Breeding Thoroughbreds for War and Work in Kentucky
Col. H. C. Whitehead of the U S Remount Service outlines plans to breed a versatile American cavalry horse weighing 1000 to 1250 pounds with strong bone and gait. He notes stallions to be placed nationwide at minimal fees to aid farmers, and stresses racing’s role in quality testing while highlighting Kentucky’s horse industry and economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwas
American Remount Association
Col. C. Whitehead
U. S
Scen
Lexington
Whitehead
Kentucky
United States
Bluegrass
Kentucky Jockey Club
Market trends and prices across U S livestock meats
Marketgram from the U S Bureau of Markets shows weekly declines in hogs and cattle prices in Chicago with May 26 ranges for beef steers cows and heifers veal lambs and fat ewes. Western hay markets firming as light receipts and weather influence supply. Wheat corn and feed prices mixed with some export demand and rising butter prices amid steady cheese values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau of Markets
Chicago
Kansas City
Timothy
New York
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Memphis
Prairie Kansas City
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Southwest
Seaboard
Gulf
Saleze
Chicaro
Koanese City
Jnly
Winnipeg
Boston
Wisconsin
Kentucky Plants Report Varied Wage and Output Changes
A Kentucky Manufacturers' Association survey shows five of twenty-one plants kept 100 percent or more of February 1 1920 employment on February 1 1921 while nine reported no wage cuts. Overall employment fell from 9,044 to 7,292. Production ranged from 5 percent to 171/2 percent with several plants reporting specific percent changes and wage cuts varying from 7.5 to 33⅓ percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Kentucky Manufacturers’ Association
Fifteen Bandits Raid Distillery Near Lawrenceburg
Armored bandits raided the T. H. Bond & Brother distillery four miles from Lawrenceburg taking a truckload of whisky. They disabled guards Delbert Carlisle and Alfred Byrnes, cut wires, and fled toward Bardstown possibly linking to a May 6 Dowling distillery raid. Stolen whisky valued up to 30 thousand dollars. Police scoured surrounding towns but the robbers disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Bond & Brother
Lawrenceburg
Dowling
Diehl & Company
Cincinnati
Delbert Carlisle
Alfred Byrnes
Bardstown
Carlisle
Byrnes
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Col
H. C. Whitehead
Remount Service
Nick
Quarter
Marketgram
Southern Optical Company
Kryptok
Fourth and Chestnut
Louisville, Ky
Latusca Gems CO
Lexington, Ky
East Main Street
Ragan-Gay Motor Co
MT. Sterling
Stockton
Electric Dry Cleaning CO
Mt. Sterling, Ky
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