The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13
FARM AND STOCK.

Chas. II. Drury sold to McGhee Bros.
of Versailles, KY, one Duroc SOW for
S75 She weighed 400 pounds.
James II. .'iller sold Ernest DeJar-
nette 1863 acres of land on the Hardius-
burg and Owe nsboro road for 81. 500.
600
Con and Gus Mattingly, near Kirk,
raised ~ acres of tobacco that brought
them 81, 600 They raised 1900 BUSH
els of corn; all their own work and the
help Of one hand
Ed Anthony, OF Kirk, has 10000
pounds of one sucker tobacco. The
finest crop he has raised in ten years.
He wants buyer.
E. !. Seaton e. Son finished deliver
ing their crop of tobacco Monday. 1t
brought them 81 900 Besides their to-
bacco they raised 500 bushels of corn.
o o o
Charlie Miller, who sold his farm re-
Gently to w. l.. Harrel for 81, 500, has
purchased W. S. DeJarnett's farm for
81 900 Mr.. DeJarnette gave as his
reason for selling his farm SO cheap |
was that Charlie had wife and thir-
teen children, that he had a wife and
two children and he wanted to give
him and his sin boys a chance to do
NJ. L. Conkright sold his farm of $50
acres, near Kingswood, to E. w.
Thompson, of Daviess county, for
IS, $50. His live stock and corn he sold
to Beard Brothers for 81, 100. He gives
possession March /, 1918. The place
has been rented the present year to
B-avin and Henry Henuinger.
600
Mrs. James DeJarnetle, of this city,
has pet eve four years old that has
raised eight lambs in three years. She
wants to know who can beat it2
Mr. and Mrs. Il. S. Pate, of Harmed,
will move to Body, H., this week.
Mr.. Pate has rented farm near this
place He says he has heard so much
about good farming in Illinois that he
wants to try his hand over there. If
here is anything in the land Mr.. Pate
vii! surely make good, as he is one of
our best farmers.
Thos. N. Fentress, of Glen Dean, sold
and delivered his crop of tobacco to
Beard Brothers. 1t brought him S9o5.77.
His son.in.law, w. II Hazelwood, sold
his crop to the same parties for 5000.
Mr.. Lakewood sold So bushels of early
,orn at 81 per bushel and has 800 BUSH
lis left. He sold ~ bushels of sweet
potatoes at 81 50 per bushel. and also
aised big crop of cain.
County Agent J. w. Harth took or !
iers from farmers in this county last
week for 10, 100 pounds of nitrate of
ioda to be furnished by the U. S De-
,artment of Agriculture. l.
Mr. Harth is in Louisville this week
attending a meeting of county agents
rom all over the State who will discuss ,
plans for better farming and farm work ,
n the State.
The women of the Baptist church of
served splendid dinner
n the Farmers Bank Building Monday,
and realized $56.65 on their work. The
Inner was all home cooked, served
and at most reasonable
prices. Some of the best cooks in the
and had a hand in the making
G.. E. Shelman, of Shelman e. Co
farmers near Union Star, was in Har-
insburg Monday. Mr.. Shelman says
he bad weather caught them with 500 !
shocks corn in the field which they had
planned to shred but could not on ac-
count of weather conditions. He says
t is not damaged and in fine condition.
Very few farmers in his section got
heir feed housed.
Mr.. Shelman tells his experience with
ed clover. Says he sowed field in
barley in September and followed with /
sweet clover in February. Cut barley
n June, three weeks later and cut sweet !
,lover for hay and grazed stubbles the
of she season. Stock, he
lays, eat sweet clover in preference to ,
ed. The next step he cut crop of hay /,
md turned stubble under and planted ,
o corn June LIST. The corn yield was
70 bushels per acre. This was hill I
and. Any hill laud in Breckenridge 4
4 u l.