Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-24

Best pair Of mules. any age, jams
Chapman first; N. +, Murry, Her
ford, second.
The grand swef tStsks mule co
ring was withdrawn cq account
the Lack Of entries and speci;
prize Of SIS was mate in its place
Clay Chapman was given first an
Milford Berrey, second.
Best saddle mare, years old an
over Tom Bass, list; w. ]. Cowlel
second.
The New Bloomfield Band, whic
Is engaged by the Fair Association
'eminded the citizens in the bus
ness part early in the morning tha
tie Fair had begun, when at
o'clock the opening concert was gi,
en-.
Best saddle mare, three years an,
under four Houchin & Anderson
first; Hook & Woods, second.
Best saddle mare two YEARS am
under three Fritz zumsteg.
Best saddle mare. one year and III
der two, James Cox.
Best saddle mare under one yea
old-C L. Thomas, first; ]. p. Pow
ell, second.
Best saddle stallion, four years ole
and over--lra Sharp, Sharpsburg
ILL.,, first; w. j. Coles, Ashland
Ill. second.
Best lady rider-Miss Sarah Bast
Trimble, McCredie, first; Miss Kate
Ray, of Hannibal, second.
In the class for saddle stations
seven of the best stations ever
shown together contested Marsha
Chief. owned by Ira Sharp OF
Sharpsburo H., won with the Mis-
souri-bred Joe Mcdonald owned by
William Cowles of Ashland, H.,
second.
Marshall Chief, owned by Ira Sharp
of Sharpsburg, ILL.,, the horse that
took first in the saddle stallion event
held Tuesday afternoon, was de.
by Tom Bass, of this city.
Joe Mcdonald, owned
by Chas. Sinclair of Ashland
ILL.,, was raised by j. w. Smith, south
east of this city. Though both
horses are from Illinois, they were
developed by Audrain county men.
William Vivior, in charge of the
and horticultural ex-
hihit, is justly proud of his show
this year. While the people have
been talking about poor crops he
has something to show to the con-
trary. While a number OF counties
in this section of the State have
had but small fruit crop, old Au-
diain has the finest peaches almost
l., its history and there are some
fine ones on exhibit at the Fair.
The corn show, both of this year
ara of last year. is good, as well as
the various other articles.
state Exhibits.
Other exhibits of interest are the
state products. In the department of
Aa;nal Husbandry, the different
GRADES of of wool and mohair are
shown. Staple wool from different
breeds OF sheep are seen and bulle-
tins and pamphlets are issued.
The correct manner Of pruning
trees, the use of different sprays an
the care of orchards are shown by
photographs in the different dis
plays from the Horticultural depart
ment.
The Agronomy department proba-
bly, is the most interesting to the
majority of the farmers who visit
the exhibits, The department is di-
vided into to heads, plant breeding
and autlaying experiment stations re
suits, The farmers are shown varie'
ties Of wheat and corn and the char
acter of soil best adapted for them.
One OF the most interesting feat
ures of the state Agricultural exhib'
it at the Audrain county fair is
that which refers to the fdrai mage
on the property of ]. f.
Cocntx west of Vandalia. There Is
one section of the exhibit entirely
deyolec to this feature and Au
!lrain countyans who reside on
prairie fa,ms will find it worth while
MI, Coontz is one of Audrain's
most progressive farmers and When
lie donated 1G A. of his ground fol
this experiment he evidenced his
interest not only in the welfare
of the county but of agriculture II
general The scheme used was thu
four year rotation of crops and tht
results sbeak for themselves.
In 1867 this land was planted il
cowpeas. Part Of the land Il
drained and part is undrained 81
the two results may be most easil!
compared: That year the draine'
land gave S2t5 lbs. of cowpeas II
the acre and the undrained onl'
5000 lbs,
In 1908 corn was planted on tn
same ground. The drained land CAV
a yield OF S4,5 bu, to the A. an
the undrained 2S.7. In 1909 oat
was planted and the drained sectio
|y,aveI a yield of 55.4 bu. to lhhe
acre and the undrained only 1876.
In 1910 wheat was sown. Th
drained land yielded 11.5 bu to tn
acre and the undrained S.4, Thi
year, as the four year rotation ha
been completed, eowpeas has bee
sown again.
The Ledger enjoyed some
Meredith Armistead's fine peachf
Tuesday. They were delicious an
some of the very finest we hay
seen this year Audrain is enjoyin
one of the best peach crops
years and Mr. Armistead has h
share of the best.
FOR TRADE.
150.Acre farm near Mexico; goe
land; for Mexico residence prope