Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-26

has Just gotten in 50 head Of 40olb.
heifeFs from Kansas City 81 ; IL
cents. he gill gTSzs them.
Lee Bros. ser n Fulton Saturday
buying barseS They got che Of Tom
German for slsl o7e Of Mr.. Herndon
for $50 one OF Robk Fsxg for S5 one
81 Mr.. Turnsr for s1N one Of DR..
Austene for sIIo and q pair Of Fred
Vance for ss5
A Pike County farmer sow
ed the sheep killing dog problem in &
successful way. After be had lost
thirty sheep be built in the pasture .
square pen OF logs and rooted II, but
left 4 big hole in the middle in which
be suspended a part Of q sheep Near.
ly every morning when be went to the
pen be found one or more dogs in
there. wuica b. quietly put out Of
Business. 10 the course Of the winter
he caught about forty dogs and didn't
Loose any more sheep. Moreover, be
kept CD good terms with his neighboR
which Is 3 hsra thing TO % IL you
shOot their aogs and go around brag-
ging about 1t.
George snd Guy Hamilton, six miles
east q AaxvaSse, got nearly sll Of the
mule premiums at the Bowling Green
fair week before last. Their tEu
pairs Of big mules got the premium
for the best herd o. fur, beating such
exhibitors as Luke Ennsrson, the
Pike county jack man, while they got
first and second bith in the ring for
best pair Of mules four years old and
over, and for the best pair OF
mules any age. They also got fnt
and second in the ring for best mule,
any age. Altogether, their winnings
amounted to $50 g
S. r. Crsghead, living In Audrain
county, close 70 the Galway line,
topped the st Louis cattle market
two days this week Ga Monday be
sold 81 yearliug steers, averaging es1
pounds, at s7.35, and also 20 head Of
older cattle, averaging l,40l pounds,
at sI.l5. Then, on Wednesday, he
sold ten yearling steers, weighing
1857 pounds at o. y65, and "a head of
l ,502-pound steers and two LOO
pound steer a $50. The heavy cat
tie in bis Wednesdays consignment
were bought from James Patterson, Of
north Galloway, at TBS, at 1t is quite
evident that the shipper did not make
money on them.
Lee Cottingham, Of near Clark, says
the oats In his section averaged % to
45 bu. to the acre and wheat Is to %
bu. he has some good cattle.
c. NJ. Miller. Of Sturgeon, who has
a farm In Audrain County, recently
sold a load Of short horn cattle In ST.
Louis at % 90. They were 3-yeAr-olds
and good ones
w. H. Hill, farming In this county
near Sturgeon, bad 50 acres OF OF oats
which averaged 80 bu. q bu and be
is holding to sell later.
j. S White, a prominent farmeTbf
Sturgeon, had IS acres Of oats that
averaged 80 bu getting in all $50 l-2
5u. Hts corn is In fine shape.
w. NJ White, Of Rucker neighbor-
hood bad p acres Of oats In this year
that wasof good quality and has IS
acres Of corn ia good shape and well
matnred.
Ben Turner, 4 miles northwest of
Sturgeon, has 50 acres at corn In that
is thriving though a little rain is
needed.
Walter Berry placed p fat cattle on
the St Louis market last week that
brought good prices.
j Hord Davis bought a lot Of yearl-
ing cattle last week that averaged
$50 a head.
James D0well recently sold to j. W.
morehead 9 yearling steers for 1910.
Chris Creigh, OF Santa Fe neighbor.
hood, harvested on so acres Of land
2 leo bushels Of wheat.
1,432 bushels Of wheat on As acres
is the harvest record Of VIM. Cleary,
near Strother.
q bushels Of dollar wheat was the
average Of 40 actes belonging to A. B.
Hale, OF near Laddonia.
Uncle jim Young drove a pair Of
show mules into Centralia Saturday,
from his big Monroe county farm and
left them at Green's barn, taking
home with him a check for $3.50 The
ladies weighed 5000 lbs. and are as
big and fine as you will find In a days
ride.-Clark Courier.
Powell & Muudy. of Audrain coun-
ty. were represented with cattle in
st. Louis last week among which
were IL yearliBgs Of $40 lbs. average
at 1886.
Coontz & Kendrick, regular ship
pers from Audrain county, had In a
load Of hogs that averaged 213 lbs.
and brought ss.024 on the st. Louis
market last week.
j. Johnson, OF Audrain county, was
represented On the market in st.
Louis last week with 80 beef steers Of
1888 lbs. average that sold at 90 10
The fat prairie land around Cen
tralia needs rain worse than Id
other portion OF the county. Wheat
has averaged be seen 30 and 40 bu.
there and on the old Lauhore place
there was 240 acfas that averaged 3s
bu., . Of The best yields 10 that Sec
tiOu.
Put $ me Ie Ill yer on your wheat
this fan.
Near Mort nville, Kansas, a pro-
ductiYe 100 acre farm has paid its
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