Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-09-22

1Olul W NC w $3.50
and poultry yard at the Fulton
Institution.
Montgomery City, Sept. 10.
rhe second day OF the Montgomery
Fair saw the grounds crowded.
B. R. Middleton, with Laddie Boy,
won .Le harness ring.
The following are the Mexico win
nings Wednesday:
In the ring for the best saddle
B. R. Middleton won with
Kings Queen. e. D. Moore was see
ond. with Queen of Diamonds.
In the harness gelding ring, Mr..
Middleton's entry won second.
In the high school ring, Kings
Queen won first and an entry be-
longing to Mr.. Moore second.
Il. M. Berry, Just north of McCre-
die, on Tuesday, weighed up the u
head Of grass cattle he sold to S.
R. Craghead, OF Andrain, a month
ago, at 6 cents a pound. The bunch
~percented 1910 pounds, and was
considered one OF the largest and
best lots Of native cattle gotten to
gether In Galloway in many years,
MIR. Berry bought them between
last September and February. and
they have had the very best Of treat
ment since. Mr.. Craghead viii pre-
pare them for market on his Au-
drain farm.-Fulton Gazette.
At the Paris Fair J. T. Beatty, OF
Western Audrain. had the following
success with his fine sheep entries;
Ram under 2 Sherwood Bros, LIST;
j. T. Beatty, 2nd.
Ram under / year, Sherwood Bros.
Eve 2 years and over, Sherwood
Bros, LIST; j.. T. Beatty, End.
Eve under 2, j. t. Beatty, 1st;
Sherwood Bros, End.
Eve under / year, Sherwood
Bros, Ist; J.. r. Beatty, End.
Buck any age or breed, Sherwood
Bros, 1st.; j. T. Beatty End.
Eve any breed. ]. T. Beatty LIST,
Sherwood Bros. End.
Best flock, j.. +. Beatty LIST, Sher-
wood Bros. End.
Mrs. Jessie Baker, near Vandaiia,
took off 1900 young chickens this
spring and sold 800 of them right
out of the incubator at 10c apiece.
She now has $40 about ready for
market.
Chad Blum, near Moline, shipped
2 loads OF 150O-lb. steers to Chicago
Friday. He refused $3.50 for them
at home that day.
Bob Buckner Of Galloway county
bought mules from the following
out on Long ranch: One from J. c
Dowell for $3.50; pair from ]. P
Rudasil for $460; pair from Oscar
Massey, $3.50; 10 2-year-olds from
Milt Householder, s133.5O each; pai
aged mules from Sterling Garter
$500; pair cotton mules from G. L
Dowell, $212.50. ]. C. Dowell alst
sold a pair to Wood Muir for $40.
John Blum bought a span of goot
mules from Earl Carter for $525 re
Gently.
Eubanks Bros. sold two mule colts
to w. w. Wilson for s175 the othel
day.
The 7. j. Rowe & Son sale neal
Rowena Tuesday was well ATTENDED
and stock sold well. Mules per spar
sold from S246 to $525, mules from
$i43 to $2lS. Horses sold from $31 1,
1920. Cattle sold from 500 to s64
Hogs from $40 to 10 lie. Sheer
from $3.50 to $3.50. Old corr TO
59c and new corn for 42e.
George Lee, Of the firm Of lie,
Bros, Mexico, Mo-, who buys NOR
horses in Galloway than any firm OF
earth. was here Saturday and sucoee
ed in picking up four good ones. H
paid Milton Armstrong $1S5 for a s
year-oh roam walking horse. H
also bought a saddle mare Of JOIN
Yates at $175, and then gave T. c
Singleton $24O for a 4-year-old Re.
Mcdonald gelding, and then wound I
by buying a young saddle and hal
ness a Of Roy Kettle ut s11O.-
Auuxvasse Review.
Jack and Jim Hamilton will hav
a public sale OF stock and farm i'm
PIGMENTS next Tuesday and will MOI
to their farm out south of Mexic
to reside. We regret to see thes
people leave our community for the
are excellent gentlemen and Audrai
county Is to be congratulated on II
ceiving them within her borders
They are successful farmers an,
breeders and Audrain county adds m
terially in having them locate there
-Auxvasse Review.
The prize car of corn at the agr
cultural department Of the Minnest
Ia state fair yielded its owner, @. n
Howe, Of Altkin, Minn., s43.00 an
MIS- exhibit Of 20 cars of tn
yellow product brought him $14s,
record that attests TO the profits Z
farming and ranks Dad Howe as III
prize farmer OF Minnesota.
Mr.. Howe, besides winning til
sweepstakes on all kinds Of corr
took the first permium on the bes
Ten years of white cap dent corr
The First premium on the yellow der
corn, first place among the Ahki
County exhibitors and was at III
mead Of the private farmers exhibf
ors' He also took premiums IN bur
IDLE grain and ranked third in h