The Food Administration has fix (,
minimum price of S15.5O for e
'gs farrowed this fall. This does
1t bar a higher price but nsures O
at the price will not go lower than n
$50. IL
Sixteen counties have voted the 20 :,
mt road tax, They are as follows: :,
llton Livingston, McCreary, Letch- g,
=, Pike, Martin, Owsley, Wolfe.
oNNii, 4NClSOl, DnClDy,
enry, Owen, Grant and Carroll. ;,
The Department of Agriculture n,
aces the number of horses in the re
5. at the present time at 21,563, 900. CO
he number of horse shoes shipped ie
France during the past three HI
.ars, for the horses and mules for to
c war is 100000. III
The average prices of live stock on
e Chicago market last week were n,
tile, $l5; hogs, $1995; sheep, Sill; fr
mbs, $15.25. On corresponding in
eek of 1917 the averages were: cat
:, $3.50; hogs, $3.50; sheep, $119O to
ID lambs, SIS. tn
Jesse Seaton and brother, T. ]. III
atom are building fine barn on =, -