Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-06-20
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- Farm News

Johnson & shrmps prominent ship {
'ers Of AndEaln county, Mo-. were
N tho market yesterday end signal
zed their appearance by equaling the
On steers. having a bunch tnclud-
ne 20 head. Averaging ltis pounds
md selling at $500. J.. J. r. John
accompanied the shipment Mr..
Iohnson Is one Of the best known
shippers to this market besides be-
Ing the president Of the Citizens
Bank at benton City. No. and he
said that the cattle brought all that
he could possibly expect.
Among the weltknown shippers OF
the younger generation on The markcs
yesseriay was Emmett Mnndy OF a.
drain county. NO. MI. Mundy market
Cd s2 holfers averaging $50 ibs and
seniug for $40. this being tho
top u the helter market 50 far TINS
week. The cattle were purchased
BY WIN Kelley. representative OF
Morris 4 Co. and were an exceliea
hnnnh.
Auarain county. Mo-. was repre-
sented on The market yesterday by Y
az Berry, oae Of its prominent ship
pers. who marketed % steers averas
Ing 1is4 lbs. and selling at $40 Tho.
steers were Of fair quality and Mr.
berry was well pleased with The
sa,e-St. Louis Lave Stock Reporter.
Powell & Mandy bought AZ head OF
cattle from Morrison Iacklaud at 7
cents per pound. and sold them a.
Z Ia oents On the st. Louis market,
Nv. r. Buckncr, two and a half mile
northeast OF Auxyasse let overfelt 4
Atkinson have a dozen head OF fa'
hogs last Thursday, They averaged
: about 34l pounds and sold for sztS'2'
Washington, June 10.
Notwithstanding the poorest win
ter wheat crop prospect in twelve
years. crop conditions in genera
on June !. averaged for the United
s ates slightly better t0.s pc
cent? than on the same date las
year, but moderately lower III pc
cent? than the average June ! con
dition OF recent years. Crops as
3 whole we're below the average Il
! scu.htrn States and in the North CO
tral states east of the Mississippi
la the North Central states west {
T the Mississippi conditions WEI
4 slightly above average. Corn is nc
: srcluded in the averages.
rhe condition Of various crop
I compared with their average co
Z d;tlon (not normal) on June !, va
as follows: Apples 1902. peach'
1855, pastures 1919. hay 1885. GA
te3.1, spring wheat 1921, clover h;
; 1905, winter wheat, 91.3.
The condition of all crops. cor
e par cd with their normal condition {
year averages in most states)
1858 in North Atlantic States, 81
il South Atlantic, oil in Nor
Is Central east OF the Mississippi Rive
1906 in North Central west OF :
Mississippi River, 97,7 in Cent?
I states, 1884 Pacific and Mounta
: states. West Virginia shows I
= highest percentage. 116.5, Indiana
= lowest. SIS.
4 The condition in Kansas is l04,
q Mssourl 95.4. Nebraska DC, oklaho
y ~. Texas 1856.
Columbia, Mo-, June 10.
Tho condition OF the Missof
apple crop X placed at n in the {
rem report Of W. W. chonoweth, /
i rotary Of the state Board Of Hon
\. culture. Barring u~nfayoyable con,
a lions from now on the apple ca
e. promises to be tho biggest the ST
d. has seen for many years.
I'd Tho crop prospect Is espocia
u. bright because apples are free fr
blight or insects. About n
cent OF thefarmers are spraying.
Reed Brothers, south Alidraln ia
10 ers. sold a three-year-old Rex d
&c. mark fllley one day last week 10
,ea of their neighbors, Wallace Holm
as for s237.50, The animal is a pre-
bay with ali white feet, and Is "
promising.
~ W. jeff Woods. OF Concord, boul
~ horses from the following pers'
III Monday: One from Leslie Crews,
Mexico; one s~ix-year-old from ].
: Craghead; one e'ght-year-old ht
from John Maupin-Fulton Gazett
= Crop prospects in Monroe cou
t. are pretty good, and were gre;
improved since warm weather
come to stay. With the except
4 of wheat the outlook for everyth
is f~irst-class. Corn as a gene
thing came up well. Most Of II
been cultivated and is nov max
RAPID growth. Blue grass past
were never better. Meadows pr
ise a large Yield Of hay, oats are
ported good, and, taken all togetl
the outlook for an abundant harN
IS very good. There viii be a
crop OF apples. according to some
Iports. Gardens are fine. Paris
peal.
lie Hook & Woods D have 3S y
facy saddlers In their high school
~ partment. This week they recei
2-year-old son OF Rex McDonI
nj from Charlton county, and a 6
Y one from Boone county.
L. c. Reed, just owe the Gala
line in Ahdraln county, hitehed
team of his good mules to his f
wagon aud won't to the corn cril
w. r. Brooks & Son, west Of Hat
one day last week, and loaded 81
Of the Brooks corn for feeding
poses, paying a dollar a bushel
the grain. Mr.. Brooks says that