Mexico Missouri message., 1911-03-16
PLANTING CATALPAS.
w. R. Thompson Has a Grove
Gen. Carters S Fine Horse.
B. Ware, Pig Raiser.


lost five head of sheep recently,
killed by dogs.
Mrs. John A. Clark of Benton
City reports that she made
S425.36 off her eggs, chickens,
turkeys and geese sold during tn
year 1910.
Geo. r. Younger has traded his
home in this city, on n. Clar.;
street, for the Alex Kemp 40 acre
farm, three miles southeast Of
Mexico, and will move to the same
in a short time. Mr.. Younger
gets nice little farm.
Il. b. Kerr of near Molino is
feeding n ear of cattle for the
market and is also feeding a nice
drove of hogs. He has a drove
of thoroughbred White Face cat
tie also. Mr.. Kerr has one of the
finest farms in Audrain county.
j. l.. Bozarth, formerly of Mex
leo but now of near
AuXvasse, is well pleased
with his location and is
proSpering, so the report comes
to us. Glad to hear this, lIr.
Bozarth, but sorry you did not
settle in Audrain.
James b. Ware, near Mexico
carries the championship belt for
pig raising the past year. lie
has two sows which are part
Duroc and part Poland China and
between them they have brought
forth six litters and there were
! IS little pOrkers in all.
Il. j. Hamilton of Laddonia ha.
moved to the old John ID. Me
Carly farm, north of Laddonia il
- the Oak Grove school district
lie is one of the owners. TIL,
editor of the Message knew tn,
place when he was a boy. 1t is {
fine farm and is in a fine section
], of Audrain.
Gen. w. II. Carter, who is il
ID. charge of Uncle Sans troop
| assembling on the Mexican bor
der in Texas, is riding a hors
f which was purchased of Ton
p Bass of Mexico, Mo. Not every
{ body knows that Tom Bass il
t a negro, but he is nOteC
as horseman all over the Unite,
3, States.
Here is the opinion of b. +
y Yoakum regarding farm life
"We need more barns in thi
country and fewer opera houses
We need better homes. In nearl
$ every home, a better kitchen
'. needed. The greatest good or,
has been OverdOne, to the neglec
:. of the simple, comfortable, in
II portant, necessary things. Ever
l. citizen of this country needs
better education in the simple
important, necessary things
geography spelling, history, gran
d mar, writing, arithmetic and les
of the polish which ism t polish.
.e The editor of the Farmers Ma
and Breeze thinks that if IL
.e country girls will continue
wear gingham aprons instead
ri hobble skirts, sun-bonnets lnstca
of big rats, their own hair i
H. stead Of Chinese or Jap hair, al
H. chew good old ham and hOm
made bread instead Of gum, Il
problem Of starting a movemel
back to the farm will be solve
IN 1t will then be a problem of kee
d. ing the boys in town. When
st boy, no matter what his trainln
5e thinks seriously about his partn
X in life, ten to one he will not pic
u on the gum-chewing, fiXy, prinI
III kind of laSsie.
y a few weeks ago the Mesa,
'' urged that farmers should plaj
h' walnut groves. The trees a
p quick growth and the wood is b
coming very costly. Apropos
this our young friend w.
;. Thompson of LaddOnia in Il
m Missouri Farmer and Breeder
m Columbia, Mo-, in sOmewh
o., lenghthy article, urges the plan
a ing and cultivation of catalI
forests. He states that the a
nual output of Missouri forests
about 1914 900, 900, and that [
every tree cut down anoth
L. cboulJ ba n1onta6 He has