Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-11-14
Stock and y
= Farm News

Ben b Muir, OF Fultcn, sold
heavy work horse recently to Lee
brothers. for sle5.
Among the purchases Of Lee broth
ers in Fulton stock sales day VA
pair OF horse mules from c. II. Mum
fori. OF WILLIAMSBURG. for s26S.
". Ed. BOYD & son, i've miles
northwest * Auxvasse. are feeding
a bunch Of IS hogs. They are already
fat and probably win be marketed
within the iiext ten days or two
weeks.
j. Mat Duun. west OF Mccredie.
got one Of the best pairs OF mules on
sale In Fulton Monday for saSS
They we're three years old. and one
was an especially trim brute. Henry
Foster. southeast OF Cote Sans Des
Isein. vas the seIer-Faltou Gazette
The feature Of the regular Fridsy
noon day luncheon Of the Mexico
Commercial Club. was an address oy
Prof. D. II. Doane. OF the Universe
~ OF Missouri on tho valne OF a
Farm Advisor for this county.
Prof. Doane said. in part; me
value Of a Farm Advisor Is that ne
win develop the agriculture
and kindreds interests OF
the County and as has been the ex-
perience In Cape Girarleau and Pet
It's County pay for himself almost as
soon as he Is employed. You may
consider this a strong statement but
the Facts prove 1t true.
August !, Cape Girardeaa eouh-
" employed air. McwiIliams as 4
Farm Advisor. September !. hog
cholera developed there. In the or
binary course OF events. II farmers ap
ply for cholera serum. it takes about
-four DAYS for them 70 receive It M
then there is no systematic ngne
planned to GUST the dread disease
when Mr.. Mcwiniams received
his serum he Immediately began treat
ling the hogs surrounding the section
infested. The serum Is . preventive
land in a short time he had the INC
era sewn into a small territory ane
soon completely killed out In plair
figures he saved that county at leas'
81, 900 the first month he was there
and they win tell you so in Cape
lGirardeau.
1.-THE farm advisor will aid the farm
err in raising good crops under az
verse conditions when the best price
are paid for them. 1t is easy .
raise large crops under the best Q
conditions but when conditions ar
good the prices always fall as a n
suit Of the large yield. Twelve couI
tiles are now working to secure Advi
ors and Audrain should have one."
]. r. Smiley, near Santa Fe,
feeding SIS steers. He lost 4 Z
them recently and thinks an owe
dose OF corn was the cause.He
buying corn at 5Oc.
Lee Bros. the big horse buyers
Mexico, bought II head Of horses
Paris Saturday. They paid from =
TO Si75 per head for them. They vi
return to Paris again in a fe
weeks, due notice Of the time VIII
given in the Paris Appeal.
Ben Stephens and James Patter.
son, both Of near Hatton, shipped
car OF hogs to ST Louis from Au
10 vase Wednesday. The shippers 4
all the porkers themselves, exec
20 head, which they bought from y
McCielland, on the Cannell place
near Hatton. for 6 "a cents a pound
an Fulton Gazette.
~ Bowling Green's Booster Clul
an Is holding a farm product show.
Clarence Ragsdale, n of Sou
a. Forks big farmers, had 40 acres
az. q this year and estimates I
,tb yield at 40 bushels an acre. He h
lsa 200 head of hogs. II scws tarrowi
IS pigs last week. and in additi
80 will feed a load Of cattle. He b
- bad no cholera among his hogs !
80, and Is not fearful. Il watch my nc
all the time he said at Paris 81
Ian. day, "and when they begin to cou
or their hair looks unhealthy | Il
ia. them on I've. lime and ashes, of
.ha on tobacco. ! never lose any ht
80 from cholera .s-Paris Mercury.
,as- VIII Lee, Of Lee brothers, hoI
+a,v men, bought IS head of horses 9
mules in Fulton stock sales day, p
ing prices ranging from SIS to s
., and getting them from the foil
i ing farmers d. w. Muir, mule;
80 B. Muir. horse; Henry BaupgartI
two horses; Roy Williamson, hor
"a T. J.. Croker, Shetland horse; j.
na,r Pherson, horse; Kirt Selby. mule;
NJ. e. Newland, horse; C. R. Clal
ana horse: Jack Quinn. horse; Luther
~ ths, mare; J. 4. Bush, mare; !
ry Jatho. mule; C. H Mumf
horse; ". $. Bryan, horse; c.
Mnmford, two mules. Fulton
zette.
Grey Wilson, south Of Santa
! has 10 extra good mule colts
averaged him SIG per head. I
were picked up in Nodaway cou
He has a load OF calves that G
h;,x cog aaoh ana e. faaainC