Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-03-07
Betterment of the Soil and the Use
OF Improved Seed a Most Impor-
tant Factor to the Successful
Farmer Special to go Over
Branch Tuesday.

The Chicago 8 Alton, seed and sol
special, arrive here Monday morning
at 1855 O'Clock, as per schedule, ant
during Its forty minute stop was visit
ed by q large number Of representa-
tive farmers and business men Of th,
county. Two day coaches served Al
lecture-rooms; In one the value of frs
class seed to the successful farmer wa
demonstrated and In the other, tn,
care Of the land.
The main point made by the seed
specialist, Prof. s. M. Jordan was,
that the use Of improved seed is just
as important to the farmer as is the
use OF improved live stock. 1t costs
no more to car for IN acre planted to
seed OF good quality and good breed
ing than 1t does to care for an acre
planted to seed Of poor quality. The
difference In yield In favor OF the good
seed being from five to fifty per cent.
Good seed corn is that which has
been well kept, carefully selected, and
seed that is we'll adopted to the To-
cality In which it is to be grown
In the "soil" car, the lecturer by
the aid Of statistics, diagrams etc,
made a most convincing argument
for the proper care Of the land, in or
der is keep 1t fertile. A fertile soil
was described as one that contains a
sufficient of certain elements Of fer
Utility necessary to plant growth and
the soil must be Of such a character
that these can be obtained by the
crop. The first condition relates to
plant foot, the second to the physical
character Of the soil.
The elements Of most Importance
are nitrogen, phosphorus and potas-
SUM and large crops cannot be pro-
duced without sufficient quantities Of
all three Of these elements being pre-
sentcin a form which the crop can use.
They are kept in tits form only by
having the soil In good physical condi-
ton, q matter which is dependent
largely upon the supply Of vegetable
matter present, and upon thorough
cultivation.
The lectures should have been heard
by every farmer and land owner in the
community. The ability to impart
practical instruction which will
raise the agricultural standard
was possessed by every lecturer
in the party. All the talent Of former
Seed and Soil Specials was eclipsed
by the professional gentlemen and
practical, successful farmers who &C.
companied the "Alton's'' Special.
The party was composed of Prof. M.
+. Miller, Soils and Crops. Prof. O. +.
Marbut, in charge State Soil Survey.
Mr., S. M. Jorden, Seed Corn Specialist,
State Board Agriculture. Mr. P. e.
Seed Corn Specialist, State
Board Agriculture. Prof S. ]. Craig,
Illinois Agricultural College. Dud-
ley Walker, Asst. Pass. Agt., Q 81
A., @. A. King, Gen. Fri. Agt., q. a.
A., O. ]. Gibson, Asst, Gen. Frt. Agt.,
s. A., B. S. Carrich, Division Frt.
.gt., @. s. A.
From here the special made the fol.
stop:
Rush Hill 11:55 q. m.
Laddonia 1915 noon
Farber 1:35 p. m.
Vandalia 2;30 p. m.
Curryville $3.50 p. m,
Bowling Green 4:40 p. m.
Arrive Louisiana 7:15 p. m.
Tuesday was devoted toI towns on
continued.
Alfred Olsen VS. st Louis Transit
% ct al continued. I
Caroline Van Wrinkle VS. O s. A Ry
% defts motion to quash return
;ause dismissed.
P s Morris VS. J Brewer-motion
or new trial motion sustained new
rial ordered.
Jno f Marshall rs Lavlnia Marshall
for new tri al-motion sustain
trial ordered.
John T Marshall VS. Lavinia Mar.
hall-motion for alimony, Pendente
Iite-waived.
Sadie e Phillips vs. T L Crawford
for new trial-motion over.
'uled. Appeal taken and granted.
J W Bradford ct al VS. w S Wright
motion for new trial~overruled.
HH Weeks vs. W e Cunningham
motion for new trial-overruled.
Dag billiard VS. Aug Dillard-mo-
ion for new trial-overruled.
G M Dean rs Wabash r r Como
ion for new trial continued.
J G Lakenan VS. North Missouri
Trust Co-motion for new trial-con-
State VS. w ] Porawskl-continued.
Joe Norman VS. J D Greer-slander
continued.
OH Carpenter VS. City Of Mexico
notion for new trial-continued.
Before adiourning court Saturday
Ifternoon, Junge Barnett passed on
many motions for new trial, to re-tax
,osts etc. and rendered several Impor-