Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-09

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500 mules in the last ten months. AL
CT these were sold TO the farmers for
farm use, but SIX.
Ike johnson sold horse mule colt
for $50 and a mare mule colt for sI25
10 a buyer form near Mexico Mon
dsy-Psris appeal
Hamilton s. Roberts sold . span Of
big mules that took first premium at
the Mexico fair last week to an ILL
nois buyer for sS50-Paris Appeal
z. r Buckner was in north Boone
last week buying yezrling mules he
got q Of r. A. and J. A. Fountain at
sf35 round and II Of Tom Taylor at
sI27.
Pledge Brothers, Of Hatton, sold s.
head Of breeding ewes TO Willard
Pierce, Of Auxvasse last week, getting
q a head for them.
]. w. Bowles, five miles northeast Of
Auxvasse, ship a Shropshire ram TO
Geo. s. Yeager, Of Mound, La, last
week, for which he got s35.
FerneWald & Co, Of Martinsburg,
have six loads Of cattle on feed that
will be ready for the market In about
q month and six loads OF boys.
T. A. Brown bought Charley Hat
tenbaekis IS acre farm p miles south
Of Laddonia. Price $3.50 per acre.
1t is good property.
j. W. Boles, five miles north east Of
Auxvssse, shipped . $50 Shropshire
ram TO ]. b. Blackjack, OF west Plains,
Mo, M Of his old customers, last
week.
Mat Dunn, inc Of the best judges OF
OF a good mule between the two
oceans sold ]. win Black. east OF
Hereford, a pair OF s45O mules last
Saturday.
w. S. ViVion, OF Grand Prairie. al.
ready has 90 head OF cotton mules
that be will feed for market. They
were bought In Audrain and Galway
counties at prices ranging from sl25
up.
Fennewald g. CO. extensive feeders,
were represented with two loads OF
good butcher cattle to-day. Their sale
was represented with 81 head Of
heifers averaging 1856 lbs. that sold
straight at s6.s5-Stock Reporter.
Although Clay County, Ill. is sur
rounded on all sides by rich oil fields,
which are making some OF the land
owners well-to-d0, the farmers have
gone into the tobacco raising industry
which bids fair to eclipse the oil as q
moneVmaker.
". w. Johnson has purchased from
W. L. Doyle, OF whitehall, ILL.,, four
thoroughbred mares. They will be in
cluded in Mr.. Johnson's big sale list
which Is TO be held on his farm the
last Of October.
The Catholic school house, at Mar
~tinsburg, is being enlarged by a third
room being built to it. Last year the
school was crowded, there being near
150 scholars for the two rooms. The
third teacher will be added this year.
A. B. Kidwell while in Fulton Mon
day, said: 81 will venture the asser-
ton that no man ever saw a better
$50 acres Of corn grow IN the river
bottom than l have On my farm, east
OF Auxvasse." Mr.. Kidwell left a
sample Of his corn at w. r. Jameson's
real estate office.
]. T. Haden, south Of Millersburg,
has sold five mules colts this season at
$3.50. When 1t is realized that this in
come from five good brood mares only
lacks $40 Of being six per cent on
$1,000, it can at once be e that the
value Of a good mare on the farm isl
not easily estimated.
W. P. Hill tells the Vandalia Mail
OF a pretty good record be made this
season, John Moss, Of Perry, called
on him last week, buying mules. Mr..
Hill took him around the neighbor-
hood and showed him 10 colts from bis
jack. Nr, Moss bought II Of the 10,
9 l,l25.00 fori them, over slOO
per head. One OF Mr.. Hills patrons
raised six mules colts, for which he
received $500.
A very peculiar condition is puzzling
the farmers west Of Bowling Green as
these near Mexico. The Times says;
10 the last few nights their crops Of
cane have fallen to the ground and
lie az fat as II blown down by a hard
wind. The cause is supposed to be
Tue 70 heat, which has been rather
Ievere in this section the past week.
Many Of the farmers say they never
EXPERIENCED anything Of this sort be-
ore.
The Farley brothers are the most
uccessful,tobaceo growers in Galloway {
They had a big crop last I
ear, n acre Of which made them
435; James N. Pollard, formerly a d
'ultOn druggist, has IS acres Of the
reed this year In the vicinity OF Full.
Cd; but dry weather has done 1t great J
"
Bob Grange, of Laddonia, bought
mules and 3 horses OF the fol
wing parties; s mules fnom Frank
sroggins; 4 mules from John Mol. d
tt; 2 mules from John Hagen; 2It'
ules from Rollen Edwards; / mule
ON H.. Quinn; 2 mules from Capt. n
aycraft; 4 mules from VIM. Coil;
mule from Jim Spotser; 2 mules
,m John Watson; l mule from B
b Ferris; horse from Ned Ha.