Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-28
Stock and y
- Farm News

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LEDGER SPECIAL
{ Becker Private Wire
Caitle-ssee iHeiaalng ere soaA
Gas Sseasy to Ia higher
Hes-7a 1c oEer.
Med ard baseh Sc a
Coed heavy So SIS
RoasA haavy SIS SO
SaoeP4Leea Siezdy.
OAzso Close
Wheat sept 81 Dee - IS s 81 Nay
lee -
Cora 6 lab
cOa sep 8 IA B De s. lie B Nay
$ Is = IA p
Oats Sea, a ~ A Dec a. IS Nay
- rs
RofE sept Ha Jan l4Se
.Laa o. Sos Jan So
.Rihs gaa T.7E
J 7. JoAnsoa one q Aadans
most s1tcAsae farrners. says bis
cora VIII ns&e fully 80 6a 20 he A.
IN soaoe rhces and that hk ouesi
yield VII Re about - ba lie bad q
large aeFsage "A co<n this seasoa
and most Of i did vel.
He Is pvsflng in lee aciss 81
wAeSf * vhch a rart has alFea5y
been so4n. Although be has 6ae.
fertile had. be Is using Ice poaats
Of bone meal fertilizer to The acre
IN hts sowing IL order thas a large
yield will Re assured.
T. L PhIlips. one OF Audraias
rxsalsr planners. resi&nE south Of
thEs CITY. Aad a dne Berkshire brood
saR killed By lightning during the
storm Molday sight He valued her
al sac.
That Missouri grows threefhths as
much corn as IS grown il Europe,
ihree times the amoant raised il
South America and nearly half as
much Is the world outside Of the
Uaited States produces, are authori-
ztve estimates given BY Prof T. &.
MumfoFd. dean OF the agricultural de
nartmeut Ok the University Of Mis-
s9urL
These statement. =e taken from
an article prepared By Prof Mum
ford Ia a competitive contest with
Austin W. Big@ Of the bureau Of
labor statistics and W L. Nelson,
assistant secretary Of the State
Board OF agricultural possibilities Of
Missouri TO be furnished the bureau
II immigration IN Washington, d. C.
Several weeks ago Governor Had
'rg roeeired a let;er from the bureau
OF immigration requesting an article
along this line and he then iuaagur-
s'ed tbe contest The resams q Mis-
souris agricultural resources and
possibilities By the bureau Of labor
statistics vas elected by the govern
o. as the most comprehensive and
this was forwarded 10 Washington,
The other two were SO m~erltorious,
however. the governor instructed
Commissioners Bigss to publish The
three in a pamphlets for general dis.
iribgtlon-
The average value OF Missour's
corn crop. Prof Mumford says. is
about s10e, o00. 600 and that is hay
and wheat crops average about $780,
600 900 each. OF belt states
Missouri has the greatest acreage Of
unOccupied land. Prof. Mumford esti
mates this al 20. 900 900 AGREE He
finds the greatest number OF apple
trees in Missouri and an average
production Of apples equal that that
Of any other state.
Thousands Of yellow posters adyis-
ing farmers Of the necessity Of pick
ing seed corn Ia September are be-
Ing scattered in the farming districts
by the Wabash Railroad. The post.
ers ask the cooperation of all oiti-
zeas In the observation Of seed
corn week.
III seed corn is not picked until at
ter frost, the posters state. there IS
probability Of a large percentage Of
It's beins weakened by the cold and
unfit for cultivation. Farmers are
ADVISED to pick seed from the
standing plant as they win be able
then to select it from those ears
that are well matured. II Smelling
time IS waited for there IS no way &c
tell the properly matured from TIKI
poorly matured grain Nor is there
any method OF telling whether it has
been hurt by frost
With the poster method of instruc.
ftion, the Wabash hopes to save mil
lions Of dollars in corr to the farm
ers. It requires about a dozen ears
of corn TO an acre.
The rainfall Monday night amount.
cd to 1.26 inches. This was a very
heavy downpour and the bitches ex.
eayated for the Central HEATING
Plant pipes cayed IN in several plac.
es. The workmen are now at the
northwest corner Of the Square head
&c West. They were unable to work
Tuesday morning on account Of the
bitches being full of water.
G. W. Rightster, OF near Rush Hill
brought to town Thursday a Wagon
load Of nuts. The nurs thrown
into the wagon loose, except -four
sacks. which he put on top. There
were 80 bushels in the load and they
melted Mr.. Rightster s49.50.
Mr.. Rlghtster says he has sew
eraI more loads to place on the mar.
ket. Hickory nuts are plentiful in
his locality. He says Il took him
about three days to pick the load.
+. W. Carlson VIII soon begin the
erection Of a large cattle and feed
barn The building will be 4sxS0 Il.
with solid concrete foundation. This
building VIII contain a crib 1886
feet. r. Carlson is one Of the most
successful cattle feeders in Audrain
county and always goes to the mar
ket with his stock In first class
condition. The new building win
enable him 10 feed IN the dry and
thus take better are OF his stock