Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-02-23
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all the eggs ana po4i-as s-f :.
can get
In d n n q . q q .
Henry Amldon sold a PIG 20 D. 4
Glynn Izst week tlzt weighed ~
pounds and for Whsoh b FeceHea
forty dollars. He also sod az elef'
enrmonths-Oh hog 20 Geo. Gray tAat
weighed $40 pounds. whsch 5 aeout
as good az you often hear tel q.
Henry IS a thrifty young farmer and
! a good feeder. He kseEs good
stock and Is eorreot IN thinking
there's a whole lot IN that.-Froer
Forum.
The Pettis county hlghPriee rec
ord on mules has been twice raised
this week. Gustln Smith sold a span
for s625, and Lee Warren sold to A.
lW. Cooper OF Shawnee. Ok, span
Of matched mules for 500.
About the first instance Of a strong
belief in the non-existence Of a good
crop of wheat this year was eYi-
denced by James Tabler, supern-
tendent Of the county farm, near
Great Bend, Kan. In addition TO
the land owned by the county which
he farms and which Of late years
has produced as high as fifty bush.
els to the acre, he has eighty acres
OF wheat on ground Just east Of town
which he rents. He was talking
about this wheat the other day and
made the assertion that 1t would not
make a crop and that he would lose
/ what he had put in it. Bystand-
ers talked with him about the crop,
and he finally Offered to sell It for
the price OF the seed wheat. r. c.
and Reg Russell, DIR. Mead and VIII
lis Bolinger. city farmers, took up
his offer and paid him s1.S5 an acre
for the eighty acres. They figure
they have made fine bargain Tab
Ter is inclined to believe THAT he
knows something about wheat him
self and is not regretting the bar
gain any az yet.
At the big poultry show at Excels-
icr Springs the past week, Gene
Reynolds fine prize winning bird.
Lady Greenwood, of vandalia, car.
ried off the s25 cup offered by the
Snapp Hotel for the highest scoring
bird in the show, q SIS cup for the
best hen in the show, and also rib
bon for being the best Black Orping
ton hen on exhibit.
j. f. Parrish, of near Centraha,
has purchased tho Stephen owings
farm consisting Of 1876 acres, locat
ed near Macedonia church, for s69
per acre or total Of $7,7S5. This
Is considered one of the best farms
In. hts section and Mr.. Paris can
congratulate himself upon securing
1t at that I'ace. Possession will be
given Mr. Parrish about the first Of
March-Ciarl; Chronicle.
J. i. Lewt.ien smiles when he tells
this on amseh, He had 20 good
mules on the St Louis market Feb.
6 and was offered $40 per head. Up
on the word of the commission men,
advising him that the mules we're
worth much more, he refused the OF.
fer. For ten days he kept the mules
In s.. Lonis, paying IS per day 10,
reed and 'hen sold them for $3.50 per
head losing big money. Mr.. Level.
len is feeding another bunch Of 40
mules, and it is safe TO predict that
he will rely upon his own jpds.
ment as to the psychological time
70 sell.-Vandalia Leader.
j. T. Johnson has postponed the
date Of his big sale at Colonial Hill,
and expects to have the same about
the middle of March.
The Columbia Fair wiz be held on
July 25 to 2s, inclusive.
Kansas farmers are getting II
cents for eggs and they are being
sold on the market for 25 cents
Joe considine's big sale viii be
held March 7th at MS farm near
Thompson and win be big one. His
advertisement is elsewhere IN this
issue. The Consdine sale Is one of
The largest held IN this section.
Hamilton Bros, who are improving
The old Graham farm. south of This
CITY, and making It one If the Fin. |
est breeding farms in the state |
were In Lexington. Ky, last week |
and purchased six chestnut saddle
fbeir ,.si,,,s h.oo.,1.., Any eney WIN add tq
The animals and their peilgree are
as follows:
chestnu' stallion. Rex X. 352l |
Oy Gohen King 1853 by Harri.
son Chief 1906, dam of Rex X was
Lucy Johnson by Rex Mcdonald sa2
Chestnut stallion. Dr.. Hookaday
Dy Rex Peaytne 1856 by Rex McDon.
AID SSS, dam OF DR.. Hockaday Brrxse
ohearer 64O6 by Lynn Boyd A
lam Peavine s5.
1
Chestnut stallion, Golden PeavlD.
Oy Chester Peayine 1884 by Rex Paa
vine 1876 by Rex Mcdonald S2g ds,o
. Golden Peayine Bell Ware
Chestnut stallion. white faa, s,r,n.
n face. Moonlight 1916 by Iord
279s by Highland Denmark
100 dam of Moonlight in yesta 2722
oy Greatland 14OS by Red Chief
.neStnut stallion. white ankle strlna
emerson Denmark 424S by Highland
1868 by Highland Dem
mark go. - e''' zen
Dnestnut stallion. white feet strne
-addle Buck 4l03 by Lad for Ma
'9lS Dy bourbon Chief $40 by HarrI.
'on Chief 1906. dam of Iaddje Rno,,
diss Maggard by King Wilson 2l9e,
a large crowd of buyers attend.
"a Judge Alex Carriers stock sale on =
!. ,s farm Just norta Of this city on {
Wednesday. Many were cnnvovoa :
2 MS fisle farm by the eloctrIc 4
a 'ne, The sale probably totallsd !
Judge Carter had a fine lot - :,
ersles and they sold wen This is |,
ne OF the largest stock sales held
a the county this year. :,
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