Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-09
srocx n FARM NOTES

~ 1aARAA LEV h1A@
a nice, attractive walking horse.
Last Thursday @. G.. Council had
horses on the st. Louis market.
j. W. Brewer has returned from IL
linois where he disposed OF a carload
of mules.
Thomas Bass has sold to Thomas
Dunn, of st. Louis, the great young
saddle stallion, Mack Donald,
FOR RENT-l4O acres for $3.50, IS
acres in blue grass. j.. @. RINeo,
wi Mexico, Nc.
Willard Potts mas purchased the
good bay gelding Lightning" from
Lawder Bros. The deal was consum-
mated by Shelby Berry.
on account OF the extreme cold
weather stock water is becoming very
scarce and many stockmen are in u
serious ~predicament thereby.
Willard Potts has purchased of Lee
Bros. a fine appearing cileSnut geiding
which will be used on the Wm. j..
Lemp Brewing Co. S delivery wagon.
Attention is called to the ADVERTISE
ment In the proper column of the
Weekly LEDGER OF the sale OF Hayden
and Keaslner which takes place We'd
nesday, Feb. Is, at their farm near
Rush Hill.
Ia the proper column Of the LEDGER
will be found the advertisement of the
annual sale OF Joe Considine at his
farm heal Thompson. Mr.. Considine
offers a most excellent lot Of live
stovA a.Ia tie sale should be well at
tended.
In this issue OF the Weekly LEDGER
will be found the advertisement OF ].
H. wilken's sale Of personal property
on what is known as the Joe Crockett
farm, s miles southwest OF Mexico,
Wednesday, February Is. There
should be a good attendance.
Lawder Bros. sale Thursday was a
fairly good one and offerings sold to
advantage. The Lawder estate will
be rented out this season and the en-
terprising young brothers will devote
their whole time toward the success
OF the Vandalia- Farber Coal Co., in
which they are heavily interested.
The good horse Lightning which
was recently sold by the Lawder Bros.
at their sale to Horace Mundy and by
him to Willard Potts was sold by the
latter to Lee Bros, which firm sold
him to Mr.. Mundy, his original pur-
chaser. His present owner bought
him back at the same price he paid
for him and yet each of his recent
owners are satisfied that they have
protited on their deals. How was such
accomplished?
Nat 2. Morris public sale, which
took place Tuesday, February I, was
a success in every particular. Stock
and all personal property brought
good prices and with but two
or three exceptions cash was paid.
Ed Atchison was a%uctloneer and W.
W. Pollock clerk. Mr.. Morris credits
the success OF the sale to the adver-
tisement In the weekly LEDGER, as he
has a high regard for printers ink.
FROM LIVE STOCK REPORTER. |.
W. p. Hill, Of Audraln county, Mo-,
had In IS head of 245-lh hogs Thurs
day that sold at "a. IS.
j.. r. Shotwell, a frequent patron
from Audrain county, Mo had in a
car OF hogs Wednesday. /
Audrain county, NO., was represent
ed by j. N. Caldwell with a load Of
l301-lb. steers that sold at "a 60. |,
Il. M. Crooks, a prominent farmer !
and feeder Of A udrain county, Mo had
In a consignment OF cattle Thursday I
Of his own feeding, the % head Of c
steers averaging 1859 lbs, and selling q
$40, a price at which be was well /
B. H. downing marketed from Au- ]
drain county, Mo-, Of his own feeding l
81 head Of native lambs that weighed )
II lbs at $40, the highest price ever /
reached on this market, also 100 head /
Of the starr" Mexican yearllngs that )
averaged IS lbs at 1915. j
NJ. E. Casper, the well known Au- S
county, Mo farmer, feeder and
had In a load Of good steers
Monday, the ii head averaging 1407 A
lbs, and selling to the st, Louis Dress
ID Beef Co., at $40 per cwt., the top
price paid on to-day's market,
FROM FULTON GAZETTE.
J. Will Black, Of Hatton neighbor- !
hood, sold eleven head Of frst-class :
steer calves TO Baxter Guthrie, on the :
north Galloway line, last Saturday, =,
she price paid being s2s around. .
Reed Burke, of Audrain, and Milt
4. Patterson, of Hatton, shipped fat a
iteers to market the first of the week. a
The formers cattle weighed 1,455 G
and the latter's 1880 pounds. 4
Edwin Tucker, Of this city, will '
throw dust in the faces Of the men
who OWE speedy horses in Galloway as =
Don as bis new nag arrives. he has '
purchased Gray Ghost, a pacing horse :
With a record Of 2:14l, Of DR.. }. n. u
Iunsbarger, Of Shippack, Pa paying y
800 for the animal, and expects 1t to U
,e shipped 10 him either this or next
week. d
Glen B. Carroll will move his family Q
lere about March first. Mr.. Carroll is
he Dresident of the Consolidated In