Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-12-07

saddle horses. Is being farther ad
|vertised by a bulletin recently issued
by the College Of Agriculture Oh
the University Of Missouri. The bull
IIetin deals principally with the soils,
each type being shown plainly on q
large coIored map. BY g OF this
man any farmer In the county can
tell what type Of soil he c~ultivaies.
Loose farming methods are pointed
ont and rotations and reforms sug-
gested. 1t Is shown that the soil
lacks nitrogen and that this can be
easily and cheaply supplied by some
legume such as clover or cowpeasl
The bulletin also recommends that
greater attention be paid to corn
breeding. Since As per cent Of the
land is in corn every year, even a
slight increase per acre would mean
a large sum of money for this counr
~. Greater care should be taken in
eelectlng sound ears Of some recog'
nized type OF corn
In general the soils are divided an
10 three divisions: The residual soils,
the glacial soil is the most important
lowering 90 per cent Of the area
and Is by far the richest
This bulletin may be had free by
anyone who will write for IT, Ad-
dress r.. b. Mumford, director Of the
Agricultural Experiment station,
, columbia, Mo. Ask for bulletin No
90.
Jno w. Wood. OF near Paris, Mon
! roe county, sold four mink hides to
I sam Morris Wednesday for SIS. Mr.
Wood Is a trapper Of 20 years exper
ease and Ii one OF the c~leyerest hunt
ers with the steel trap in the State.
He traps during his leisure time
being primarily a farmer.
He has rs traps and has harvest
ed some Sc pelts this year in but
. ten days trapping. These pelts wer'
8 mink, polecat, muskrat coon and tox
He says minks are very hard 70
! catch, as the little animals are so 81.
0 He reports his 40 A. of wheat in fins
shape.
2 Probably the largest amount o.
E land ever sold in Galloway at auc
= ton in one day was sold at the
E court house door Monday. when neal
:, " 1900 acres Of land was sold fol
Z the purpose Of winding up estates
u and for partition bringing a total o
: $72, 4g2.--Fulton Sun.
u Eek Chief. owned by Tom Bass
2 oil Mexico, won first in stallion elasl
4 al the National Live Stock SHOW
4 In Chicago Tuesday night.
e Roy Ferris received two blue quai
g from the Hamilton Bros ranch il
Texas this week. They were sent hill
e as a curiosity. They look quite
Q lot like wild pigeons.
Is william Lee OF Mexico vas her
Monday as usual TO buy horses, bu
9 says he was buying On the worst ma
9, ket he has been up against IN
d long time and could not pay YER
. high prices and only bought abou
e half his usual number on stool
% sales day. He made purchase o
n horses from the following parties: s
"a T. Wood, G. l.. Smart, w. M. Drink
y ard, B. v. Martin, G. w. Jordan
10 e. X. Smith and Everhart q Hudnal
and two mules Of ]. R. Cleveland,
m small pair OF nice mare mules a
u $3.50. and one mile Of +. 7. Kel
70 sick.-Fulton Sun.
rs The top for heavy grade steers Ia
day was S7.15, although the high to-
Of for the steer market was s7,25 pal
OF for a drove Of year1tngs, The s7.1
2 top was paid to Culver and Hen
ay bricks large live stock dealers 0
b. Audrain county, Nc. This shipmen
I'll consisted of 40 head Of beeves tina
averaged 1905 pounds. The steeI
as had been fed for about ninety day
on a straight corn feed and we're d
good condition for killing. Culver an
m Hendricks are extensive feeders bt
ed up to this time had kept their "a
cattle feeding TO heifers. This 1
A. their first experience in feedin
he steers and the way 1t turned OF
shows that they have little TO lear
II when 1t comes to ~fattening stock fc
81 the market.-Liye Stock Reporter.
IN child-tn's Ready-to-Wear Dresses
hi ,~l.'eketts & Emmons D. G. Co.