Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-04-18
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d. NJ. Fields sold $50 bushels Of com
to W. S. FOsythe at SOC.
A. c. and Dick Davis, Of Madison,
sold to F.. NJ. Dawson O. head OF 2Os-lb'
hogs at S575.
Chas. w. oyerfelt delivered nine
head OF 8 months old pigs at Holiday
this week that averaged 26s lbs. This
does pretty well for shOats.
John switzer last week delivered
four Hereford bulls and 3 heiiers to
In. NJ. Clark at Monroe City. The
bulls brought him 500 and the
heifers s6O5. George Gilman delivered
one bull at sl25.
At the John Lipp sale near Long
Branch Jim Vanlandingham paid $40
for a brown mare and Taylor Berry
600 for a bay mare; COWS sold at $50
10 $40; steer calves, s2l.25; brood Sows,
sl5; stock hogs, &c; corn, SIC, and oats
26c.
Some horse sales from Madison and
vicinity: sam Wade paid Cliff Wade
sl25 for a black horse; H.. I. DAVIS
sold 2 horses to Sam Wade for $500;
To. c. Dawson sold a black mare to.
Jim Maxey for sos; Joe Parish paid
500 for Fl. 7. Davis span OF spotted
ponies.
T. ". Ragsdale writes: Now, as
some Of our young friends want to
blow the Black cattle and Herefords,
l will give them on a few items and
| figures on a few Shorthorn sales. Aug.
II, 1900, Mr.. Platt, Of Canada, sold "A
COWS and heifers for sS5,135, an aver
age of s79S.52 per head, and Is bulls
and calves for sl1, 900, an average of
sT79.3O. Total SO cattle sold for s46,-
s25, or a general average sSsS.64 per
head. Col. Casey, Of Missouri, paid
90, 600 for a cow. May6ower 9Th, queen
of the Louans, brought $500, and
here comes Mr.. Westrope's sale Of q
COWS and bulls at an average OF $500
at Omaha, Neb.
From the Centralia Courier,
Joe Considine went to South Mis-
souri, the first Of the week to buy an
otherload Of stock hogs.
]. F. Denham, Of near Sturgeon,
sold a Red Polled calf this week to
Monroe county parties for s75.
Chas. Sellers sold Tom Hodge
extra nice, well fatted heifers recently
at 4 cts. Mr.. Hodge sold them on the
market Monday at A.6O.
The hog is the mortgage litter, the
COW the barn builder, the sheep the
farm fertilizer and the hen the gro
Gerry bill payer. This quartette, with
a mar and woman not afraid Of the
work in caring for them will insure
prosperity on any farm.
r. +. Faucet, OF near Hatton, sole
a 3-year-old jack this week TO John
Arnold, Of Williamsburg, for $1,000
T This is said to be the best young iacl
In Galloway county and one among
T the best In the State. Mr.. Faucet
also sold John Bright, of Shaw, II
, yearllng streets this week for s252.
, The G. w. Settle sale Of the per
sonal property at l.. II. Gant's farm
, north OF town last Thursday was wei
attended and everything sold well
the sale amounting to about 5000
: Nearly a thousand barrels OF corr
: brought from s1.70 to sl.SG per Dbl; 3
] head OF fat heifers brought $3.50 pc
! heod; 3 steers sold for sos; COWS wen
at prices ranging from 500 to S52;
, span OF aged mules sold for 800; :
a year old mules brought from so +
! sS4 per head. Mr.. Cant has renteI
: the farm and will remain on it.
An Indiana farmer, who eyidentl.
understands the subject we'll, has tn
following to say on the money maxim
quality Of mules. Every one familia
with the subject will agree with him
He says: Good mules are as goo,
= stock as a man can buy" They ar
like old wheat in the granary, Away
; ready money from weaving up Il
5 almost any age. 1t has been said tina
mules are straight devils We cal
them straight money makers, ant
they are. l have known mules to sci
/, for 1850 a pair coming four year old
and the young mules were eloSel!
gathered up last fall at from $50 {,
: $50 each. Mules well cared for vii
60 into the market at three years ole
at good prices and do good work al
two year old. How about horse colts
They are not salable until five yea
old, and how many are blemished II
that time? A blemish on a good
mule does not hurt his value as II
+ does a good horse. Keep your eye on
the mule. He lisa money Maker
p The Centralia Courier says: DIR.
Thos. Turner came home last week
with a fine registered short horn bull
and two registered short horn cows,
bought Of George d. Miner, at
Chillicothe, all fine as silk. The
bull, Advance, No. l66,695, is only a
yearling, but weighs 1000 pounds and
is as pretty a specimin Of the bovine
as you eyer saw. The Turner Bros.
now have a herd Of Is Shorthom cat.
tie, and will give somebody a hot
chase after the blue ribbon at the big
Centralia fair this year.
From the Boonville Democrat The
barn Of C. p. Tut, Of Bunceton, in
which he had the fine Shorthorns
comprising the Ashwood herd, was
discovered to be on fire Tuesday night
about Il O'Clock BY a neighbor. Nv