Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-01-06


ton.
Joe Considine. over at Thompson,
did a ISnd-0ffioe business In mules
during the year just closing He
bought s74 bead for 4 total Of sN.-
ss7.75 and sold 5sa head for sss-'
$3.50. being 10 mules and about
si0eee ahead Of the game. Hs
also shipped several hundred cat
lie and hogs during the rear and a.
present is feeding 1s0 mules
Frank stephens. tEo miles east o.
Fulton. sold . horse 3 few day'
aEo. 70 Durham Ashwortb. Of Mex
ice. al $3.50.
One Thousand and nfnety-nine hunt
ers licenses have been issued II
Galloway county.
A MissouriAn who vas iursd q
the utnost corner Of Texas by cheal
land writes back thsf eorn make.
from Is to 80 bushels 10 the acre
I bu, the Eeeyl commences on In
corn before 81 Is ripe and has il a.
eaten by January Sweet poSatoe
and melons DO vel. but there
no market for them As TO gree
trees ara roses. it e ali true. but WI
can live On scenery and blae skies
Give ne old Missouri with the ce
lar fun Of potatoes. apples Fegeu
bIes and fruit, my barrel fHn Of mez
and a cool drink Of water.
a 1900 pound hog raised In Ms
csupin county, Illinois. was a cur
osify al the National Stock Yard
/ last week Too big 70 Be killed i
the regular way By the paegin
house method. he was finally COZ
rerted from pig to PORK over II
cattle route and had 10 be skinne
instead Of scalded After he va
ready TO be cut up be stiIl Weighe
ss7 pounds. and each ham tips a
als Al So s7B,aa5r ha p
pound. He lost 20 pounds in trans
and the firm that consigned hi
r viii lose money, for be was sold
9 cents, net weight, making hl
bring s57.3s, a loss Of Si267, VII
ont considering the expense Of shi
ping and marketing
]. P. Powell lost a fine mu
Z and a steer this week.
H T. Painter, near Santa Fe- SO
Z a pair Of mules to John Doweh IA
/ week for $40. DoweH sold The
8 the same day to a party near Nj
q ico for s470 and this party g
] them the next day TO a Mexico b
h er for s500-Perry Enterprise
Il Powell, Mundy & Sims, who I
u among the largest shippers 70 Z
! market from Audrain county, n
marketed a well conditioned lot
y. beeyes Dec. IA. The sale emhr
30 ed 20 head Of 10TH. beeEes 4
If sold at ss.75 to Clarence Hayes
IN Norris & Co. These cattle were
in the feeding Of Judge J. Z Sims
81 feeder who Is well known for
&C ability. They also bad a load Of
be steers weighing 1874 lbs. that s
al ss.s5 10 Swift & Company.
ST. Louis Live Stock Reporter.
rs Chas. Anderson. Of Andrain q
". no, came in September 7th '
lr- Z select load Of yearling bute
lso steers. averaging szl lbs They
'en al $500 per ZOE pounds. These b
Is sold 10 Clarence Hayes for
ria 4 Co. Mr.. Anderson sta
ow 4 fed these steers eve since
try we're weaned, starting them on
in meadow pastures Then can
at light feed OF oats. ! gradually u
I'd Up the corn feed until By
Of first Of last December ! had (
eek on a fun feed. Then they had
rice cess to a s~elf4feeder where
could secure an the corn they 7
.Iiv- Cd and In connection ! eontit
per the cats and ad5ed q pound Of
ton seed cake every day. This
ner, ton / Ike very much for y
at cattle, in fact ] have made
the basis Of my feeds for years.
read are a necessary feed for young
srch lie, giving them muscle and NJ
strength for the forcing period =
80 straight corn and e~ostoDseed
-7s0l VIII not do. By having the y
ed stamina. ] find the cattle
zoe to the corn wei and never be
COLBY a. is usually the case
far straight corn alone is used =
corn Louis Ave Stock Reporter.
Audrain county. No. shippers
Fe. out n forta this week ID ST.
D. several consignneuts coming
iced lots Of The county. Col
idle shobe marketed four loads of
tons at s5-s5 70 $3.50. z wilburn
50 companied by Chris Marburg, (
q same county, was IL with 6 loi