Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-11-23

The many small boys in Mexico
who have been trapping this fan re
mort good success. They have caugh
enough to pay for the initial IN
yestment as well as to make them a
nice profit. Muskrat is the princi-
pal animal caught, though a few
mlnks and some sOons and rabbits
|hre captured.
Frank Canada this week sold TO
Dennis spelman 900 acres off the
west part Of his magnificent farm.
The price we understand was around
$4,000. Frank still mas about four
hundred acres left Spelman gets
possession March !, 1912.
William Pollock sold his farm Of
100 acres two miles esat Of tcEn 10
an Illinois gentleman for $50 an
acre.-Stufgeon Leader.
1t is reported that rabbits are dy-
ing in certain localities. Deputy
Sheriff Crockett woolery says he
saw a number of dead rabbits ly.
n+ in the fields west OF town:
Complaints from other localities
bring the news that rabbits are dy-
ing. 1t is said that a disease Is
prevalent among the rabbits this
fall.
j. T. JOHNSON has bought the
400 acre farm. just southwest OF
Laddonia, known as the Barton
place. for $4,000. The sale was
made through the firm OF Ricketts,
G Whitney. of Mexico, No Colonel
johnson now owns nearly 1900 acres
Of the best land in Audrain county
and no man knows better the value
Of AudraIn county dirt than Colonel
johnson. This is one Of the bes'
farms IN the county. well improved
and sold at a bargain. Mr.. Johnson
has already been offered a nice prof.
it.
William Crockett. who resides Oh
North Washington avenue, has
hen with a brood Of small fuzzy
chicks whose family was enlarged
by the adoption Of a new member
this week A stray kitten arrived a
the Crockett home aud the hen i'm
mediately took charge of her and OF
the first cold night Struggled the al
most frozen cat beneath her wings
} with the little chickens.
S. n. Evans, one Of Mexico's
most enthusiastic local poultry fan
ciers, has a Single Comb Rhode Isl
and Red hen, six months old. which
weighs five and a half pounds, that
won first prize in the local poultry
show laa weez when he brought
| her home from the shoW he found
she had laid an egg weighing three
and a half ounce Mr.. Evans sites
this instance OF almost unheard d
prodigality in a small hen as The
( result of her pridein winning a bIut
ribbon.
Ray Dunlap had a carload OF sheet
on the St Louis market last week
He purchased the sheep about two
months ago and turned them int
his cornfield IN which he had plantes
cowpeas. lie received a nice prof,
He has a car Of hogs 70 go in a
few days.
J.. w. Giyens. Of near MsrJinsburg,
had a pair Of good Sc brides stolen
this week. He reports his lOaors
field Of cor averaging 25 bn.
j. B. Ruhter sold Chas. Dean 500
bu. of e corn last week for s1c a
bu.
Wil Lee paid J. b. Rutter slG5 for
a horse and the same price for a
good mare.
E. N. Crooks, a prominent stock
man Of Rush Hill, has Just returned
from Chicago where he shipped four
loads Of native cattle, They brought
s7.45 and averaged 1880 lbs. He
has 50 head Of calves on feed and
100 hogs.
w. o. Doweli, a well known young
farmer living al Youngs Greek, says
the wheat is fine in his section. He
reports hog cholera around Long
Branch but says there Is none in
his section.