Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-10-31
Stock and =
- Fam News


Referring 70 the Emmons short-
bern Sale adj, We note they say the
best ever offered from their herd
and We are reminded OF the persist
EFFORT made at Long Branch stock
farm for At least so years. the laying
the Foundation, and then the effort
to get he hest bulls TO head the
herd. occasionally settInE n that
proves worthless. and sendIng that
n 10 the SAMPLES. The facts are
The SIMMONS hera has been supplied
with the best seed "a be found. You
caa Judge the success BY the
fruit that viii be offered on Nov
'i4sh. see their ad in this issue and
arrange to be With them.
Roberf Plnie. residing northwest OF.
town had tour acres Of cane this.
YEAR that yielded him about 400 gal.
Ions og sorghum, Mr.. Plate says he
also has made about 200 gallons for
other people.
Robert plato SOLD four fat hogs =
few days aso for which be received
$50.
After defeating Missouri King fof
the blue ribbon in the gated saddle
horse class At the ST. Louis Horse
SHOW "Wednesday night marking the
famous black stations first defea'
In st. Louis. Preston v. Ray. own
er OF Major Dare. the winning horse
refused an offer OF 81, 900 cash fos
his mount
just before the show began, Gin
gerbread Man. winner Of the five
gated saddle horse class on Monda,
night. was bought by Paul Brown
for John Fiook Of Paris, Mo, hi
original owner. The price paid tn
oNner. r. II. sonnenbere. was Sl,foo
Hook sold the horse last summer, al
ter training him for six years, 70
81. eco.
Charley Dean who lives south o
Mexico. lost a fine three hundre
dollar mare from collie Wednesday
Washington. Oct. "a.
Two thirds OF all the farms OPERA
o ed by owners in the United State
we're free from mortgage in 1910. Tn
Of proportion Of mortgaged farms vi
slightly larger than in 1900.
B.. The total number Of farms enumt
d ated by The census was 6,s61 sol, !
I which 2.S54.eT5. or 81 per cent, wen
e operated by tenants, 5s.0l4 OF LEI
! than l per cent. by managers an
s.s4S.. T22. or 81 per cent, by owner
The latter arethe only ones for whit
b mortgage statistics were obtaine
ID OF these 1927 .4ss. or 1856 per Ger
~ were mortgaged. Complete data we
re available on 1905 .511 of these farm
10 They had a total mortgage indebte
is ness Of 1.I26 million dollars, whit
was 27.S per cent Of their actual VI
II ne.
to Farm Property Worth Al Billion.
nd Implements. machinery. domesi
be animals, poultry ana bees IN 4
j. farms were valued at 6,19O millii
3. dollars. No Information as TO y
ID Indebtedness on these has been pu
10 lished. They make the total val
he Of all farm property In the Unit
States 40,ssi million dollars, slight
i'd more than double the value report
mt in 1900, In ten years the value
Id land increased 1851 per cent,
in bulldings us per cent, Of impl'
ne ments and machinery es.7 per &c
ID u domestic animals, poultry and b.
so COL per cent.
I'm The average value per farm v
Cd. ss,440 IN 1910, an Increase OF 3
on. per cent 10 ten years, and the av
age value Of land per acre '
an s3s.40, an increase OF 1913 per cer
on. The total number Of farms in
Fri United States is 6.36l,5 02, an mere
the of 1913 per cent, and the area
ere farms ISIS. 7ss. 1926 acres, an increI
his Of As per cent in ten years. ?
val area Of farm land improved is 49,
i'm $50 acres. or 1914 per cent m
than in 1900.
at John Fecht paid $50 an acre
toll The 75-acre farm of Merideth All
the tead and sisters, two miles and
+. half west of town. The farm
ohr. sold Saturday to the highest
arp, DIR.
b.. II is probable that Maj. Dare,
ore, stallion which conquered Miss
the King Wednesday night at the
!. Louis Horse Show, will not
shown in the saddle horse conn
ton this evening.
sou The mount had a bad fall
E So the paddock Friday and in
clay flight demolished a buggy wheel,
isl s 1t is expected be will be sent }
inns to his stable at Bowling Green, X,
Preston W. Ray, owner OF
the horse, was offered $4,000 for
animal Friday. but refused to Sc
fixing his price at $4,000.
In the five-gaited saddle hor
cod class at Friday nights progr
Queen of Denmark, owned by r
Moore Of this city. was awar
lson third prize of SIS.