Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-26
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Farm Notes

cattle on feed. They have just put
and weigh 1925. He had 80 acres
OF cats In that averaged 3s bu.
and 10 acres Of hae corn, , the
latter ATTENDED 10 by one bog. J. R.
MeCauly.
J. C. Powell, living ia miles
northwest O. Centralla, bad 20 acres
that averaged 20 bu This isons
Of the best yields IN bis sectioa
Ben Csnada, one OF AudEain eoun-
tvs most prominent farmers, with bis
brother, another leading planter Of
this section. sold $50 DO. Of last years
corn recently for 70c.
Joe C0nsidine recently sold Mr..
Trsvslstsde Of Kentucky. Is guod
mulesAt 1900.
Albert Harrison, s1-Collector and =
prominent farmer OF AHdrain county,
bad in a bSzd Of hogs Of his own rais-
ing that averaged a8I lbs ard sold a.
s al St Louis Friday.
with a difference
where the corn is as to how good 1t
Is said B. d. Davis Of Audrain
county, Nc. "In tie timber where
the land Is billy and it dries cut
quickly the dry weather is hurting il
to a considerable extent and unless
they get rain right Away the crop will
be cut short IL has already begun to.
FIRE and every day nov hurts, but out
On the prairie where the land is fat
it does not dry cut 81 readily and the
corn there is the best l wei saw and
1t will not need any more rain to in-
ish 1t. In general the cora crop is
good and the increased acreage viii
make the yield much larger than
usually l am sure there was at the
very least 10 per cent more land
planted in corn last spring than usual
and some say that the increase Is
close TO Is per cent, but | am Of the
opinion that this is a little too large.
We had a good crop Of wheat and oats
and the hay is good also and our
pastures are better than usual in Au-
gust. Stock is a little scarce ana
win be for some time yet. Farmers
10 general are pretty well fixed up our
way rs they have been getting good
prices for several years for all kinds
of stock and grain. Live Stock Re-
porter.
B. A. Brown and Nolan MCGOWAN
have purchased from Elmer Dicus his
200acre farm 8 miles southwest Of
this city at $50 per acre. Mr.. Dicus
will purchase another farm shortly.
J. c. Truesdell, 81 years old AID
still active in the field, resides near
Sturgeon and paid bis first visit to
Mexico in ls49 when be stopped in
this city all Right on his way west
ward. Mr., Truesdell is hale and
for his years and a most inter
talker. In ls49 there we're only
3 buildings IN this city; a log court
a grocery store and black.
smith shop. Money was scarce in
those days and when he left ne paid
bis lodging with a new saddle grit
and some small change. The first
house he found after leaving Mexico
westward was 5 miles out and the
next was the old MCGEE place on
Long Branch.
JoviAl Jim Barnes, residing 3 12l
miles north of Sturgeon, in Sailing
township, attended the Sturgeon fair
last week and made everyone be met
generally happy. He don't know
whether to stop farming or go Ia the
show business. This year he had a
f0urIegged chicken born on his place
and the four mule colts born there
we're all mares. He has 90 acres OF
corn in and 2 acres OF tobacco. He
says crops In Sailing township can't
be beaten.
Euoch Turner, who is said to live
easier, raise the best OF fruit and is
generally popular in Sailing township.
attended the Sturgeon fair last week
with his family.
VIM. Coil, OF Ladeonia, bought two
car loads Of sheep which he will turn
in bis corn field. 1t is claimed that
they will not eat or damage the early
corn this time of the year. They will
eat on the weeds and grass and lower
blades Of the corn.
With rain during September a big
crop Of wheat will be planted In Au-
drain this fall.
Up In Carroll county, farmer Jade
Rhea threshed Is bushels Of wheat
and Is bushels Of cats from the same
track last week. In the spring,
Rbea, thinking bis wheat a failure,
the field with oats. Both did
well with the above results.
w. u. Culver, a prominent farmer OF
Audrain county, marketed Of his own
70 head Of nice smoth buctber
hogs, 10 st. Louis. that weighed 2f3
lbs. and topped the market at $50.
lie was represented on the market
with a shipment Of 10 beeves that
averaged 1893 lbs. aud sold at $500 TO
the Uaited Dressed Beef Go. Of New
York.
Several Kansans were taking Of dry
weather 10 the state 10 the earlier
days,
Il drove through a western county
number Of springs, ago said a Of
them i'and IL badn / rained for q long
time