Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-02-06
srOCx N gARM NOTES

II. X. Middleton IS nome run SVoR
sr county, where be bought mules ana
horses.
George Lee bought 5 horses from
Dawson & German, Of centralia, last
week for $40 a head.
d. W. Muir had two car loads o.
mules on the St. Louis market from
McCredie THURSDAY.
r. r. Buckner had a car load o.
mules on the 81. Louis market fronA
this city Wednesday.
J. f. Moore, Galloway county, Mo-
marketed s56 head OF si-pound western
sheep al s4.5A.-Friday's Lire Stock
Reporter.
The Turner heirs have sold the
Mordecai Turner farm Of 200 acres,
between Mexico and Centralia 10 A. G.
Barclay for Is coo.
There are quite a number OF in
Qulrles for farm land In Audrain
county, With a good crop this year
farm land 10 Audrain county will
bring a large advance.
Green s. Brown, OF Centralia, we're
10 Mexico this week and bought hf-
teen mules from B. r. Middleton.
Green s. Brown are good buyers and
handle a great many mules.
J. II. Lyons, Of Boone county,
eQualed the top OF the beef trade to-
day with 20 steers averaging l,22O lbs.
and IA head, l,2I7 lbs, at s6.-Wed-
desday's Lire Stock Reporter.
@. G.. Baker was in M~artinsburg
yesterday. On Tuesday he cried a
sale for Andy Myers. Stock brought
excellent prices. A span Of l5-hdnd
mules brought s277 5O,a bay mare SllO,
plug horse 500, young ordinary steers,
s27. 5O.-Martinsburg Enterprise.
win Harris, Of McCredie, bought a
load OF mules last week from Robert
Finley, Of Earl, at slO2.5O per head and
disposed of them to Yves Muir at a
profit Of 500 on the load, and Muir, in
turn marketed them In st. Louis on
Wednesday at a profit to himself Of
STA.
J.. L. Crouch, Of neal Middletown,
| Mo-, says that the farmers in his part
Of Audrain county are very hopeful for
a good crop OF wheat this year. He
says that while the drouth injured the
wheat some In the fall be thinks this
snow win bring it around all right.
Mr.. Crouch is in favor Of planting a
diversity of crops. He does not believe
10 the farmers combining themselves
only to corn.
No farmer will burn corn or hay In
a stove in order TO keep his animals
warm in winter, but he burns extra
quantities Of such materials in the
bodies OF the animals when he does
not provide warm quarters. Heat
must be procured from fuel OF some
kind, and the animals must have the
fuel or fall OIL In weight and produc'
tion. Warm quarters ave food and
prevent diseases.
The COW utilities only about 25 pei
emit Of her food in the production o.
milk, the remainder golug 10 support
her body and into the manure heap
This estimate does not apply 70 al
cows, however, as some Of them Civ
more or less milk than others, but al
COWS must be maintained from Thu
food consumed, and one good Gov
will. therefore. give more profit thai
another that is inferior.
To dock a horses tall Is now a Grim
. inal ofTense In the state Of Michigan
; All persons owning locked horse
! we're required TO register them in tn
: ofice OF the county clerk before tn
9Th day Of December last. II Is ais
' unlawful to bring any locked horse
into the state, unless the same be S
registered. A violation OF the law
punishable by fine OF not less than IS
and not more than $3.50 and, in defaul
Of payment. by Imprisonment in th
: county Jail not less than 30 days.
In all cases where the attempt ha
Ebeen made to improve the herd o
flock by selecting choice males fron
among cross-breeds the results hav
been disastrous. There is often tn
temptation to retain some fine an
promising younganimal with the yle'
!. Of using itas a future sire, but II sucl
animal is a grade, or a cross betweeI
+, two breeds, no reliance can be place
upon IT, as there will be a lack O
uniformity In the offspring. 1t is
downward step and a loss OF time I
use any male that is not pure blood
and a pure bred male should also b
selected from among the best.
i Geo. Lee took II head OF horses on
of C%entralia Monday,all bought arounI
!. this place.-Gorman Wells sold Gee
Lee, Of Sc. Louis, an extra nice hal
ness horse Monday for s275-Rober
Brown, the a%uctioneer, moved 10 Cen
Sralia to reside. Mr.. Brown Is one G
b the most successful and best know
auctioneers in north central Missouri
and those having sales or stock to sci
would do well 10 consult him.-Judg
J. d. Smith and son, Kirtley, sold Z
Bartee, Trusdale s. Adams 800 hogs
! average weight 265 pounds, at 5000
Three a loads topped the st. Lou
4 market, bringing $500. One car loaI
! brought 1855. One hundred AM
hfty-three we're Durock : Jerseys
Centralla Courier.