Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-10-28

NOV lt4A-s
Old corn-e0 to &C.
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Special Report
Natl stock Yards. H.. Oct. 70.
Cattle receipts 5000. Best steers
and butcher stuff fully steady. 9th
ems slow. Medium grades ruled about
Toe lowrr than the close q the hst
week; choice kinds a. high as any
time Our sales include three cars Of
1908 III. steers at $500 to-day, repre-
senting the top. Prime heifers sold
yesterday up to $3.50. outlook strons
on good kinds.
Hog receipts 1900. Market open
cd strong; top s7.92 i-2. The quail
Hy was only fair, and before the
close prices were 10 to l5c lower
than during the best time Of the
day. The bulk OF all the hogs early
and late sold at $7.45 to $3.50. Clear
ance GOOD. Prospects about steady
next few days.
Sheep receipts 5000. Lambs 10 to.
I5c lower; bulk OF the good Gnes
$3.50 10 $685.; top $500. sheep
Is to Csc lower. Choice sheep up to
$3.50; most of the good ones
around $500 and one load of good
yearlings sold by US at $50. Pros
poets steady to strong.
Natl Live Stock Com. Co.
e. 5. Erisman, Of Benton City
paid J.. W. Boles $40 for a shrop'
shire buck lamb the other day. Mr.
Boles has disposed Of something like
40 buck lambs lately and has a few
more he wants to sell.
w. Roberts, "Whisthng Bob" ship
ped a Poland China male pig to J
d. Lott, Of Imperial, California, oil
Saturday last. The price paid wa
SIS, and the express cost Lott $i2
making the pig cost delivered ST.
Auxvasse Review.
Il ]. w. Bowles, the Shropshire sheel
man of Auxvasse parted compan,
E with his 4 year old herd ram tn
week. He sold the thoroughbred I
IL. NJ. Alexander, of C~larksburg, a
e $50, and shipped him Wednesda
afternoon.
R. e. Fisher and William Harrii
real estate agents, on last Saturda
sold the 119 acre farm five mile
northeast Of Auxvasse, belonging {
Frank Hamilton. to a Mr.. Conlol
Of Illinois at $S5 per acre, {
$10,115 for the place. This farm
well improved, has good new hous'
y big new barn. new fencing and is
splendid piece of property. Mr.. Han
ilton will give possession March
1910.
G. B. Ramsey, residing 2 milk
northwest Of Mexico on the far
formerly owned by Mr.. Hedge
will have a public sale Wednesda.
Nov. 3, 1909, at which time no wi
sell all his stock, farming Lmpl
ments and ~hoousehold goods.
Ie r. r. Buckner, one of Missouri
% largest handlers OF mules, cattle an
stock of all kinds, struck a bad ma
= ket In Chicago this week, referrin
TO which the Galloway Gazette says
IS r. r. Buckner, the Auxvasse mu.
n. man, hit hard luck on Mondays Oh
he cago cattle market with eight e.
Ge loads of steers he had bought la
Ia week. One load of horned Gait
brought him 81 a hundred, while IL
to other seven loads brought him on
at $685. a hundred. All of the Gait
cost him 81 at home.
n Zone hundred and thirty were pu
chased from T. P. Harrison, east
:. McCredie. They had been corn fe
!, and when they were run over Il
! scales percented 1875 pounds, brin
ing Mr.. Harrison SIP, 606.2 2 |.
Eight head of the shipment We
bought from E. NJ. Berry, of McCi
die, and Mr.. Berry bought them La
G Thursday from Benjamin Reno
eight miles southwest of Fulto
nj Seven were three-year-olds, and t
other was a two-year-old, and tn.
cost Mr.. Berry SIS each. They we
weighed Friday and averaged IA
pounds, the largest tipping the bea
Y. at 1880. A number of cattle ia
ry ciers saw them at the city sea
pens Friday and pronounced the
the best lot of grass steers they O.
saw that had been raised by one IL
mer.."
est
ny RECORD SALE OF
nj AuDRAlN HEIFER