Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-16

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Receipts, 5000. Market steady.
Muttons, $3.50 to $3.50.
Lambs, SIPS to 1925.
Close on grain and Provisions for
Chicago delivery:
WHEAT OATS
July, .92 5-S July. ,S6 "a
Sent. 30 Sept, 35 is
Dec, 81 Dec, 80 I-e
CORN PORK
July, IS is July, $22.70
Sept, .5S SIS Sept, $22.2O
Dec, SIS 1-2
ut appears to me that the corn
crop will be so percent. smaller than
the outlook early in the season"
said Mir Householder, to a Ledger
representative. Mr.. Householder Is
one of the leading farmers in the
county and keeps posted on all mat
ters pertaining to planting. Some
Of the corn looks fairly we'll" he con-
tinued, but it has been badly dam.
aged. Warm weather interspersed
with a little rain viii help a lot.
The oats In some parts looks
very good and In others not so
well. Warm weather viii help this
crop also. The meadows In my sec
ton have been too wet and are In
very poor shape"
Judge Alex Carter, who is one of
ohe best informed planters In the
county, says the corn crop Is cut
so percent. He adds that oats are
doing well on ro'''ng land. but those
planted IN the flats are in very poor
condition. He fears there will be
very little wheat.
E w. Davis, a prominent young
planter of this county. residing south
Of Mexico, says the wheat In his
section is in fair condition; the oats
look good but the corn is 10 very
promising. He says the meadows
are in fine shape. Most of he re
planting of corn in his neighborhood
is accomplished.
Judge Cook Groves, who is al
ways optimistic, says the corn crop
is not as badly injured as many think
and that he believes we will have
more than so percent. saved.
w. d. Mason, who watches the
crops with scientific attention, says
if the dry weather should continue
through the week we might save 50
percent Of the crop. If it rains, he
says, DIT will be even less than that.
There is not as much wool in this
counry as there was two years ago,
but more than last year. Wool is
cents higher than two years ago
and 5 cents lower than last year.
rop-wool is selling new from 90 %
20 cents per pound.
s. P. Emmons, Sam Morris and w.
W. and j. r. johnson, principal wool
buyers and sellers in this city and
vicinity, say there is plenty Of
wool In this country and the condi.
tons above are purely local. The
wool is all in the West. local sheep
men not having purchased as heav-
lily rs In former years.
Mr.. Emmons shipped out a car of
weel, Tuesday, to Philadelphia.
W. w. Johnson, who makes yearly
visits TO Miles City, Montana, and
buys sheep. sold a a Of wool last
week for % ~ cents. j. T. John.
son sold a car at % cents.
The Sturgeon Leader says. W. p.
Cant, south Of Paris, has 1906 hogs
about ready for market He Is feed.
ing l40 cattle for September and has
1000 bushels Of corn bought from
Harry Householder for July and Au.
guest delivery at Coo. Householder
has yet 1000 bushels unsold. Mr..
Cant estimates that there is 10000
bushels Of corn for sale within a
radius CT five miles south of his
farm.
Col. J. 7. Johnson, a prominent
farmer and stockman Of this county.
marketed in st. Louis, Monday. of
his own feeding 300 head Of clipped
western lambs that weighed 81
lbs. and brought $685.. Six loads Of
these same lambs sold a week ago
to-day at $50.
Missouri Chief Josephine, the big
black and white Holstein dairy COW
at the Agricultural College of the
University of Missouri, made good
on the first three months of her
worlds record test. The time was
up last Tuesday. She is 1000 lbs.
ohe other side Of the former worlds
milk record.
Josephine is getting better form
every day and is giving more milk
now than in the first month of the
test She gives more milk In
month than an average Missouri COW
uoes In a year. Eleven and five.
eights gallons Of milk per day is the
average Of Josephine's 100 days rec.
ord.
She has been MIXED every six
hours since the test started, and has
peeh fed four times per day. She
mas given 1885 pounds Of milk IN
the 100 days, or 97.s pounds every
Jay This is a fat thousand pounds
oetter than the mark made by
ooiantha's Fourth Johana, the wis.
COW that now holds the
worlds record.
inc fact that Josephine had won
me worlds record for 100 DAYS mllk
production was a source of much
pressure TO alumni there during com.
nehcement week. The great COW
was visited by scores Of persons.