Mexico Missouri message., 1911-11-23
FARM AND LIVE STOCK.
finn Johnson's Big Land Deal
T. r. Hamlet's Bees-A. L.
Corbin 8 Sale.

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II million dollar egg, an increas,
If 3 million dollars in annua
poultry products in two years
Joe Wilson delivered ~ hog,
II Mexico Monday to Powell &
Mundy at six cents. Weight, 2OC
pounds each.
George Pittman has bought the
Jim Bridgford farm, east of San.
ia Fe; 160 acres at 500 per acre
1t is a good place and he got il
well worth the money.
Repeated from the Kansas City
Times: Up here in town we
know considerable about the ap.
0etizing delight of regular honey
but we don't know very much
about the bees that do the work.
There are great armies Of bees on
the job all the. time in Missouri.
There's T. r. Hamlet. an Audrain
county farmer, for instance. lie
has seventeen hives and alb he
gets out of them is about seven
hundred pounds of honey every
wear.
j. r. Johnson of Mexico has
bought the old r. G.. Barton farm,
Just northwest of Laddonia, COM
posed of 400 acres, paying $780,
600. 1t is one of the finest bodies
of land in Audrain county and
Mr.. johnson says it is the best
bargain he has made in 20 years.
1t has a new seven-room house,
new barn-that will hold 16
hOrses-and two granaries. Mr.
Johnson bought it of some parties
who live in the East who have all
kinds of money, and they likely
never will know what bargain
they gave.
jeff Allison of Beaver Dam is
feeding 20 head of extra good
young hogs, now weighing 225
average. Mr.. Allison has faith
in the market and expects to have
them tip the beam at 275. Also
A. II. Dicus is feeding 80 head
that will weigh $50 or better. He
says he expects to top the market,
VIM. Prior of Beaver Dam is
buying up a load of calves to put
on feed for the spring market.
Elmer Dicus, southwest of
Mexico delivered a load of hogs
to Powell & Mundy at 6 cents,
weight 225.
A Monroe county feeder says
he keeps his hogs healthy by
placing a mixture of equal parts
of common salt and glauber salts
where they can get it whenever
they choose.
A. l.. Corbin, three miles west
of Benton City, will have a public
sale of live stock and farming
implements Tuesday, Nov. 2S,
j. T., johnson will be the
auctioneer and Frank James
clerk.
Our Beaver Dam correspond
ent says John Waugh is feeding a
nice drove of pOrkers which will
soon do to go to the market.
Z. W. McF adm, near Santa
Fee, bought drove of hogs re-
Gently from }. NJ Young at $500
f. Beamer sold drove of hogs
to f. w. McFadin at $500.
We notice in the Fulton
Journal that A. O. Washington,
of North Galloway, among his
sales on the market We're 63d
pound heiferS that sold at $S,25
the extreme top of the market
this year for butcher cattle. Hur,
rah for Uncle Alfred.
f. A. Gibbs of Beaver Dam ha,
sold his surplus crop of corn at
90 cents por bushel.
1t has been said that farmer
should not take a hand in politics
No, no, we think not, he should
use both hands.
Theo. II. Miller, south of Mex,
leo, last Saturday delivered eight
head of hogs to Powell & Mundy
in Mexico, average 40, at 500
W. l.. Bybee bought a load OF
hogs received at Rush Hill, pay
ing $3.50.
X. b. Wilkerson of Mexico
bought the big rs acre orchard
of apples on, the VIM. Woods
place near Perry. He gathered
lh acres hut the nther loo nnrnS