Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-02-09
Stock and y
Farm News
HAMILTON BROS. PURCHASE
MULE IN BOONE COUNTY

MULE IN
Al the big combination JACK sAle
NJ Limerick & Bradford, in boOn0
county. Thursday, Hamilton BIOS
Of th;s county, bought Black JACK
la years old, for s16O. There were
20 offerings and the sale totaied AZ
most $4,000.
The MEXICO Fair will be held Aug
p 10 90 OF this year. The large
stakes will be $500. but the list o.
~eyests have not been fully decdeo
upon yst. Mexico. Sturgeon n
Rowllgn Green are the only fairs IN
the Shot-Shlp Circuit at present
There was a meeting Of the short
shin Circuit Thursday at Bowling
Gneen to arrange for the meets
this summer and 70 elect Officers
pr. A. r. McComas, Of Sturgeon
was elected President. w. d. Lee
Of this city, was elected Vice Pness-
dent and Dr.. NJ. o. BAegs, d Bowl
ing Green Circuit Secretary.
The Sturgeon Fair viii be held
first, rs date being Aus. s-ll; d
Bowling Green Fair follows on Aug
1918, and then the Mexico Fair on
Aug. 22 to 25.
Each meet viii have practically the
same number Of events and every
effort win be made by the croui
TO procure some of the best horses
In the state for the speed events.
stock breeders from Audrain coun-
ty who viii be represented in the MIS-
souri, Live Stock Breeders Directory
to be issued from the office of 7. T.
Wilson, secretary of the Missouri
State Board of Agriculture, Columbia
Mo-, are seventeen in number. These
are all that have reported up to date.
Any others who care to have their
names inserted must notify Mr.. Wal
son at once, giving name and ad-
dress Of owner, the name of each
breed of horses, cattle, sheep or hogs
and the number Of animals OF each
breed that is registered and thai
are entitled to register. 1t costs
you nothing more than postage. This
directory will be a valuable advertls'
ing medium for the owner and for
the County and the State.
Our county list to date only shows
the following. If your name belongs
on the list and does not appear,
the fault will be yours.
List Of Breeders in Audrain County
Barnes, theodore, Mexico.
Bell, J. r., Mexico.
Brockman. A. c., Centraia.
Brown, T. B., Farber.
Daniel, d. p. & Son Vandalia.
Emmons, S. p. & Son. Mexico. |.
Groves. S. c., Mexico. R. R. |,
Mccormick, Leslie, Laddonia. |,
Middleton, B. R., Mexico. |,
Parkdale Farm. vandalia.
Price. J. NJ, Vandalia. /,
Smith, ". o., Thompson. .
Showers, G. B., Centra'ta. i
Turner, G. Bros, Centralia.
Wager, 9 NJ, Rowena. 4
Wayne, Jno. H, Mexico.
wafzlger, Andrew. C~entralia. :
,HlEF JosEPHlNE's |.
RECORD KEPT. !
Columbia, Mo. Feb, 2, !,
An affidavit that 1.-THE milking rec
I'd made by Chief Josephine is cor
sct Will belmade by !. T. Van Note.
diversity hendsman, who has bought
60 Bros, dairy at Mexico. and the !
CURES win be forwarded to the
mexican Holstein Association for
ificial approval, after which they
III be returned to THE University of
IissOurt and viii be the property Of
lie institution.
Galloway has been saying much q
rhe concerning the mule sales made
1ithIn the borders of the King
However, Audrain has Deeh
quite a lot Of business In the
mule line recently and perhaps abont
30 percent Of the mules sold in
Galloway are bought by Mexico
buyers and are sold to men from 9th
er stabes. B. r. Middleton. alone,
sold $25 900 worth Of mules out of
city last week shipping them
in five cars to Tennessee.
Mr.. Middleton has just completed
n OF the mule and horse sale barns
In this section. It is the building
formerly occupied by the Thompson
Manufacturing Co, near Pollock's
mill, and has been rearranged and
generally improved. The structure
is of brick and will accommodate
about 14O head Of mules and a large
number Of horses.
Fully $25, 900 worth of other mules,
aside from those shipped by Mr..
Middleton, were sold in the county.
For one weeks business, $50, 900 in
mules is a nice little business.