Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-03

80 10 Jen Cunningham 9
go VIA timothy seed al ne
.bore prsoe and p0;a,oes a ga
49, Il looks Ike farnins
80 be a prOntable business
usTtinsburg Oracle
r u Byrd. Of Galway ooanp
= vex,oo thursday. and called
!, re Leagsr Office Mr. Byra
has = ner idea about rAis
, rassto crop Jet this season ms
~ he tired the experiment II
sci. the ary year, ard Il Torkse sue
oeSfuIy. j.
NJ Byra ays be m1iehed q
..Tt q, his patch mat year and ne
orser portion he mashed down the
a.. MGR uere yet green, and GOV
- ,sem win dirt- The latter WAs
!. .,Dor,weut worked out b. him
- "a he ,ouchssk or The truth OF
- s,o,emeat Hlsehethod applies 7
ag,s,o PATCHES vhere The TOPS IN
ereen and wherc 20 potatoes 90 nos
form
NJ -ealcrence IS Mash ao~h ne
,,,ato vines whsch are yci green. ana
o,ver chem with dirt The old potato
80 = not rotied because there has
hen not enough vet weather 70 do y
asd ne sun has sapped out the
wo,s,pre from the tops When the
,oss are covered ~. the sun eannoi
san out the m~oisture, therefore re
,slnlnx the dampness in the ground
10 be used to grow a new potato IN
old seed vii again sprout and WIZ
plenty o. rain a good crop VIII pe
had.
Mr.. Byrd says be did thS in 1901
l~,ater ,han the Goth Of August an'
he raised a good crop. He says Voi
me match well and this method wi
sure Drlng a crop Of spuds.
Joe Linneman. who has been raI
ming . threshlng outfits this seasoI
has the best record We have hear
os in the threshing line this year. y
.iLunemsn started t o threshing his I
acres Of oats Saturday afternoon
2. 30 O'Clock and before night had h
oats threshed and in the barn az
all Of his straw baled and in Il
barn loft. All there was left 20 te
where he had threshed was a sma
pile of ashes from the engine. :
Martinsburg Oracle.
Columbia, No. July q.
The results in the shoy rings
Thursday were as follows.
Saddle colt under one year. Ho'
,& Woods, Paris. first; Miller Bro
Columbia, second.
Roadster. mare or gelding any az
Houchins and Anderson, LETTERS
Lefty first. o. J. Mooers, Columb.
second.
Saddle stallion, four years q
and over, Hook & Woods, Paris, fiji
J.. T. Barnes, Columbia, second.
Saddle horse, mare Or geldlT
walk, trot or canter, o. J. Mooei
Columbia. first; B. b. Muir. colu.
bia, second.
Saddle mare, any age, E.
Moore, Mexico, first; Houchins
Anderson, Jefferson City, secon
Hook & Woods, third; o. J. Mooe.
: Columbia, fourth; Il. d. Moore, Mt
leo. fifth.
81 5. r. Emmons, Of this city. who
one Of Audrain's foremost breede
or Thoroughbred stock and who hai
les a fine line Of Sh%orthorns, is ha
!, ing a silo built on his farm. The S
a. Is. "a feet high and 10 feet across
q Mr.. Emmons thinks a silo is a faa
or's friend, and in q year ike I
"a present one. when the prospects G
\. so good for plenty Of fodder W.
on little corn, the silo Is a means OF ]
an serving feed for stock during
winter.
al One and one-hundredths inches
ba rain fell Saturday evening. Includt
AZ this rain and counting the total
on the As hours. there were Las incl
Of rainfall.
Va The rain Saturday afternoon
11a not general, In the vicinity
is Thompson It hardly sprinkled, {
Nc twelve miles northwest Of this {
,,ts the sun shone. Little rain fell
the vicinity OF Rush Hill, but
several miles north, east and so
am OF Mexico there was a good show
,bt Coming as it did, Friday, show
ac- followed by partially cloudy weat
ara and not a very hot sun and Sal
day evenings rain followed BY
nv cool night, the rains are said
have been very beneficial 10
corn and fall grass. 1t came dow
gbt such a manner as to let it soak /
me the ground.
10. These rains have also placed
ak ground in pretty good shape for S
ing uirls, aud ofha
on pasture, and many OF Audrain's f
er are preparing their ground
lie. wheat
an. Indications point to n OF
largest acreages of wheat h.
sown in Audraip county This ian
has been put in bara 8, -