Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-12-23
Natl Live Stock Com. Co.

Natl Live Stock Com. Co.
o. ]. Strahl. of heal Santa Fe.
sold a pair OF mules 10 J. R. Dye
at 1910.
Green Bros, OF CentraIia, sold
50 mules to a Georgia buyer at sec
per head.
The confidence Of the Western Kan
sas farmer in the reasonable GER
tainty of an exceptionally large
wheat crop next year is evidenced by
the fact that one township near Nor
catur, in the eastern edge Of Decatur
county, has been nearly all sown to
wheat. Frank Thompson, of Devises,
Norton county, with his two sons, has
seeded more than seven hundred
acres of wheat.
johnson Davis, who lives southwest
of this city, had so acres of corr in
this year that averaged about 6 bar
rels to the acre. He has it all gath
cred but about 2 acres. He has sown
Is acres of wheat and reports it
is in fine condition.
John Blair, a well known farmer
southwest of Mexico, has in 50 acres
of wheat that is doing fine.
The Muir boys, southwest of this
city, have in a lot of wheat. A
great deal of wheat was sown In
their neighborhood this year.
Powell & Mundy had two loads
of hogs on the market last week.
One brought So cents and the other
81 1-2 cents.
VIII Thompson, of Middletown,
marketed a 7Oo-pound hog at s7.25
and got $50.75 for It.
There is a move on foot to organ
lie a monthly stock sale in Belle.
Flower early next spring.
Hez Bethel made 5000 gallons Of
sorghum at his Middletown facto.
ry this year.
Two young men neal Fulton we're
offered this years crop off thirty
acres Of land II they would clear it
OF buck brush. They tackled the
job and raised s1,1OO worth OF corn.
City packers get an average Of
80 pounds Of lard from a 25O-pound
hog.
George Fennewald, a prominent
farmer and stock raiser of this
county, marketed Of his W rails.
ing So head of good heavy hogs
In st. Louis last week that averag-
ed 25S lbs and brought 1855 the
top Of the market and higher than
any hogs sold on any of the other
western markets.
J. e. Booth, one of Audrain's most
prosperous farmers, has purchased
400 barrels of corn this fall paying
between so and SIS cents a blu. He
has also recently purchased 40 good
hogs at s6.75 a cwt.
J. L. shotwell slipped and fell last
Friday while scooping corn from
the wagon and d~islocated his Shout.
der. says the Farber Forum. DIR.
May was called and it required the
assistance of several to nut his
shoulder back in place. Drs. Nc
Gullom and Terrill assisted. It was
necessary to ehloroform the patient,
Mr.. Shotwell has been unfortunate
with his shoulder in this respect.
1t having been d~islocated once or
twice before. We are sorry to hear
OF his misfortune and hope he win
be all right again o
Misses Naomi Ruth and Hattie
Jewell Vance are very i'll. The re-.
mainder of Henry vance's family
is much improved.
John Burgess sold n head Of
good hogs to Powell & Mundy for
$7.75, netting in all $1,O24.95.
The late blizzard was the worst
known In Texas for years. and at
least a million dollars worth of cat-I
tie were destroyed. The rain froze
on the cattle as 1t fell, completely
.encasing the animals in ice, and their
carcasses have been found fin
out-of-the-way places. Others, tray.
cling before the storm, covered so
to rs miles without water and died
n portion Of Texas the loss is
reported to be $4,000 head of beeves.
Jos. Dubbert, a prominent Linn
township farmer, sold Geo. Femme
wald 80 head of hogs for IS per
cwt. They averaged 265 pounds.
Tom Kunkel lis feeding 80 head
Of fine cattle for the February mar
ket.
j. H, Scott is reported as hay-
ing raised the largest crop of corn
N Linn township. He cribbed
about 1000 bu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hicklin, Of
Vandalia, Mo, are guests of Mrs.
Trick.
Mrs Eli Trick, SO years old, made
this year from the sale Of
'utter, chickens and eggs between
Ian. i and Dec. 16. For eggs she
received $22s.S2; chickens, $117.50;
from butter, $54.05. This is a
lard record to beat. especially by
| woman of her years.
II. It. Cant, of Thompson, has
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