Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-18
STOCK AND FARM NOTES.
From the Centralia Courier.

From the Centralia Courier.
Jonas Berg bought a nice span of
gray horses from r. A. Potts for $500.
The G. W. Rowe sale Thursday was
well attended and stock sold well.
John Boulware bought 95 stock
hogs last week at prices ranging from
50 to 1925 per hundred.
A. G. Pool bought a nice standard
bred Chester White shoat of j. M.
Hawkins for So recently.
@. w. Givens bought 8 loads of good
cattle near Rush Hill last week. They
are to go on the Goth.
Sam Brown bought is head of Here
ford steers last week at $4.25, to be
weighed up March is. I'm
w. 8. Elliott gets out q a load of
top horses this week, bought at prices
ranging from 500 to $125.
W. Lee Green bought a load of
mules from the Brown boys last week;
he also shipped a load of horses to
Atlanta, Ga, Thursday.
L. Sprangler has shipped 220 horses,
II loads, out of this place IN the last
six weeks. This means $4,000 for
horses.
Last Friday the Brown Bros. went
down On the 2-mile prairie and bought
20 head of spanking good mules, pay
ing about 800 per head.
j. L. sappington knocks u hog
story out this week. He killed a $50
pound hog and got % gallons of lard,
100 pounds of sausage and 500 pounds
of nice meat. The swine cost him SIS.
D. Fl. FARES sale was well attended
and things sold fairly well. Pigs sold
at prices ranging from 81 to $2;- sows
at So to $19.75; COWS at SAG. 80 and $50;
heifers at $32, ST.. rs, $12.5O and S22. so;
horses at 1922, $50, $40, $2s and $32. so.
The sale amounted to $527.s0.
J.. L. Sappington & Son have just
received a male pig from T. J. Harris,
of West Liberty, la. The pig was
sired by Ideal Black, U. s. 27237, that
sold for $1,000, by Old Black, U. 8.
1s1347. Dam Tecumseh Chief II 1926.
This is one of the best bred hogs ever
brought here.
G. E. Mckenzie sold at public auc-
ton the following Arkansas cattle
Saturday morning: Fourteen head of
2-year-olds to M. B. Mckenzie at $14
per head; 10 head heifers to Matt Nc
Graw at 81; 8 head steer calves to
John McCannon' at 1926; IA head of
heifers and calves to W. o. Mckenzie
at So,
The Mrs. Schultz [deceased) sale
was well attended Wednesday and
prices we're good. Six horses brought
prices ranging from $7I to $40; 2
COWS brought $42 and $4O;7 brood sows
brought $12h each; corn went at$1.1o
per barrel. The stuff sold inventoried
1925. Anctioneer Skaggs made it
bring $725.
John Sims, in from Arkansas with
257 head of cattle, has arranged with
]. M. Beagles to feed them from Feb
ruary to November l.. On the first
date Mr. Sims weighs the cattle to
Mr.. BeagIes and on the last date they
r weighed back to MI. Sims, he
paying Mr.. Beagles 1 cent per pound
for all he (Beagles) puts on them dur
ing the 81 months.
Smell & Young sold at public auc-
ton 157 head of Arkansas calves, heif-.
ers, COWS and steers here Saturday
for 90, 669 .55. The stuff sold remark
ably well, bringing $780, so more than
the owners expected. The following
are the sales with the price and pur-
chaser: Twenty-Five to I. Walker
at $29. so; 10 to ]. E. Hubbard at
$21.75 2 to 1. Walker at $42; 20 to T.
j. Gatewood at $14.75; 20 to T. j.
Gatewood at STATS; 20 to ]. M. and
Jett Settle at $11.75; % to E. V. Chris
man at 500; 20 to @. B. Mackey at
$13; 20 to o. K. Wilder at $11.5 o Is to
E. NJ. Rawlings at $3.50; "a to Shock
& Son at $40. 80; 20 to M. McGraw at
$11; IL to I. B. Packard at $50; 8 to
E. M. Rawlings at $11.50; 6 cows to
P. Considine for $s6; 2 COWS to M.
Palmer for $3.50; 1 cow to R. Gray
for $14; 1 COW to 8. Hardin for $14.