Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-09
Stock and -
~ Farm News

The members of the local Poul-
try Association are busy at work in
their effort 70 procure the district
State Poultry Show here. They have
secured the second story Of Ferris
& Cauthonn's Hardware Store for the
Show, should they get It. They can.
ii they need extra room. use the
the rear.
w. H. Turner, formerly a mem
ber Of the state Poultry Board be-
fiewes we have a fine chance for the
show and Mr. MeCarrolI, Of Wanda
la, who is a member of the Board,
says he would Ike to see Mexico
have the show.
That oats in Missouri was worth
only $7.91 an acre this year and as
a crop is not On a paying basis, but
canrbe made so by better methods of
seed selection, cultivation. and rota.
tion. Is the gist Of a bulletin issued
by the U. s. Experiment Statloh of
the College Of Agriculture sf the
University of Missouri The bulletin
was prepared by Prof. F. NJ Dem
aree.
In past years oats have been of
minor Importance in the agriculture
OF this state. For the aast seven
years the average acreage has been
709,5S9 acres. The average for corn
has been about $500 acres for
the same time. The average yield
per acre o. oats IN the seven years
has been 22.6 bushels. valued at S5
cents per bnshel. This places the
average value Of an acre of oats at
1871. (
The factors which determine the
profitable growing OF oats in Mis-
souri, ere. the use of the best adapt
ed varieties, thorough flaming Of
seed to prevent running out, better
preparation OF the ground. drilling
instead of broadcasting, early seed
Ing. and the prevention of the smut
4 by the formalin treatment,
Up to the present time, the oat
crop has been regarded as one Of
minor Importance by farmers of
the state. The average yield has
been so low that 1t has just about
paid for the cost OF production.
The ost crop, however, has a
place in Missouri rotations and
should not be discarded, as better
Imethods applied to its production
will place 1t on paying basis, al
though Missouri can never expect
to become a banner oat producing
state on account Of climate.
The best varieties are: White
lslberian, Wide.Awake, Silvermine,
Great Dakota; Black-Jeanette, Mar.
tinsbufg. Nichols Black Comet,
Victor; Red-Texas Red Rust Proof;
Yellow--Kherson.
| Drilling Is preferable to broadcast
ing and definite increases in yields
can be expected if the practice is
followed.
Rate of seeding varies with the
soil and the size Of the seed hut un-
\ der average conditions, ten pecks
per acre Is recommended.
| Rust can only be controlled by the
use OF rustresistant varieties. The
Texas Red Rust Proof is the only
sort which can be depended upon to
resist the rust.
Smut in oats can easily be con-
trolled by the formalin treatment ant
definite increases in yield can be
expected by so treating seed oats.
General recognition of these fac
tors influencing the yield Of oats
will aid in placing the production OF
oats in thfs state ON a paying ba.
sis.
Judge I. F.MurTy and Mike Muir
ry, Of Hereford, attended the John
son sale Friday
Il ]. NJ McPihe. of Bowling Green
attended the j. i. johnson sale hene
Friday.
G. a. Shut, who bought the Nc
dntyre farm, south of Mexico, has
moved here from Illinois, and Ia
lgo!ng to help make Audrain count.
grow. Mr.. Shut is putting substan
tlal Improvements ON his farm which
! is one of the best in the county.
Wash Miller, one of Audrain's
substand al farmers, is arranging tt
luaHe TO Shawnee, Okla, where hi
vii so into the mercantile business.
Centralia is preparing to inaugur
ate monthly stock sales day. Full
ton boasts of the most successful
istock sales day In the state.
r. R. Buckner is arranging t
make three weeks visit to He
Springs, Ark.
4 /, M ral ~ pANK Tn