Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-12-23

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dying from starvation. The entire
sheep country in that state is COY
cred with a deep snow.
II. 7. Cant paid A L. Cleveland
$3.50 per cwt for some fat hogi
this week
Henry Youngbiood. OF M~artinsharg
paid L Ahrens 5sc for 500 bu. o.
corn.
Martin Van Dersiy a farmer neal
Bedford. Ia. fell IS feet several
days ago landing sauardy on the
back Of a thoroughbred COW valued
at ss75. and escaped injury. The
COW is dead.
w n Fuhrer win occupy the
Tom Jones place the approaching
year. He recently purchased this
property from L. L. Leaf. This is
an excellent piece Of farm land.
J. f, Dishman is another Audrain
farmer preparing to NOV to Mex
ioo. He has sold his farm south
west OF this city and win occupy
the property on w. Liberty street,
in which Ed. Rodhouse and family
are now living.
William Rankin, n OF Prairie
LEAFS most active and prosperous
farmers, was In Mexico Tuesday.
He says he has between is and is
aerres of wheat in that is doing fine.
They are paying So cents a bu.
for new corn in his section which
he states is the cause of the rise
In pork. He recently purchased 2
fine butcher hogs from Geo. Irion for
Sc that averaged 240 pounds. Most
of the corn in his section has been
gathered.
]. H. Scott, one OF the most
prominent farmers in the Martins
burg neighborhood. had 100 acres of
corn in this year that averaged so
Blu. He also had 100 acres of
rent corn. He sowed $50 acres of
wheat that is in fine condition.
H. F. Henderson, a well known
farmer of this vicinity, bought a
pair Of mules Saturday from Geo.
Pittman. They were 3-year-olds. Be-
fore he had gone a block he sold
them Il Doan Weaver for $500, a
nice profit and Mr.. Weaver got
his moneys worth.
B. R. Middleton bought a car load
Of mules from Judge Alex Carter
last week.
w. E. Gilmore, of neal Thomp-
son, had ITO acres of corn in this
year that averaged 80 bu. to the
acre. He gathered the last of it
last Tuesday a week. Quite a mum
Der in his section are not through
gathering.
Frank Elliott, a well known far
mer of this county, had % acres of
corn in this year that averaged S
Dbl. He has most Of it gathered.
]. e. Petty, of near Cant, had 40.
acres Of corn this year and it was
all gathered before Thanksgiving. He
says most Of the corn is gathered
out his way.
Ed. Pearl has traded his livery bus.
mess at Auxvasse to Gene KidweIl,
south of that place, for a 240-acre
farm. He will try raising stock a
while.
Fremont Plate states he had so
acres OF corn in this year in Duly
neighborhood that averaged between
50 and 80 bu. TO the acre. He has
only about half of IT gathered. He
did not plant any wheat this season.
Since the first freeze It has been
Impossible to gather o in his
section as the wagon breaks through
the thin coating of ice on the ground
and is stuck in the mud.
c. NJ. Fox and Cory Clark. two
planters of prominence in Duly
neighborhood, have not gathered all
their corn yet.
Yves VIM, south of this city, re-
Gently bought IA head of good
mules in Culvre township.
Bella Hughes, of near Santa Fe
was here Saturday, says the Perryl
Enterprise, to receive a fine Ches.I
ter White Male hog he bought from
a party in Iowa. Price paid $25.
VIM. Norman, of the Santa Fe
neighborhood, is feeding 8 carl
loads of steer cattle and / a oil
hogs which are ready to go. and
wants to sell them. Chas. PoageI
Is ais feeding a load of steer cat
tie and about 40 hogs which he
wants to sell. They have a good
quality of cattle.
]. w. rrimble shipped i load oil
hogs ! of sheep and / Of cattle.
and j. P. Crockett, car Of hogs
to st. Louis last week.
Glen Carroll Is feeding 40 ..
year-old steers and / car load of
hogs for the January market.
The annual rabbit hunt in the vi.
cinity of Perry Thursday resulted
In the death Of 1900 bunnies. one
hundred and se~yenty-flve men and
boys we're engaged. The rabbits
filled 81 barrels, and weighed
200 lbs, were sold to a Cbicapo
commission house. The money re.
ceiVed was used in financing n ban.
luet for the hunters and their Iadv
friends. A hunt in the Woods neigh.
orhoo down on the Santa Fe lane
'ast Thursday resulted in the DEATH
of 2GS rabbits. which were sold a.
a dozen at Paris. An ~ovster 1
supper at the home of John Woods
was provided with the none receiv.
for the game. One hundred and
Tee people were present. {
The best bunch of mules avar l
'hipped out of Vandalia were sent J
Town down to the st. Louis market
tuesday by Jeff Wright and G. w. {
Nlnnn says the Vandalia Leader. !
There were 1S in the bunch and q
ZACH was a first-class animal. Thet
ar load cost the shippers s4425. or 9
N average Of s245.SS. Six Of the 4