Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-07-20
Stock and ~
~ Farm News

The St LOUIS Live otOCh RePohueif
referring to two Audrain county
farmers, who were on the st. Louis
market. says;
There was a right good rain a
few miles southwest of where I live,
| said J. T Boil, Of Audrain coun-
ty. Mo, while on this market with
a load of cattle and hogs, mixed,
the other day, "but in my immediate
neighborhood we have had only al
81 all shower or two. We certainly
reed 1t as bad as any place could,
\ outside Of an absolute desert. There
is almost no grass, the oat crop Is
nearly ruined, and corn is beginning
to want rain. As yet it has entered
none, but 1t cannot wait much long
or. without some damage being done.
Water for stock is scarce, and unless
the supply is increased soon all the
farmers in my section. and in other
dry places, will turn off this stock,
land flood the market. for no feeder
cares to take the risk Of a water-iess
lsummer. / believe we will have
all the stock on the market that the
demand will call for. and a little bit
moe besides. This will mean al
low market all summer and fall prob
ably. It's the best we a expect"
Ia Jack Brown, a well known Au<
drain county. Mo-, farmer and cattle
feeder, was in this week with a
~corsignment Of good heavy steers thaI
he seId at 1920. To a representative
of the Reporter he had the following
to say Lack Of rain has given us
considerable worry Of late and I'M
Tess we have general rains before
mary days l am afraid Of the m
4 sequences that will materialize. AS
far as oats are concerned they are
! very badly damaged and even though
: GOOD rains should fall will do little
good. Pastures are short and need
refreshing. As a result of the dry
spell there will be a light hay crop
this season, fortunately | have a
5 ham with quite a few tons that in
tended to feed last winter but owing
? to the mean turn of cattle market
Ties. / didn't take on as many eattk
as l intended, thus figure that
am Just that much hay ahead and It
will be worth something this fall.
d with rain our corr should develop in
TO a bumper yield, Potatoes are
as scarce as l ever saw them. In
IT places you can find them but for the
NEST part the patches are nothing
y but tops"
4. c. Wilson, secretary OF the
Estate Board of Agriculture, will soon
= issue a bulletin Of advice to farm
ers, in which he will explain how
they may, in large measure, recouI
themselves from losses incurred By
the drought. HeN says there is
tendency among farmers to get RI
OF their stock at a sacrifice In DIR!
-. SEASONS. This, he claims, is q mis-
taken policy, as hogs can be car
ried on a diet Of shipstuff am
ground wheat, while cattle may b
wintered entirely upon wheat stray
(which this year is Of greater nutri
= tive value than the average timoth'
hav grown in a wet year.
Secretary Wilson will advise farm
ers to stack wheat straw carefully
IN. or, better still, put 1t into bales an
st. store it. He will further tell ther
no to cut up every stalk Of corn on the
on farms. which, he says, will prov
of to be excellent food for any kind
re. stock this year.
ne while it is not generally known,
raj said Mr.. Wilson, fodder is muc
richer in nutritlye qualities in a Or
season. Fodder is particularly GOO
-e this year, being rich In starch an
sht sugar, the f~at-producing elements
ne food. Every stalk Of corn shouI
Mr. be cut and carefully shocked"
49,.
we have had n or two shoN
ers. but they have done little mo-
than settle the dust" said f. T. IA
sey of Audrain county Mo,while
reo this market Thursday, says the S
us Louis Live stock Reporter. TT
drought has now ruined a good de
lof the early corn, and | don't thiI
that IL would take a much long
spell of 1t to get the rest. Oats a
hay were short, on this account, a
the grass was practically all bun
up, sometime ago. Our wheat M
for vested out fine. Naturally, we ha
K no water for our stock, and q gre
re. many OF the feeders are preparil
to turn loose on the market. In Ii
- some have already started to do
III NV brother and l fed about two ht
bred head Of butcherstuff this spri
| Ill and we still have about 100 he
left, for which we are having
: time supplying water. Turning tn
loose on the present market Y
mean a loss Of 100 per load,
= even more, If the market goes nj
Hover. But that is exactly what
will have to do if we do not h'
a good rain soon"
Several well known Audrain Ia
e ers who have been following the
souri, experts suggestions for ia
ing in dry weather have reported
this office that they have had II
n success and not eve as much
their neighbor who followed the
> plan. Believing the experts c'
explain this failure, we wrote to
II rotary Wilson, of the State a
!. iil Agriculture concerning the ma
u. His letter follows and Is very
Tightening upon the matter.
Columbia, Mo-, July IA, 1911.
Mr.. L. M. White,
Mexico, Mo.
Dear Mr.. White
- 1 have read your letter of Jul
$3.50 referring to the apparent failure
: get satisfactory results by the