Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-12-14
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= Farm News

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Tie ssaekmea sa Chh pr Of the
STATE ars very indignant n Tie sd
vance IN tha rata Tor selling stock
on the market The PROPOSED n
Ieresse srnounsz to s2.e a car. Tie
eharEe On hoss l. nov ssee; he
new rase WI te SO he Increase
On car q ostrie Bow So Etu be
lps; xhne on 8 mixed a The price
viii be $40
A meeting vas held n AooAry
this week phHch was la1sely attend
ed By Stock men from this PAX o.
the Sta1e. Those 4run Nezico were:
william Msad5. r. r. BnckntE c T.
FowelL u. A. Carter. r. D. Price aud
II. 7 Crew.
The follozing resolutions were
adorsed al he M0bery meeting:
I'VE, TIE ssippess Association Of
icsAtal Missouri. In conversion a
semssad n Noaezsx. cor purpose o.
inxesueasing he action q the Ma
uonal live stock Exchanee IN Ne
N The co.nmission on Awe stock
hxre gone snto tie matter eanetuAy
and snoroagh3y and n convinced
chat The Increase wiz result IN grcss
lintaEfke 10 shippess and producers q
tbs association thereiore. be 4
Resoired. that " The shippers
and prOdacerS caademn The actien
Of the Exchange as unreasonable and
snn3uEL Be Il further
Resolved. ThHt shs association
win nx ~pasronfze any firm o. firms
that voted or worked for the proIos-
Cd increase Be il further
Resolves, That each member q
.lthis association pledges himself 10
become an active worker hsaina any
firm or frms that voted for said
~raise Ia livestock commissions Be
st further
Resolved, That We herewith re-
quest an shippers IN Central Ais
souri and elsewhere 70 take similar
ardon-
tsIeaea BY she following sonnst-
teer1
h D. Wilcox. Reniek; George Bar
tee, sturgeon: J. w. Ragsdale and
son. Moberlys W. n. Mundy, Molino;
R Buckner. Mexico; c. I. Powell. O
Mexfco.
Arrangements were made TO nave
another meeting in Moberiy Dozen
Der 81 for further consideration d
the proposed increased rate. In the
maantime there win likely be q
meeting held in Mexico.
Edward Fred, northeast OF Hatton,
bought s75 bushels Of corn from J. F
Dongan of Mexico one day last week
at 60 cents q bushea. The corn was
Mr.. DoEgan's share Of the crop
grown By a tenant on his farm. nortl
OF Hakton, this season Mr.. Fred al
so bought 800 bushels off the DR.
Fred Griffin farm from Dr. Griffin
OF Mexico at 60 cents q bushel.
fulton Gazette.
Paisley Brothers, eight mikes north
least Of Auxvasse, are feeding 30
hogs that win average about 200 lbs.
now and which they expect 20 marke
before the new year.
DR. Fred Griffin Of this city. q
/. short time ago. traded his 300 aere
farm in Galloway county for a vaiua.
bic residence and ground in Kan
sas CIty-a splendid deal for the doc
Tor, it is said. Mr.. Griffin got the
Galloway land from John orear,
trading him a brick residence on Eas
Promenade street therefor.
John w. Brewer, OF Mexico. bought
q team Of 7-years-oid draft horses,
from David Smith. west Of town, at
stock sales Monday for 5000. One
was a gray and the other a roam
Fulton Gazette.
R. r. Buckner. OF Auxyasse. bough'
n pdlf tA orAeV-HouhA mhacH kNOM La
yid Owens. OF Mexico Saturday, for
sbz5. Both r mares. six years old,
and almost perfectly formed. The
owner intended to exhibit them as a
team at the Mexico fair, but one Of
them got out OF shape about the time
and they were not put in the ring.
Among the sheep feeders in this
vicinity we mention Brown 6 Son.
2.OO0; c. P. Starr, 225O; Pres At
Eins. 1000; Lee Shock, 1900; vass
Cox. GAO; n. II. Pemberton, 1000;
Afflick q Hayes. 1000; Sam Craig
head. 1900; Win Pulls, 500; @. b.
Mackey, eco; Frank Edwards. 300. -
Centralia Courier,