Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-23
Some Stock
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Farm Notes


dioatlons for a firm mule market
could hardly be better. That Gala.
way farmers have confidence in Il 4
evidenced by the fact that LEO
mules are being fed by IS men down
there.
Perry Reed. near Santa Fe, sold
a load of i200-lb. steers to S. G.
Powell at 1915. Creigh Bros. sold
70 hogs to Mr.. Casper for October Is
at Z i-2e, says the Paris Appeal. b. F.
Vaughn paid II. 7. Painter $3.50 for
three mule colts and J. W. Holman
800 for /. Porter Davis sold a
horse to Joe Duncan for $3.50. Sew
eral loads Of new corn have been
sold at 6oc at Santa Re.
Jack Harrison and L. b. Scrog'
gin, Of Auxvasse. have 80 mules on
hand they intend fattening for the
winter market. says the Fulton Ca
zette. They have bought only one
mule thus far this season, but they
expect TO feed from 125 to 100 head
and will begin buying pretty soon
Hopkins & Carter have just re.
ceived news that their great bull,
New Goods" recently purchased al
Hartman Bros Shorthorn sale al
Pilot Grove won the Junior Yearling
ring at the Kansas State Fair at
Hutchison against a large field Of
fine animals. This animal Is quite
an acquisition to the blooded stock
Of Audrain and will be a marked
step forward in maintaining the high
class Of Shorthorns here.
In speaking of Hopkins & Car
ter's purchase, one of the best known
authorities on Shorthorns writing
in The Breeders Special, says:
There were bargains a-plenty at
the sale. the greatest Of which was
bought in New Goods" at s795, by
Hopkins G Carter, one of the heav-
lest buying firms Of the sale. One
Of New Good " sons has sold for
$1,000; In individuality and in breed
ing New Goods is one Of the
great bulls of the West, but his
string of heifers are his real dis
tinction and make him one of the
most valuable bulls of the West, re.
gardless of the incident of price"
Joe C~onsidine bought 60 head
of steers at 5 IL cents Of Sam Craig
head Saturday, and sold them back
to him at 9 1-2 cents to so last half
Of November. : Mr.. Considine sold
Mr.. Craghead a load of hogs to go
at the same time at $6.60.-Cohmbia
Herald.
G. F. F~ennewald, a prominent far.
mer Of Audrain, marketed OF his own
raising II head of hogs that aver.
aged 229 lbs and brought $40.
Considine & Householder bought
so acres Of land of II. o. White
northeast of Ce~ntralla, recently, at
$50 per acre.
Win Yates, of Auxvasse, and T. P.
Harrison, of McCredie, says the Full
ton Sun, were in the neighborhood of
Rush Hill, Audrain county, the first
of last week and bought 40 head of
mixed mules, cotton and big, and
when they got back Mr.. Yates took
the cottoners and Mr.. Harrison took
the big fellows. AS to number, each
got about half.
R. r. Buekner paid $217.7O each
for 5 mules last week.
Lots of wheat is being sown in Au-
drain.
]. s.. Brown has sold his Mex
leo residence to James B,edsoe, Of
Monroe county, for $4.25O.
Two sucking mule colts were sold
for 5000 by J.. R. Shook to Gary viii
son, of Santa Fe, recently.
Sam Craighead shipped 2 carloads
of cattle last week that brought
s7.25.
J. Shan Brown sold 6 big mules to
r. r. Buckner, Of Auxvasse for
s147O.
S. P. Emmons, of Galloway coun
ty farmer, took 40 gallons of dam.
sons off of n tree this year.
NJ. L. Sits, an Illinois farmer who
moved to Audraln several years.
ago and is now living near Cant,
has introduced an innovation in his
n%eighborhood which others in the VT
cinity are taking up. seeing the in.
creased yield II has resulted In this
year. a
He has the credit of being the first
man in that section, in the knowl.
'dge Of some of the oldest settlers to I
Use a drill in planting his ground
n oats and as a result has inreased
output 10 bu. to an acre." says L..
3. VIM. L
Mr.. Sits first goes over the ground ,
With a 2-horse disk, then he goes
'ver II with a 4-horse pulyerizer.
'utting the dirt up as fine as posi-. 4,
de and finally he drills it. He sow.l
ID 3 bu. to the acre and the result
vas an increased yield.
From every indication Audrain
county should have a larger acreage
II wheat next year than for several
'ears. Reports from various sectlons
u the county point to increased acre.
'ge planted and if the weather.
Permits, the output should be al
'ecord- w. w. johnson, who ~says
lie hasn't sowed any wheat for 2O
ears, is planting 35 acres. He fs
Ilso trying an experiment to satisfy
himself regarding the use Of f~ertil.
ger. He will plant ) acres without 1
rthizef and the next 5 with fertit. +
In the end, about half Of his /
'rop VIII be planted with fertilizer
when the harvest comes, he in.
seeing which part netted the
'~reatest yield.
LOIS OF wheat is being sowed In T