Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-10-21
Some Stock
Farm Notes

100 gallons a day. At present he
hasn't a gallon on hands. and says
b. HIS about 1900 gallons more %
His reputation extends over
many counties, Is one person from
Audrain bought IS gaIsons and has an
order IN for 90 more Nay his bus
iosas swsete1 and make molAsses ev
@fy svaF.
The St Lcuk Lsve Stock Re
porter says;
ne record p<ae for = Mll had
a cattle vas bruken on this market
today vAsa Fennewala Bros, q
Asarain eOuEu. No. sold a load q
GSN& sherA0ra steers NJ sSTs
pr lee puansS Morris & Company
sazsAS the kssveS
Dursas lie h<A tame q ise2 al
gsw hsaa e fa sStezs hr0ueht sS7s
"a this rnarks< but no other fun
hoaa has ever sold above $3.50.
Feunsxal1 Bros stand in the
frOrs rank &C MissouHfs able feed
e-s They maks II a point 90 fin
ish their castla wei and as a re
salt top the market here As often
as any other shippers and a great
deal oftsner that the average feed
ens who patroniEe St Louis.
They had in four loads Of fat
steers today. the one mentioned a.
boye bringing yS.75 and the 9TH
ers weighing l4Is pounds and selling
TO Norris at ss.15.
Fennewald Bros. fed the top cat.
tie for months, giving them all the
ear corn they eould eat and run
ming them on grass. They also fed
an average Of 4 pounds Of cotton
seed cake on grass TO each steer.
three loads Of hogs that FOLLOWED
the steers were sold here some time
ago AZ $3.50. close TO the market the
day they we're in
Bearing the distinction OF being
the original breeder of Galloway cat
tie in this state j. W. Stevens, who
resides on the Rails county line,
north Of LAddonla, and is a farm
er in this county. also, is an ex-
ample OF what a good and thrifty
farmer can accomplish. He came to
this State 40 years ago from Pike
county. Illinois, with $1,000 in cash
and a pair Of old mules. Now he
possesses 500 acres Of land, Is con-
sidered one Of the wealthiest men
in his section and is a holder OF
stock in st. Louis and Laddonia
banks. At present Mr.. Stevens
owns 1875 head of Galloways and
raises each year about 50 head of
calves.
Among the best offerings at the
sale OF Mrs. Grace Panlin, Thursday,
: was a pair Of 2-year-oh mules that
were bid in by S. p. Carter for 1866.
J. G. Ford bought a pair Of yearling
mare mules for 5000. Hopkins & Car
ter paid $3.50 for a fine 2.year-olt
thoroughbred ClydesdaIa mare. ]. T.
Johnson bought her dam, a 12-year
old. for 1926. C. NJ. Fox bought {
pair OF driving mares both sired b.
Pat Mahan. paying $217.50 for tn,
s-yearold ana s2s5 for the 4-year-old
! a sucking filly by Forest King wa
bought by C. W. Pease for $50, whit
also bought a yearling colt by tht
same sire for 500. Judge NJ. Crun
bought a yearling filly by Ortiz RosI
for s1s5.
About 20 months ago Ben Pay
2 ton, of Jasper township investe
! 1850 in a sow, since which tim
E he has sold $352.44 worth Of hog
|. farrowed by her, and has the SOY
and Q two-months old pigs left, say
3 the Perry Enterprise. How doe
i this strike you for a $3.50 invest
ment? He was at Perry Monda
n after lumber to fix a place for hi
corn crop. He estimates his crop @
corn on 40 acres at 1900 bushels.
VI A Carrollton woman has during l
a weeks Of summer churned 144 pound
Of butter, an average Of 9.6 pound
% a week from the milk Of one Gov
In addition to this three pints {
milk were sold a day and the creaI
necessary for the use of the fan
" lily of from 5 to Z persons was col
sumed.
" Broom o sold In Oklahoma las
u week at s227.5O a ton. the worlds re
n ord price.
le Chas. Brown sold a good mil
COW on the streets Saturday to Hel
ry sannebeck for 500.
, Hopkins & Carter sold J. II. V
- SUI - HulAt Aliteg lOdl6u may B Il
= $3.50 this week. Mr.. Carter want
to know If it is worth while to rails
: draft colts at this price.
Chas.. Brown sold Mr.. Hurley, o
!. the streets, Saturday, a red thre
year old COW for s26.
M Dan Quinlan, down Rush Hill wa.
has sold his 80 acres to s. NJ. Stoke
al Of Fulton, Ky We understand NJ
og Stokes Will move to this country [
make his home.
st Audrain is said to have more Al
,r CORA goats than any other county /
the State. A his time different ia,
mers own about a thousand. job
g, Hill, who has had great experienc
as with them says that brush should b
cut in the fall about IS incht
from the ground and then when I'll
a. spring comes the goats will eat O
to the green sprouts.-Sturgeon Leader
was conducted by Rabbi Leon HarI
ig son, of st. Louis. The bushes
OF houses of Columbia were closed du