Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-02-13
sroCK AMI FARM NOTES.

NAALA WV - akAA u.s.
is one Of Callaways best judges Of
and keeps a fiDe herd. FULTON
Sun,
n. r. Castleman. Of Boone county,
furnished the top Of the heller trade
to-day with "a head Of his own feed
ing, averaging s67 pounds that sold 70
Swift s 90. at s. S. His ability as q
feeder Is plainly shown by the cattle
he always has on the market Wed.
nesdays Lire Stock Reporter.
J.R. Hayes, OF Audrain county, had
in a good load Of butcher cattle Of
which 7is.pound heifeFs sold at $40
and cows at 81 and Sc. Anderson,
one Of the most prosperous farmers OF
Boone county, marketed Of his own
raising and feeding "a head OF 2s2-
pound hogs that sold at $500, the top
OF the market Wednesday $ Lire
stock Reporter.
]. J. Cottrell, Of Mexico, was in
Auxyasse ON business Thursday. Cot
trell raised the best corn crop In
Galloway county last summer and now
ne has corn to sell and to keep.-Ben
Il. Middleton, one Of the lead. mule
aud horse dealers OF Audrain county,
bought a car load Of mules near Cedar
CITY last Thursday and shipped them
10 Mexic0-AuxyaSse Rerier.
Jack Harrison sold last week to a
Cooper county buyer so head OF thor
ougn0red Shorthorn cattle. Thcj
averaged 800 a head. Mr.. Harrison
is one of Callaway's best judges of cat
tie and keeps a line herd.-Fuel Bros /,
OF AuxvasSe, bought this week stock
hogs from the following: Jack Bart
ley, 80 head; Ernest Wenrich, 30 head;
John Maddox, about 25 head.-Wm.
Lee, Of the firm Of Hisey & Lee, OF
Mexico, shipped 5 horses and six
mules to that place Wednesday. He
purchased them from different parties.
Fulton Sun.
The John +. Harrison sale Wednes-
day was well attended by a big crowd
and mules sold well, the sale amount
ing to s3,s46. The mules sold as fol
lows:
S B. Chandler, pair aged mules, $500
S. b. Chandler, pair aged mules,s 1926
II. b. Merry, pair aged mules, $3.50
Greed Gray, pair 3.ycar-Old mules
s245,
W. b, Campbell, paid 3-year-olc
mules, s254.
Blum Bros, pair 3-year-old mules
s252i.
Steve Gray, pair s.year-old mules
$40.
S. J. Brown, n 2.year.old mule
sl27i.
P. J. Mckinney, pair yearlinl
mules, s247i.
P. J.. Mckinney, pair yearllnl
mules, s252i.
Mr.. Mckay, pair yearling mules
s242l.
MIR. Powell, pair yearlIng mules
sl75.
Mr. Ford, pair yearling mules, s240
II. Lee Shock, pair young mules
sl92l.
j. f. Brundege, pair young mules
sle5.
John Gritton, ] mare, s73.
John German, one horse, $40.
w. l.. Green, ! horse, s23.
The yearllng mules averaged slOT5
the aged mules brought an average 0
sl3L-Centralia Courier.
The following letter, written b
clarence Ragsdale, of Moberly, aI
peared in the July number OF tn
Journal Of agriculture: "There ar
many varieties Of cowpeas, but tn
best pea for this climate is the Whil
~poOrwill. l find that the cowpea is
great renovator; there are thousand
Of acres Of land that can be made fel
tile with the cowpea. The cowpe
for forage is ahead Of clover far, an
when taken from the soil leaves
open and loose and full OF nitrogen
The cowpea, ! find, is a great muscle
making and fat-forming plant. Thl
yield of cowpeas, Of course, is mucl
better upon rich land than on poor
but itpays to raise them on poor land
You can plant the cowpea broadcas
or In drills; the amount Of seed yarie
from four quarts TO two bushels pc
acre, the average being three pecks
The seed should be covered about twI
and a half inches, and care should b
taken TO plant when not too cold, a
this plant is adapted to warm eli
mates. In planting corn | plant row
north and south, and when / lay corr
by, plant c0wpeas between corn.
ind that it helps the corn by keepin,
the moisture down, aud | get twt
crops. The cowpea will stand mucl
dry weather. This is a dry year an,
meadows are burned out; there Is !
chance for the farmer to save them
selves by planting eospeas. IL yot
don't care to cut them. turn your Pig
In after getting your corn out OF Tn,
field; your pigs will thrive on TIN
%succulent foliage and pods, and th,
fIauality Of meat will be fine. Al
acc Of peas will pasture eighteen hog
several weeks, and the gain In fer
tility from the droppings Of the hogs
during that time will be wonderful
The proper way to get good result,
from the peas is 10 harvest them ant
feed out IN the stable and return al
manure to your field. II you have
never raised cowpeas plant a few #
your garden or field aud feed them {,
your milk cow and see the result"
Wen Known Here.
Prom the Fulton sun.