The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-06-16
FARM AND STOCK

old, living near the Tar Springs, was
in Cloverport, Saturday and renewed
his subscription TO The Breckenridge
News. Mr.. Blair doesn't do much
active farming owing to his years,
nevertheless, he appears as II he had
several years more in which to enjoy
reading the News.
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Mr.. c. p. Brickey and his fine little
son, Carl Brickey, who reside on r.
W. Pates farm, Hardinsburg Route
3, were in the News Office Saturday
afternoon renewing for The Brecken-
ridge News another year. Mr. Brick
ey announced that he had another
little farmer out to his home, William
Taul Brickey, who made his appear
ance on May %. He is a proud father
and he has a perfect right to be.
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Quite a few of the home gardeners
around Cloverport are enjoying new
potatoes, peas and beets out of their
belated gardens, to say nothing OF
the lettuce, radishes and onions and
asparagus that have been plentiful for
several decks.
Cherries have been plentiful on the
local market and selling for soc
gallon. Altho there were some ped
dlers of prohteering disposition who
asked as high as 75c for their berries,
but they failed to find a ready mar
ket at the price.
Mrs. James N. Brickey, wife of the
faithful mail carrier on the Balltown
route, presented the Editor with
magnificent bunch of pink and white
rambler roses. The strange thing a
bout these roses is that they all came
off the same bush. Mrs Brickey &C
counts for it by having the two var
iety of roses growing near each other
and they got mixed. Mrs. Brickey is
a great lover of flowers.
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Speaking of flowers, Mrs. Herbert
Beard. Hardnsburg has a row of ros-
es on her line fence that are the pref
test things we ever saw. No artist
could paint a more beautiful picture.
Hardinsburg is a city of roses and
well kept homes.
John Miller brought down 6 head
OF draft horses Saturday and sold
them to parties across the river for
S1,2O Everybody knows Col John"
as buyer and sellef for Beard Bros.
breckenridge county is coming to
the front in the matter of pure-bred
cattle and hogs The time is coming
in this county when farmer will be
ashamed to let folks know trat he
owns a scrub COW. hog. horse or mule.
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Farmers who raise any kind af stock
are finding out mighty fast that It
doesn't pay to handle or RAISE any
thing in the stock line, that isn't
good and hasn't good blood to back it
up.
We have breeders and stock men
in this county who have vision OF
what is in the future for breeders OF
beef cattle alone. here and the sur
rounding counties The farmer, who is
the breeder of fine cattle is the back
bone of any farming community. He
proved himself so during the war
and will continue to be as long as life
lasts.
]. NJ. Howard, owner of the Howard
Farms, Glen Dean sees what is in the
future for thoroughbred Shorthorns
and is laying foundation for build
ing a business equal to any in the
Blue Grass or in other states.
Mr.. Howard returned last week
from Chicago, where he attended the
great Shorthorn sale of Maxwalton-
Bred and Imported cattle. Carpenter
& Ross were the auctioneers. 80 bulls
in this sale averaged $2,O66. Maxwell
ton Rodner, roam bull, l year old
brought $4,000 Imported Queens
Guard roam, years old sold for $1O,-
900. Mr.. Howard said it was the
grandest stock sale. he ever attended
and he couldn't resist the temptation
to bring home with him sample of
the stock, so he bought COW and calf
at cost around $1,000 and bull for
81, 900 This bull is a half brother of
the bull that brought $4,000 in the
same sale.
Mr.. Howard should be commended
for his enterprise in bringing such
valuable animals into our county
where there is getting high class and
the best bred cattle in the land.