Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-05

July, "a jan, $19.57.
Sept, .33 is
w. c Hyde. one Of Audrainis
best known planters, mas sold his
fine 100 A. farm to r. p. Brown
for $55 an acre. This will give Mr.
Brown almost 1000 A. Of fine Au
drain land. Mr.. Brown shows his
good judgment by investing in Au
drain real estate.
G. w. Green, OF near Rush Hill
who has been visiting relatives In
Auxvasse, was in Mexico this week,
Jack Brown ts feeding 1873 head OF
fine steers that he recently shipped
In from Kansas City. They came liz
four cars He paid 1856 for them
and they averaged 1000 lbs.
Geo. W. Green, of near Rush Hill,
recently sold Is head OF
steers to e. J.. Shobe. They aver
aged 1876 lbs. and were sold for
5 cents.
c. c. Bybee, a well known Audrain
farmer living near Moline, has IL
head Of good mules on feed.
= WEI Yates recently paid C. II.
CulbertGon $3.50 for a good span of
mules.
Cunningham & Bybee recently pur.
chased IS head of aged mules. They
purchased 8 from Dick Tolles; z
from jeff Gatewood; l from Dick
Graves; l from Thod Boulware; 2
from John Sharp.
Joe Mongler recently shipped two
of cattle to Chicago. One load
a ton and both loads brough
Sc.
The Woodson-F ennewald Live
Stock Commission Co, National
Stock Yards. ILL.,, has Just been or
ganized and should receive a liberal
patronage from Audrain stockmen as
half Of the firm are from the cen.
ter of the Blue Grass region.
VIM. Schultz had 20 head of fine
white faced cattle on the Chicago
market recently that averaged 1854
and brought $685..
Two brothers at Fort Dodge. Ia.
sold $4,000 worth Of onions raised
on six acres this year.
Earl Hopkins and Wesley Winn
are home from Walton, Fla, where
Mr.. Winn bought a. section of land
and Mr.. Hopkins 100 acres. He said
Messrs Winn and Hopkins had a
surf bath in the Atlantic Ocean the
day before Christas. The Audrain
boys like the country fine and en-.
loyed their trip.
Joe Mongler recently purchased
4Gc a bu. 5000 bushels , oa
Of corn from Blum Bros. and
Joe Mongier expects shortly 70 ada
lwo rooms to his home and make
Aher substantial improvements.
Jack and James Hamilton, who
moved from their big farm east of
Auxvasse, to the Graham farm. lust
outside the south city limits Of Mex-
co, are making some big improve.
nents in their live stock aecommo-
latlons, says the Fulton Gazette.
rhey have erected a stallion barn.
" by 210 feet. These gentlemen are
o the Galloway jack and jennet bus
ness what Jacob Maddox has been
o the mule business. Too, they
Teal extensively in stations and are
'ig mule dealers, and prize win
lers. They have made a new mule
'arnp 81 by ~ feet in size.
Hog thieves have been getting In.
o feed lots and stealing one or two
.ogs so as to prepare for 'swtnter
John X. Brown had two
tolen from hds feed lot, while jake
'llckner had one taken Something
little heavier than bird shot might
o the work.
Feeling that Audrain county should
the benefit of a Farmers In
lutte or any other form of farm
emonS'ration that the State Uni-
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erstty agricultural Department saw
t to give us, the Editor Of the Led.
&c wrote Prot. s. M. Jordon, the
lssoun Corn Man. asking him
hat he could do for us along
at line.
In reply he stated that their time
as entirely taken up until after the
idle Of January. but after that
Ite he would try to arrange some
ork for Audrain county. Monroe
has Just closed a most sue