Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-30


Oats. IS TO sGc.
Corn, 60 70 &c.
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Special Report.
NATL Stock Yards. H.. Sept. rs,
1909. - Cattle receipts 5000. Market
l0c lower, closing Is to 25e lower
than the close Of last week. Stockers
and feeders steady.
Hog receipts $500. Market very
uneven and a big Toe lower. We
quota the top around $40 and the
bulk at sT.s5 to $3.50. Mixed and
butchers $500 to $3.50; good heayles
ss.s5 to $40; mixed packing $7.75
TO sa25. Good pigs $500 to $3.50;
light pigs $500 to $500. Outlook
about steady.
Sheep receipts 5000. market II
TO l5c lower. Choice lambs $685.,
bulk $500 to 1915. Mutton
sheep s4.15 to $3.50; top s4,65.
stOckers $500 to $3.50. Outlook
only fair.
Natl Live Stock Com. Co.
Bob Lockridge and Ian Jones sold
80 head of calves on the streets
here Saturday for s19 a head.
There is quite a lot of wheat
being planted east of this city.
Powell & Mundy had a load OF
hogs on the St. Louis market Mon
day.
Frank Goodson. southeast Of this
city. is sowing lot Of wheat.
Roy Wright, east Of Mexico. has
sown rs acres in wheat this fall.
Yves VIM, living south of Mex
leo, has 1856 acres of corn in that
looks very fine.
Joe Considine, of this county, was
in st. Louis Monday and sold a
choice load of yearling steers. The
sale included 10 head of $50 lbs
average at $40.
G. T. Howard, who lives east oil
this city, says he didn't have such
a great corn yield this year but
what he had, in most instances, was
good. He will show some Of the
best at Ferris & Cauthorn's corn
show in October.
Earl Cunningham's oats averaged
S. bu. per acre.
John Ware, who lives southeast OF
Mexico, raised 50 blu. of oats To
the acre.
Geo, Hale, near Santa Fe, sod q
mule colts to r. NJ. Poage at $100
each and a 2-year-old finley fol-
$110.
Fountain & Barton shipped a load
of sheep from Clark to ST. Louis
last Monday night whicA they bought
from Whftworth C Rice for 5000
per hundred.--Stnrgeon Leader.
r. Il. Bnckner. Of Audrain county
was in north Boone last week buy
ing yearling hu les, He got q of
r, A. and ], u, Fountain at SIPS
round and II If Tom Taylor at
$127.
T. L. Hook, a wellbnown Audraim
county, Mo-. cattleman, was repre-
sented with good cattle. He sold
8 yearling steers Of 993 lbs. at
$6.75 and ID steers at 1925 ia st.
Louis this week.
FOR SALE OR TRADE - / have
three good jacks l want to sell or
trade for cattle.
dl-w1t G. C. Ragsdale,
Perry, Mo.
J. H. Starr and w. Al
flick were i'm Saline county last
week and purchased 10000 sheep.
They will feed these this winter pay.
ing 45c for corn, and S. pes ton for
clover hay. They report the sa-
line county corn crop very good. -
Centralia Courier.
Tim Waters a well known stock
man Of Audrain Co., Mo-, furnished
the top of the cattle market to-day
with a small lot of 1542-lb. steers
that sold at $3.50. He also had 6
head Weighing 1876 lbs. at 1925.
The Auxvasse street fair opened
Thursday with a large crowd present
both days.
w. R. Wisdom, of Audrain coun.
ty, won first premium for the best
mule colt and first for the best mare
with mule colt at her side. Best @
ling mule was won by r. E. Biggs.
Best 3 year old mule, Messrs. G.&
q. Hamilton. This mule was the
ono owned by Price Bros, which
was shown in Mexico and secured
first premium.
Best mule any age, G.. & @.
Hamilton first and second.
The wheat purchases of s, r
fantls, proprietor of the Futon flour
ing mills, have amounted to between
10000 and 100, 900 bushels this
season, which ia more than he has
ever bought before in the same
length Of time. The grain has cost
him an average of about csc a bu.
He las 100. 600 bu. stored in his own
elevators, and last week he sbipped
10 a loads of a thousand bu, each
The mill is running fifteen hours
day to keep TT with orders. and is