Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

record for milk IN one day Is 1102
pounds. against the previous record
Of LOG pounds.
Washington, July 10.
A controversy has arisen between
some Of the railroads Of the country
and large live stock shippers in re-
gard % the space in the cars which
must be afforded animals in transit
from one state TO another IN order to
make unloading Unnecessary and stall
comply with the 2Shour law. This
law provides that when The animals
are carried On cars an which they
can and do ave proper food, wafer,
space, and opportunity TO rest they
shall not be required to be unload
ed. The department OF agriculture
has been appealed TO by bote. rail-
roads and shippers asld the position
Of the department Is tentatively an
nounced as follows:
IF cars are not loaded beyond
The maximum weight fixed by the tar
ifs, the department wal not, for the
present, raise the question as to
whether sufficient space Is provided
for the animals TO rest; but railroads
which load beyond the maximum and
do not unload for rest viii have to
take their chances Of prosecution IN
the courts" II rs the intention Of the
department 10 Institute a number OF
test cases and secure rulings from
the federal courts as to what space
must be afforded.
All Of the wheat In Audrain coun-
ty is about cut. Theodore Selb, who
resides 6 miles north Of this city,
says it has all been cut in his sec
ton. He had % acres in that will av-
erage Is bu. His 80 bu. of oats look
good and promise between 50 and 40
bu. He also reports that corn looks
well.
Joe Crews of south Audrain, last
Saturday, sold Powell & Lockridge,
a car load of steers. say the Aux
vase Review. He also sold the
same parties 73 head of hogs to go
the first ten days in August at 8
cents.
Asa Fowler, in the east end of the
county, recently cut his rs acres Of
oats and reports that they promise to
average IS bu., says the Vandalia
Leader.
Joe Biggs. in the east end Of the
county, has 10 acres of orn that
is waist high and most promising.
Powell G. Mundy bought some z
cent ambs from Andrew Neal last
week.
within two years we'Shope TO
stamp out hog cholera entirely in
this State" said F. b. Mumford,
dean of the College of Agriculture of
the University Of Missouri. On the
single item of pork College of Agrt
culture has saved the people Of Mis-
souri, $500, 900 in the last year, ac,
cording TO Dean Mumford. The say
ing of half a million dollars has been
made with an appropriation from the
state Legislature of $4,000. The say.
ing was through the prevention of
hog cholera by in~oculating cholera
serum into hogs. In the year ending
June 80 the College of Agriculture
sent out 40, 900 doses of the serving
to 500 farmers in Missouri. OF
the hogs inOculated IS per cent were
saved. Il has been impossible to
send serum to all the farmers who
have written TO the department. for
It. The 500 supplied we're about
half the number who asked. The Sc
rum has not only been sent free
to the farmers, but a man from the
university has been sent GU to do
the inoculating. Ten or twelve men
have been doing the work, part
working here to produce the serum
and the others being on the road Civ
ing treatment. To produce the 40, 900
doses of the serum the blood of
seventyGiye Immune hogs has been
used. Ordinarily one incubation to
each cholera a is sufficient. 1t
is planned to have 200 hogs from
which to obtain the serum next year
A building is now being erected who
is to be used exclusively as a labra-
tory for work with the hog cholera s.
rum. 1t is expected to have a
supply sufficient to meet the de-
mand. A charge of 30 cents a dose
is to be made. This is n-eeessitated
because of the small appropriation
from the Legislature. The price is
Just threefourths Of the cost.
w. w. Mundy sold Otis Young. Of
Moline, a horse for $50.
T. j. Bates recently traded a house
and five lots for a 100 acre Montgom-
cry county farm.
Alex Seymour has bought a Mont.
gomery county farm. He NAV move
to 1t shortly. His many friends
trust he intends to remain in An.
drain.
B. r. Middleton received 5000 for
so lambs sold TO w. d. Mason.
Farmers report little damage from
the rains Thursday night and FRIDAY
w. o. Smith. a prominent Young
farmer near Cant, reports the recent
hard rains did no damage in HIS sec.