Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-10-24

THE vANDEvHNrER COMMISSION
co. IS ALWAYS IN rHE MAR
KEr FOR POULTRY. BUTrER
AND EGGS. CALL Us BE-
FORE YOU SELL. W.T.
MUTUAL Phone s-crrY Phone s2s
F A. Hightshoe q Co.
For Poultry and Egg Prices-
Zen Fisher, a well known Az
drain farmer. says his corn viii
make about 20 bu. He had ~ A
Of oats that made so bu- this year
and the remaining s A. made % bu
his wheat, Of which he had IS A.
made 10 bushels,
4. NJ. Crooks, n Of our weil-l
known farmer-stockmen, wishes to|
deny the report he is in favor of the
Single Tax Amendment and states
whoever started the rumor malicious
" lied. Mr.. Crooks says the amend
ment is a great menace to the farm
ler.
E. M. Crooks has two loads Of
good cattle averaging 1850 pounds
on feed.
Mrs. NJ. L. Rice, of West Love
street, exhibited at the Ledger office
Monday several apples together with
a number Of blooms which were gath
cred from the orchard of Thomas
Hutts. south Of Mexico. This Is
the second crop Of apples Of this
year, and are of the Maiden
Blush variety.
On October 80. al his Ortiz Fruit
Farm, near Mexico, No, ]. R. Bel
will hold a sale OF big type Poland
Chinas from his well known herd.
This is practically a dispersion sale
as 1t has been almost impossible for
Mr.. Bell to get the right help fol-
his stock and he will have to de-
vote his entire time to his big crop.
Mr.. Bell has listed so head, which
includes a number OF both yearlinl
bears and sows, o few tried sowt
and 4 number Of choice spring ant
summer pigs. These are sired b.
Ortiz King. BY Big Giant, Ortiz jun
BIO, by Big Jumbo. rawnee, Chief Hal
ley, Chief Jumbo, Major Blain an'
other well known sires. Fourteen
head Of purebred Jersey cattle vii
also be sold. The sale offerings u
both hogs and cattle merit the attend
ance OF breeders in the market fol
good stock. Write MIR. Bell for hi
cataIog. It gives complete descrip
ton Of the offering.
One and foFty-three hundredthI
inches Of rain fell Monday.
LEVI wINNs big sale Oct. Is wa
a decided success. totaling about 81,
600. He served a delicious mneI
at noon without charge and all VIII
attended the sale we're pleased witt
1t. Dicus G Roberts paid hin
J S2f7.20 for 10 head Of good hogs a
The sale. Mr.. Vim has his Owl
, cold storage and has filled 1t Wit
his large apple crop until the tim
!. the prices reach such a condition b
can sell at a nice profit
IN speaking of the Saddle Horse !
turity judges at the Missouri Stat
+ Fair, OF which Jas. Hamilton. Q
this city. was one. Herbert
Krum, Editor Of the Saddle and ShoI
: Horse Chronicle. Lexington. Ky
said in a recent issue Of his publiea
ton: These men constituted
spieadid jury and their placing Of tn
colts in both divisions met with en
tire approval Of both the dwners an
the spectators
REMEMBER w. w. Pollock's bl
! public sale of registered shorshor
/, cattle, registered saddle colts. wor
horses and mules at the Pollock plac
just east Of Mexico Thursday, octt
Der 81. The sale viii take plac
rain or shine. Free lunch at moor
:. Some fine bargains win be there.
Il was reported here Tuesday tina
the barn Of Alb. Harrison. resldin
south Of Benton City was struc
= by lightning and destroyed on Nor
day night. The particulars could nj
he obtained.
An announcement OF the Shof
Winter Courses offered by the Mii
, souri, College Of Agriculture at CS
Iumbia. has just been issued. Accord
ing to this the first term Of the Two
Year Winter Course VIII begin thi
year on Nov. 4. The course was a
tended last year by 297 students
is a practical course for men VIII
want to learn all the 'ins and outs
of up.to-date farm practices. Me
who have completed this course |
the past say that they are maxim
enough more from their farms Q
drawing enough larger salaries s
that the money spent in taking th
Short Course Ia now bringing them /
anywhere from 20 to $50 per cent a
nual interest. There may be a few
better investment in Missouri, bu
they aren't being offered to farm
ers very freely. The Two-Year Wiz
ter Course, however, is open t
every farmer in the state above 81,
teen years of age. The special al
Douncement giving full informatIo
about this and other short course
will be sent TO anyone who viii writ
for it to the College of Agriculture
Columbia, No.
%. d. Moore's Queen OF Denmar
won third in the class for saddle hor
es, five gaits. at the st. Loui
Horse Show, being held at the Co
iseum, on Tuesday night. Miss Chit
owned by Tom Bass, was awarde
fourth prize.
". jeff. Woods. five miles north
west Of Auxyasse, bought up anothe
car OF horses and mules the first o
: the week which he shipped Saturday
He made purchases az follows: :
George Eley Craig, Mccredie, eiz
year-old mule; Harold Crowson, mort