Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-17
FOR FARMERS.
Stock Items and Farm Notes-Market Re
ports, etc.

Stock Items and Farm Notes-Market Re-
ports, etc.
H. Mundy shipped a a of hogs
to st. Louis to-day.
J. A. Nichols and son shipped
two car loads of cattle to St. Louis
this week.
Good cattle sold in st. Louis
yesterday for 81. rs. This is the best
price paid for more than a year.
Dick Smith, with all of Harri-
son Bros show horses, arrived
from st. Louis last night. They
are all in excellent condition.
]. N. Stephens, the auctioneer,
will sell the personal property of
B. F. White on Saturday, Oct. 10,
6 miles northwest of Centralia.
Abe Jackson sold thirty head of
two year old cattle Monday at $50
per head. Mr.. Staudefer, of Gen.
t~ralia, was the purchaser.
Wood Maddox and R. L. Har-
vey, the latter from New Orleans,
will be in Mexico, Saturday, Oct.
10, to buy good Southern horses
from A to Z years old, broke to
ride and drive.
Don't forget the Shorthorn sale
at Perry, Mo-, Monday, Oct. %,
1889. S. P. Emmons will sell
without reserve thirty head of well
bred bulls and heifers /; IL months
time or two per cent off for cash.
The Harper, Turner & Sims sale
yesterday was well attended, the
stock bringing better prices than
was expected for this time of the
year. Mares ranged in prices from
s125 to s165, mule colts from $50 to
SIS, sucking horse colts from $40
to S120, thoroughbred cows from
$50 to $50, thoroughbred calves
from S35 to $40.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. Is. The Nation
al Stock Yards of East St. Louis,
furnishes the following quotations /:
CATTLE-The receipts to-day
were $500 head; the shipments
were 700 head. The market was
quoted higher. The sales ranged
as follows Choice heavy native
steers, 81. 30a4 80; fair to good
steers, So. 3Oa4. 25; butchers steers,
medium to choice, not quoted;
stockers and feeders, S1.80a2. so;
Texans, corn-fed, not quoted; grass
fed; not quoted; range steers, $2.1O
az. 70.
HoGs-The receipts to-day were
4 800 head; the shipments were 500
The market was strong. Sales
ranged as follows: Fair to choice
heavy, at S3.90a4. %; packing
grades, $3.S0a4. 10; medium to
prime, not quoted; light, fair to
choice, at 81. 0Oa4 40.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-The receipts
to-day were 2,1W head; the ship.
ments were none. The marke,
was steady. Fair to choice grades
of sheep were quoted at So. 25a4. so;
lambs, not quoted; mixed lots, not
quoted.
If your corn is late, cut thai
about the sloughs and low places
first I; it will make good fodder, il
not corn if frozen it may make
neither.
Twenty pounds of hay and 1:
quarts of oats given daily is thu
estimated quantity of food for
horse, but this must be regulated
by the size of the animal, thu
labor performed and the season 0
the year.
A small crack in the wall of thu
stable will do greater injury thai
to leave a window out. Nor
harm results from a constant cur
rent of air coming on a portion o
the body of an animal than whel
the animal IS exposed entirely
Bran and skinned milk vii
make more growth on pigs nov
than anything else. Corn is re
CURED only when the pig is to b
made very fat. A ration in whicl
com is a portion of the food will
give better results than to depen'
entirely on it for fattening.
The hog will thrive better j
kept clean and given plenty c
water. Slop-food does not affor
a sufficient supply of water. Mil
will not answer as water. The wa
~ter-trough should be kept file
with clean water at all times
Many hogs fail to thrive owing t
the fact that they are given plent.
of slop and no pure water.
In feeding wheat, corn, oats
buckwheat or other cereal grain
throw it down in the litter of tn
;. poultry house, cover it up, an
thus make the hens work for thel
living. The exercise thereb
gained is an important factor t
prolifc egg production. Don
compel the young chickens to tax
to the roosts until they are full
developed.
Bran is considered one of tn
best foods for all classes of stock
and 1t is rich in phosphates.
is a very imperfect food, howeve,
when fed in place of gran entirely
but when given in connection wit