Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
o NOTES.

didly this year.
The farmers are not only busy
but happy.
e. C. Cunningham sold a yeariing
mule to an Illinois buyer for $3.50,
Lee Stuart, near LaddonIa, had ITO
acres Of wheat that averaged rs bu.
Jack Stuart of north Of Mexico had
is acres of wheat that brought him
$4O7. so.
James Roy has Q loads Of hogs con-
tracted at prices ranging from $3.50
Ito $3.50.
Geo. H. Brown sold a load of old
oats to Hathaway at Mexico, satur-
day, for 3Sc.
F. L. Crosby threshed 80 bu. of
wheat to the acre on a 3O-acre tract
on the north partofthe old Wagner
farm.
James Quinlan, of north Salt Rtv-
er, had wheat that averaged 80 blu. to
the acre.
j. ]. Byrns from south Salt River
Township has oats that will average
80 blu. TO the acre.
Judge ]. e. Sims rcntly sold to
Chas. Dunn Of Galloway Co, a pair
of cotton mules for 5000.
v. v. Smith of Cant ne~ighborhood,
has sold over $40 worth Of roasting
ears to Mexico grocerymen this sea
son,
Lank Newberry, on the old Wad-
bingham section neal Benton City,
had thirty acres of oats that aver
aged 46 bu. per acre.
Doan Weaver, northwest OF Mexico,
has 20 acres of meadow that made
one ton to the acre, 1t being the sec
ond years cutting.
Jeff Woods near Auxvasse pur-
a chased two mule colts recently. He
! pas Joe Novey $3.50 for a mare
and gave Thos. Atkinson $s5 for an
other.
The best oats crop so far reported
e in north Wilson township is that o.
V Chas. Osborne who had 20 acres that
q will average better than 3S blu. to the
= acre.
John Mosely who resides dow
ID near the GALAXY lane In Salt Rive
ID township, has a field of oats tina
3 good judges claim will make so Blu
st to the acre.
Hook 6 Powell sod 80 St. Louis
yearling heifers on the street las
" Saturday that averaged about 500
pounds, and went to Lige Palmer, o
Fulton, at $21.75.
If Morton ~Pemberton, of Columbia, o
IT. fers a prize Of 500 for the best dis
play of farm products at the Gen
w tralia Fair.
C. w. Pease, residing southwef
of this city, has threshed his whea
and oats. OF the former Mr.. Peas
had In 10 acres that averaged 2
bushels. He sowed the same amour
of bats that turned out II bushels
49, the acre.
chi
C. H. Johnson, Of this city. lei
in Saturday for La Plata Fair with b
lis stable Of horses. From there he goe
to Columbia ard Sturgeon and will |
est at the Mexico Fair. August 24-27. M
Johnson's stable consists of JAIME
Ter r. Ward, John T. Woods and Tot Il
Chas. NJ. Clark, OF Perry, ma'
regular trips between that pla'
and Mexico in an auto in WIFI
he conveys passengers to the Me
leo Chautauqua. Mr.. Clark advert
ed he ohautauqua in last weeks p
- ry Enterprise.
]. w. Trimble of near Santa
a shipped a load of sheep last Thu
the day bought from the following p'
ties: VIM. stetson IL, Fred Ri
ma Is, Chas. Lucas /, W. T. Sterr'
is, Proctor Sharp Is, VIM. Sharp a
are Fred Rich 40, Lon Bybee 20, w
Barre Z. A. j.. Hatton 10. Jno. G.
to try 80. He also shipped a a
urs- hogs. w. t. Sterett 9, Chas. Lucas,
ref-TJ. n. McElroy g..
~ j. H. Starr was down from Cent
poa liza last week. He reports crops 10
ing fine. He says he had so acres
oats that threshed out 40 bushels
the acre that brought him 40 ce
h;.a bushel. Mr.. Starr OWNS a I
nt,st farm in the northwest part Of I
county.
Wednesday the Pollock Milling
were paying 95 cents for wheat, c
>Ei 65 to 81 cents and oats 80 cents
bushel.
81 Ira Mayes. who lives on Re
0ooo' 2, has sold his crop of oats at
roay' cents per bushel and says that
the good rains in August he will hav
Oh bumper corn crop.
25c J. Lee Jamison, of Boydsville.s
and ped a Jack and iennet to F. 0.
ID 10 Ter, of Chicago, Tuesday. for W
wild he gets 1890. This is the sex
for jack Mr.. Jamison has sold MI.
Get of Ter this season, the other being
stuff. ~three-year-old animal that was
Is for in February for $500. The
rades shipped Tuesday was valued at 81
with 1t is seven years old and is
most Clay county jack which has
ell as known as Tusca.-Fulton Gazette
veal FINE
The Wilkerson Nursery and
anlv chard Co. still have fine blacl
thon ries. Cali Phone ASA. div