The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-11-27
FARM AND STOCK.

FARM AND STOCK.
The Kentucky Short Horn Breed
ers Association had very successful
sale OF Shorthorn cattle at Lexington,
KY, on November 6, and z. A total
OF i02 head of cattle was sold at an
average of S2io. The top price was
1925 paid for Lordships Sunshine
roam COW congined by Kalarama
Farm, Springfield, Ky The purchaser
was Orie Lebus & Son, Cynthiana,
Ky. The second highest price $725
was paid by j. p, Redmon, Paris,
KY for a red COW Highland Rosebud.
Among the purchasers at this sale
were w. r. Moorman & Son and Col
+. L. Robertson of Glen Dean.
Mason Sharon, bull September, 1917,
price 500, Roam Morning Glory COW
October 1916, price $11o. Roam
Marshall, bull, August 1917, price
S2O5. Duchess of Athal 9th COW,
April 1917, price $110 were purchased
by w. r. Moorman & Son. Col
Robertson bought COW and calf Tor
$165, Springhil Queen COW
September, 1917, price $135.
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Fifty head of Angus cattle were
sold by S. w. Stoner & Sons at
South English, Ia last month at an
average of $j71. Blackcap Lasie, 10th
a yearling defer topped the sale at
S., 100
This is hog killing time and splen-
did weather for the business I he
best time to kill is in the evening al
lowing the carcass to cool overnight
Hang the carcass in a dark cellar or
it and dc MT Gu. it up until it is
cooled
An imported Berkshire sow, Eat
on Rein I'd, bread by the Duke of
Westminster, has just been received !
at Allendale Farms, Shelbyvile, Ky. !
While in quarantine at Athena, N. |
J., she farrowed litter of six pigs. |
DIR. Robert Wedekind, of Louisville !
X has ,,,vCbacaI nf tIa hnar
pigs. Dr. Wedekind has a thousand /
acre farm near Louisville and is max
ing specially of thoroughbred hogs
and cattle.
What is said to be the largest
single shipment of hogs ever made
by any one county in the South went
out from Carrolton, Miss, on Oct.
l. This shipment consisted of 5000 !
head, 80 carloads, a total of 100000
pounds of meat These hogs were
raised exclusively by the members OF
the Carroll county Pig Club under the =,
direct supervision of the county agent
0. F. Turner. The shipment was
made by special train intwo sections. !.
About $11 500, or 10 per cent of the
otal receipts, were given to the Red
Cross.
That there is money in purebred
logs is most forcibly shown says the
farmers Home Journal, by the record
made by Sage Bros, Newton county,
nd About five years ago their father '
lied and they purchased horses and
ools on their notes to farm 800 acres. I
Dry years and wet years did not tend
o materially reduce the notes. They I
hen tried hogs and selected Poland t
,hinas, one boar, Big Boy 23O499, \
nd one sow. In the first three lit
ers they raised "a pigs. They sold S
he boar pigs and bought few bred
ows Well suffice to say, the pur- II
base of that boar and SOW has paid 6
Or every horse and tool on their
lace. They have bought some Lib Il
rty Bonds and have 125 pure-bred L
'oland Chinas left on the farm. Not
ad, eh, boys? g
The feeding value of the soy-bean IL
eed, which contains from 80 to As per Il
ent PROTEIN, is very high and COM L
ares favorably with other concen-
ated feeds. The growing of soy fe
can seed will enable the farmer to TT
reduce at a moderate cost at least al
art Of the ni2h-protien concentrated III
reduction. When fed to sheep and
ogs' the beans can be fed whole, but u
general it is preferable to crack or D
ind them. Practical experience has
Iown that it is necessary to mix the m
,ans with corn or peas first and then CT
ind together into meal Owing to
e high content of protein soy-bean OF