Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-03-17
Stock Notes

ElCNtA AUALAH =
price paid for choice hogs at the
Union stock Yards in Portland. Or
egon. this week.
Horace Mundy, N of Audrain
county's most prominent farmers
stockmen and feeders, Gays the Live
stock Reporter, was on the market
last "Wednesday within a load Of.
steers Of his own feeding that av-
eraged 1880 lbs. and sold up to Ar
mour & Co. for $3.50, the top oil
the market. Mr.. Mundy owns n OF
tho best farms in Audrain county,
and has improved extensively IN
the last few years, In conversation
with a representative of the Re-
porter. Mfr. Mundy said; u am
starting another load Of cattle on
feed at my farm and hope that
they win do as well as the last
bunch. There viii not be nearly so
much summer feeding done this sum
mer as formerly On account OF the
scarcity Of hogs, cattle and the high
price OF corn. A great many far-
mers have lost numbers of hogs with
the cholera recently and they are
scarcer now than l have ever known
them to be IN my county. The far
mers are all in good shape up my
way and everybody seems happy
and contented. ! rather think that
there viii be more corn put in this
spring than last. The sleet ala
some damage to the winter wheat,
but, on the whole, If the season
continues favorable, / look for a good
wheat crop this year. We had a
great horse sale at Mexico recent
ly, conducted by the Missouri Spe'
cial Sales Co., a local concern. 1t
was a success from start to finish.
It couldn't have been otherwise with
the men behind the enterprise. Mex
leo is n Of the greatest horse CEN
tiers in the West andh as a world
wide reputation for pretty women
and shigh-c1ass horses, as well al be-
ing the most modern town of its
size between st. Louis and Kansas
City.
Watch out for poor seed corn
Not in years has there been as much
danger as there is this spring. The
early frosts last fall caught much
corn before it was matured. The
man who plants an al simply be-
cause It is good looking may u 1t.
The only safe thing to do Is to use
the testing box.
One Of the best chicken sales we
have heard Of this year was made
last week when Mrs. NJ. A. Turner
Of near Columbia sold sixteen Plym'
outh Rocks from her pens at 14c
per pound, They averaged 6 IA
pounds and brought s14.
o. A. Llndenmeyer, who lives on
the Abe Jackson place. south of
Mexico, Is improving his place ex.
t~ensively.
From March first, 1909, to March
first. 1910, Mrs. J. A. Clark, Of
Benton City, realized $401.50 on sale
of poultry. The figures are as fol.
lows: Eggs. s14s.fO; turkeys, $780,
rs; chickens, $92.5S; geese, $54.12
Total s4O1.5O.
Chas, Dean has filed suit against
r. E. Wentz for $3.50. alleging
breach of contract. Plaintiff pur.
chased defendants farm Of about
$50 acres south of town and claims
defendant has failed to comply with
the terms of the contract in respect
to title.
James II. Starr, the well known
sheepman of Audrain county, mar.
keted in st. Louis Mnoday of his
own feeding, 315 head of clipped Mex.
lean yearling sheep that brought
1925, This is a pretty high price
for clipped yearhngs.
r. R. Buckner, a wellknown feed
er and shipper of Audrain, was in St
Louis last Wednesday with cattle
He disposed of 50 steers averaging
1917 lbs. at s7.15. The cattle were
fed by his son, j. Maddox Buck
ner.
Starr & Afflick, weH known stock
men of Audrain county, marketed ii
st. Louis last Wednesday a doublt
deck of Mexican yearling sheep, 30i
head that averaged Y lbs. an,
brought $3.50. This is the highes
price ever received on the marke
for yearllng sheep.
j. w. Gibbons, a well known far
mer. Martinsburg, says til.
wheat Is damaged in his section.
Live hogs sold in Pittsburg, las
} week. for $1O.O5 a hundred which i
higher than the best prices PAL
during the Civil War.
c. e. Casper is feeding 100 head 0
cattle and 400 head Of hogs nea
Rush Hill.
A nine months old hog at Abeline
Texas, recently brought $36.
weighed GOO pounds and at the to-
price Of 1915 would have brought al
most $50.
c. II. Dean, who was recently il
Galloway county, says the whea
looks like it was killed over there
: He says much Of the Audraii
wheat he has seen appears to b,
somewhat damaged.
!, Forty Ewes for sale that are lamb
: ing. ] IL miles south Of Mexico. Z
V. Layson. wit
Col. J.. r. Bell, proprietor of tn,
Ortiz Fruit Farm, has the thanks o
the Ledger force for a nice lot O
7 apples.
: II. j. Walker, a well known Au
drain planter, living near Centralis
has taken the Ledger for 2s ears.
G. H Dean, one Of Audrain's bes