Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-01-06

Ice hiEha thar las weeks close:
10 change On Ofhsrs outlook fair
b good 10r the remainder q thts
week
Hog receipts le.epBs market open
ed steady. n load of caOSce hogs
selling ID 10 sNsS Bulk OF an
Has 70 ss.ss. The close was
weak We anticipate 10 material
change this week
Sheep receipts 3eB@: market ez
treaelv aztive. ana Is 10 &c higher
rop lambs sS.75. top yszrHnEs E-75'
steady nsxs few days.
Nara Live stock Con Co
Perry DAVIS. at santa Pc. paid
cat ss1s6s4 for turkeys the week
before Christmas.
Joseph Fisher q this cOunty sold
|wn EsagIish soc bushels Of corn.
al 60 cents for The bnshsl
Jndee Alex Carter paid Nal Nor
MS ss q head fer "a breeding ewes
some corn al Auxyssse has been
selling for CSC a ba
One hundred and seFen acres q
hand south Of Sturgeon vas recently
sold for $1,000
This sudden cold speH caught many
Of the farmers with lots Of
corn In the field The corn
In many Fields Is badly blown
down and VIII be hare for the far
sners 10 q an the com under these
lconaitions. And when a bushel Of
corn is wasted nov Il means the
~losing Of money. more SO than when
the farmers used to dispose Of their
corn al from 500 to $3.50 per bar
rel
C. W Bailey. residing west Of
IILad6snia IS improving his fine 400
acre farm
That Irish potatoes are the most
pr0fItable crop groEn in 0klahoma
lis shown By figures compiled BY
the state board Of agriculture Ths
~value Of the product per acre was
s4eIs in 1893 and SSEE in 1851
lSEeet potatoes come third. with
yield Of SSSIs per acre IN 1905 AMI
'ls47.Is in 1897, and onions third. Wiz
with s7s.0s last yezr and S4S'
the year before. vineyards r ais
very profitable. with . showing o
sls.sS and s1s.3s for the two year
nenuoned-
I Alfalfa leads the staple crop
with a production Of s1204 per A
in 1893 and sl423 in 1907 COttol
J Is close to it, with sl1.sI in $50
and $f724 in 1907. BrOomcorn fel
, short last year, with only sss
per acre. but produced sl42T pc
! acre IN 1857. and may have an ga
better showing this year. The avei
age yields Of other crops for 1897
(which was for most Of them abou
Ia normal year. are Corn. SSs7
wheat s7-s2; oats. s5.T2. bzriel
ls2se: rye. s3-70: kaffir corn. 1856
sorghum, s7.35: mile maine, $50
/. lcov peas. 1854; tame grasses, t5l4
native meadow. 1854; peanuts sii.7
Charles Householder. q promineE
stoekmzn Of Audrain county. No
-had in St Louis Of his own feedin
las head Of western Eeariing shee
that averaged ~ lbs. and sold 1
s7s5. Mr. Householder had ia
o-ilosd OF the same yezrlings la
sllxeek that sold al s72-
al I'M Mills. D Of Aadrain's pro
,.peroas farmers in the vicinity Of Ma
ltinsburg. had IS acres Of O plan
ed this past year that yielded,
some instances. an Average Of
bu. to the acre He has gathers
,e only 3 little Of # the ground b
in no condition for some tin
ta complete his work He has =
OF wheat in thar is doing fine.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Mills. living in Martin
r. burg vicinity, was troubled mus
le the past ear with a large r
q which preyed upon her chicken
J. She and her husband made every {
a. but could not find how he enter
afbe chicken house. After quite
bexhne tire rat was located In a h
iIow piece Of wood in the wooa-pi
Ia Mr. Mills dog discovered him Sin
that time the depradations Of I
,5lIrat have ceased. al Mr.. Mills {
= lished him with his shotgun
til The hog shortage IS real a
,x;tipo fancied,H said Dana Ragsda
lone of the best known buyers
Monroe county. Saturday mig
On Hogs that in the ordinary ye
! awoald be stockers are being burr
Old to The market TO catch the high
ces. and piggy sOws are almost
beiieve. is q million and a
"a hogs short now and the shortage
.ert possible to get The country,
ain grow. an looking for 10eent h
oflin January. Paris mercl
wiH W. r. wilkerson, Of Mexico,
Thelhas sone fine chickens, carried
ish- several Prizes at the Boone q
ty Poultry shoW the last week
December. On Houdsns he got !
On cock and first on eOoEel
ond and third On hens. On
white Crested Black Polish be
Iceived first Cd cock and cocks
eral and first. second and third on b
Of first on the best pen
Co A silver cup was awarded
iwfkerson for the best female.
ONE one for the highest scoring
the land for the best patricolored bird
loth Mr.. wukerson is very much p
led with the Boone County :
Land feels confident that the pO
q, interests Of Missouri 2 grown
s 800 prominence anu
81 tention from year to year
-. The Harrison & Anderson sal
draft mares at AEIFasse last
was a success, the average
q o. Of s2fT per head being paid
omp Corn is selling 10 feeders
erred al from 50 and % cents
or in busheL
, ST. John Brewer sold z. r. Buc
FRIDAY, four head d good null
sI25 each.
LAref IL Co. I'M H. ca