Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-30
STOCK AND FARM NOTES.

southwest Missouri to buy horses
for expectation.
Wallace, Northern & Dowell
will ship one car load of hogs to
ST. Loui- tonight.
Joe Able and Chris. Marburg,
near Laddonla, are feeding 60C
head of southwest cattle.
Russell & Belk, of Goodwin,
Tenn. shipped two car loads OF
fine mules to that place last night.
Wood Maddox Is feeding about
200 mules on his place south Of
town. They are for the Southern
market.
J. Will Harrison, southwest OF
town, recently bought $4,000
worth of Hereford cattle from Frank
Vaughn, who lives near Santa Fe.
Eph. Hughes, of near Worces.
ter, sold 64 head of mules to Ten.
nessee parties for S. 200. Mr.
Hughes has as many more good
mules for sale.
R. T. Freeman & Son have 81
head of fat cattle ready for the
market, whicn will average 1,70O
lbs. This Is an extra lot and will
bring fancy prices.
The Perry Enterprise says B. F.
Vaughn, last week, sold to VIM.
Harrison, of Audrain county, 1OO
head of 2 ear-oid cattle at $40 per
head. Of the number, 65 were fine
Herefords.
Mr.. Carton, of the firm of Rus.
sell & Carton, Flint, Mich, is in
the city with lot of fine horses
for the Combination Sale. The
horses are direct from Canada and
are good ones.
Will Atkins came down from
Kansas City Saturday and bought
a 8 year-old Artist horse of J. B
Henderson, of Hatton, paying ST.
GOO fur him. He will take him
back tonight.
Judge Jas. E. Ross, the Other
day, shipped three car loads Of
Texas cattle to Chicago, which
were raised on his rancho neal
Baird, Texas. His son, Hugh
Ross, is in charge of the Texas
rancho, which contains a large
number Of cattle.
No farmer can afford to grow
scrub cattle on high price land
The same is true of hogs or any
other kind of stock. Breed only
from the best strains, no matter
what kind of stock you desire to
keep on your farms. Every SUI
| cessful breeder will tell you this
The Vandalia Leader says: Mrs
W. P. johnson started in the
chicken business this spring with
81 cochin hens She raised 4O(
chickens, sold 400 dozen eggs ant
used eggs on the table all the time
This shows that Mrs. johnson
knows how to handle chickens.
Sheep should not be housed il
large numbers under the same roof
The breath of 80 many togethe'
poisons the air, and renders it nox
ious to breathe. A practical shep
herd estimates that not more thar
fifty should be stabbed under thu
same roof. It is much better t.
build several small sheds at con
venient points than one large build
ing.
| There is no animal on the farm
that pays SO well as good brooe
mare. Itfrequen,ly happens that's
farmer will sell ten or fifteen horse
from one mare and get twent,
years OF good work out of the SAM
mare. Such property ought to b.
encouraged by liberal premiums a
our State Fairs. We notice ever
year large premiums offered fo
best stallion and five colts. Woul,
it not also be good plan to encour
age brood mares by offering larg
premium for the best brood mar
and five of her colts ?
There are some horses that ar
apt to have sore shoulders IN spit,
of all care in fitting the collar
Washing in strong salt or vinega
is common remedy for hardenin
the shoulder, but according to
German authority much bette
results can be obtained by washin,
every night with water in which
quantity of bark of red oak ha
been stepped. Two hands full Q
the bark to pail of water is th
right proportion, and two days
seeping is said to make the liqui
strong enough for use.
/ No man, whether in town or o
the farm, can afford to feed a cor
for milk alone. A cow that WI
not supply an ordinary family wit
butter is not worth her keep. Sh
should produce at least $50 or 80
poundslof butter year, then sh
becomes a source of'some profit {
her owner. Most any Jersey CO.
will do this md a grea. deal NOR.
and there are some Jerseys ths
will make nearly a thousan
pounds in twelve months-for ir
stance, Mrs. Knickerbocker. VIII
made thirty -one pounds and seve
ounces in seven days, Mary Ann