Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-10-15
Stock and
Farm Notes

]. r. MorriS residing four and one
half miles southeast OF this cityldeiit-
ered over loo baSh=ss of Gne cats IN
this citJ fuiag ami Saturday, get
ting IS cent per buShel-
Forrest Clark, living on Vine Greek
was In town SATURDAY with 4 fne load
OF Illinois yellow cora which be dis
posed u AZ Is cents a nuShel Mt.
Clark has - acres OF g0od corn thai
averages 65 bushels 10 the acre.
James W. Richie, Of ST. joseph,
No, an artiSs. has been on The s 7.
Ennoos farm, north Of this CITY,
skctching the cattle for catalogue II.
~iustratiouS. Tue big sale comes on
Nov. 18th 10 this city.
d. ". CArper, Of Seymour, ILL.,, was
in Mexico tnis week. Mr.. Carper has
a fine farm near Thompson aud may
move 10 Audrain 10 the spring.
wm Norman, Of near Santa Fe,
shipped > car loans Of extra good
1850 n, steer cattle, aud l car load OF
th hogs 70 Chicago Friday He
had g0od stock, and tbey are OF bis
lown feedins-PerTy Enterprise
HALEY Brewer, the II year old son
OF joan Brewer, the mule King OF
Audrain county, has had a most sue
eessfaii season Ia the pony show ring
Ia the state. He has won seven pre-
miums aggregAting sl025o. These
were at Slater, State and Mexico fairs
Powell and Mundy had a car Of hogs
On the ST. Louis market Saturday.
". C. Hall bad a consignment Of
sheep on Fridays ST Louis market
The water supply is very low 10 all
parts OF the county owing to the lacl
OF rain. In many places creek waite
Is being used. because OF dry wells.
The hickory nut crop is light thil
season though there is an abundance
OF walnuts and some few butter nut
10 Audraio,
Almost the ,entire crop,of PawpawI
and PeFzlmmons has been harvested.
Lee Bros. bought a gelding from /
q. Van Horn, OF Auxvasse, last weel
paying $50.
Lee Bros. Purchased a 5 year OH
: mule from Ed. Brett, of Callawal
County, last week paying l.30.
The Moore farm, about six mile
southwest of Auxyasse, has been soil
n e. A. Ray, OF Cuba, Ill. for $751; 00
Long Branch rStock Items; H. B
Berry solo a mare mule colt to +. Q
Berry at sS6. George Phillips is pay
ing scents for calves. Geo. Elzsi
sold three mule colts to John BledsoI
at s202.50 S. s. Rowe bought twI
yearlgng steers from Mrs. Annie Lip
at s55. W. P. Cant delivered "a heal
OF 27Lfb. hogs TO Droyer s. Mcbride a
etc. Jim Baker and S. S. Rowe eacl
have q load OF hogs contracted to Mil
Householder at 6 cents. Munday
howell 10 town paid Householder
cents for them.
J r. Bell, who resides on the Oftt
fruit farm, south OF this city, has na
q most successful season. His crop O
blackberry, apples and pears has bee
excellent.
Howard Bailey, Of the Maxwell,
Crouch mule company ST. Louis, wa
In Fulton last week and bought som
mules. He averaged about $3.50 Pc
head. Tine mule sellers 10 the KIDS
dom consider this about SIS lower tina
they would have received last year.
Missouri Wonder a ~four-year-ol
JACK raised by ]. I. Haden, OF nea
Milersourg, Galloway County, an
sold 70 ] L. Sappingt0n, Of CentraliG
q couple OF years ago, for 1850, woI
first prize In his class at the IIlinoi
state fair, last week, and j. Lee Jam
500, uf B0ydsville, captured secon
1 prize at the same fair with his threl
year old Jack, Tue Jacks cmopete
with the mule EiIes shown from KeI
lucky and Tennessee, as well as wit
other Missouri champions, and the
success In the show rings means muC
TO the reputation Of the jack stock
the Kingdom.
James johnson, Of this city, bougl
p a mule colt last week from Hen
n Wolimeyer, of Galloway county, thI
was by the Hayden jack. The prii
! was 800. J. r. Johnson, all
purchased last week from Edwot
Bybee, Of Galloway county, a mu
colt for 800,