Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-09

Joe Considine sold 81 head OF
extra good yearling mules, all mares,
to John Dawes of Tennessee at $145
round Saturday. Mr. Considine has
SO yearBing mules left and wants
some more.
John Hendren sold mule colt
Monday to Turner Robinson for sos,
span of mules to Henry Brown for
$500, and 400 bushels Of old corn to
II. Noe at 10 cents per bushel. The
pen weighed out 70 bushels more
than it measured.-Centraha cou.
rier.
Joe Considine put The top on Mon
days st. Louis cattle market with
s5 head Of thick-fat 1e1O-lb. steers
at $3.50
Bob Mcclure is home from a
months stay in Oklahoma. He re-
ports 1t as dry there sa in Missouri
]. 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 s6.7o.
The fat prairie land around Cen
tralia needs rain worse than any
other portion Of the county Wheat
has averaged between 80 and 40 bu.
there and on the old Lauhore place
there was 240 acres that averaged 3S
Ibu., one Of the best yields in that sec
tion.
Martin W. Beamer, Of Molino. will
go to Colorado soon for visit.
| w. N. Maxwell, of near Thompson,
whose corn crop is suffering for rain,
has an apple crop which promises 400
bushels.
e. Fl. Dicus, Of Beaver Dam neigh
borhood, has been In town selling
apples.
| DIR. Ed. Barton, Of Laddonia, has q
crop Of onions which promises 1000 bu.
i w, q. Oon, Of near Laddonia, is
trobbled with weedy corn and has
bough a car load of sheep to turn IN
his corn fields to eat the weeds out.
/ 1t is said the sheep will not bother
the grain.
vJesse Goodson, Of near Benton City,
ls breaking about 80 acres OF ground
for wheat which he will put in thiE
fall. He will use rock phosphate fer
tilizer.
Il Lutte Diggs bought here recently at
| a street sale an aged mule for $50.
Hog cholera is bothering the farm
ers south Of Thompson.
R. FL. carson, Of Sailing township,
had q three.year-old saddle and har
ness mare at the Mexico Fair last
week that was q good one. He says
the crops are fine in bis section.
Il O. Il. and X. M. Smith, Of Sailing
) township, are feeding so head Of native
heifers.
BENJAMIN Burkeye, of Sailing town
! ship has a yearling mule which weigh
975 lbs. and was q winner at Sturgeon
Chas. Anderson, on the Green Olal
a farm near Sturgeon, is feeding SO heat
v of native heifers.
william Wisdom sold a fine null
colt to G. G. Hamilton 8 Son for
fancy price last week. The anima
/. was shown at the new Bloomfield fai
! this week.
al OIL. Weaver, one Of Audrain's mos
] progressive farmers, and the Ledger
! best subscribers called on us Monday
He stated he made an investment las
spring of 81, purchasing sheep. FL
Isheared the sheep. Monday be brough
the wool to Sam Morris, receiving s3.4
. for IL. This was neat sum realized o
a the Investment, and had he bee
n able to have purchased 100 at the sam
. price paid for the one, he woul
= have netted a small fortune
1. After winning the premium at IL
Mexico fair Tuesday for the best pa
}, Of mules, three years old and over, 1
Nv. Hamilton and Thomas Robnet
Of Cleveland township, sold their pa
of show mules to Ira Sharp, Of Sharp
}. burg, ILL.,, for $500. Delivery will /
ID made September Is, prior to the opeI
'f ing of the Illinois state fair. One