Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-09-29

Lee Bros. have Just received word
from Madison, Wis, that Jonah
Man, their fast little trotter, won the
2:3O trot in the race meet there on
Wednesday.
The fastest heat made by Jonah
Man was 2:21 IL. The horse has
been racing all season and every oc-
casion has made a good showing.
e. ID. Moore, of Mexico, was on
hand with some handsome harness
and saddle horses, among them the
elegant high school mare Queen Of
the Denmarks, and a handsomer or
more intelligent an6mal is rarely
seen. Her name is no misnomer for
she is indeed a Queen.-Montgomery
Standard.
Missouri Chief Josephine, the prize
COW OF the College Of Agriculture of
the University OF Missouri, has added
another record TO her already long
list. Last week she broke the
worlds record for production of
milk for a period OF eight months. In
that time she gave 21,69S pounds of
milk. This surpasses the former rec
ord by 2,100 pounds, or more than
half a ton. This COW Is being test
ed for the worlds record for a years
production of milk. During this test
she has maintained an average of 50
pounds or AZ quarts of milk a day,
and has broken the records for both
four and six months production. In
four months she gave 1885 pounds
and in six months 1905 lbs. of milk
She also holds the state record for
a single days milking with 1902
pounds to her credit.
w. t. Wilkerson, of Mexico, who
captured the prize for horticultural
display at the fair, had a fine col
lection Of fruits. Among them were
II varieties Of apples, of which the
Jonathans were prominent. The 9th
ens we're goodlooking and tasted
just like they were good to eat,
There were s varieties of grapes, 3
blacks, 3 reds and two whites. They
had three varieties of pears, two of
plums and one Of peaches, and the
display evidently made eyerybody's
mouth water, from the way the sam
pies we've sold at the close of the
fair. We thank Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
kerson for a nice lot of samples. We
understand they will have a car
load of apples here for sale in a
short time.
They prevented their fruit from
freezing in April by keeping fires
in the orchard. Mr.. Wilkerson is an
experienced nurseryman and knows
how TO attend to such matters. The
fruit was ~singularly free from
worms and bugs.-Montgomery City
Standard.
It is feared that some late corn
which was given an impetus by the
recent rains, win be damaged on ac-
count Of immuturity If there is an
early frost. Light frosts which may
be expected from the 18th to the
18th check vegetation and cure up
the coTn crop. Last year the killing
frost came on September 3, when
the thermometer registered 20 de
grees. In 1908 the fosts came on
September 20 when the temperature
was 81.
A bean pod was brought to the
Farber Forum office recently that
measured nearly "a inches in length.
and was by far the longest ever
seen In that section. 1t was raised
by Misses Hester and Lee Gray,
who have several hills of the varie-
ETY..
August Reisng, of St. Louis eoun-
ty, on 40 acres Of ground, grew 5000
bushels Of potatoes, which is an av-
erage Of 200 bushels per acre, and
we are told he expects" to get rs
bushels Of corn to the acre from 70
acres. Last week he sold 500 bush
els of his potato crop at 70 cents a
bushel to an Indiana firm, and re-
fused a contract TO sell the entire
crop Of 5000 bushels al that price.
Mr., Reising owns 265 acres Of land,
and Is what would be called a mod
ern farmer. He has his own threeh-
ing machine, and uses steam plows.
He and one man do nearly all the
work on the farm.
L, A. Bybee, passenger agent for
the Alton in this city, has received
a postcard from Mr.. and Mrs. VIII ]