Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-07-18
Stock and =
y Farm News


THE NANDENEN1E R COMMloSlON
co. Is ALWAYS IN THE MAR
KEr FOR POULTRY. BUTTER
AND EGGS. GALL US BE
FORE YOU SELL. VT
MUTUAL Phone s-cITY Phone ss5.
f. A. Hiehtshoe & Co.
For Poultry and Egg Prices.
chicago Close
Wheat Sept % rs a q Deg ss ~
May 80 "a
Corn sept es ss A Dee So rs May 81
SIS
Oats sept s2 IL a IS Dec "a IA a
rs May SO 5-s
Sept Pork 1902
Sept third 1850
Sept ribs i0.45
Cattle 1900, Including $50 so'hh-
erns. Natives steady. 10 10 zoe
higher.
HOGS 1900 leo higher.
Med end butcher 7.S0 a ITO
Good heavy 7.10 q 7.25
light 7.50 q 1855
Sheep 1900 Strong.
I. S. Knoles. a commission mem OF
jacksonville, H.. was here Tuesday
and offered n w. Carlson 1910 per
hundred for g. head OF cattlo Mr.
| Carlson refused The offer. He Will
feed a few weeks longer before ship
ping out. So far as we are able to
learn, this is the highest price ever
offered for a bunch OF cattle in Aur
drain Connty.-Farber Foruml
Washington July 10.
Government irrigation projects are
in better shape this year than ever
before. and the settlers are enthusef
over the prospects for bumper crops.
During june rains or secondary floot
conditions in the rivers prevailed
quite generally, and at the close Of
the month there were stored in
the various reservoirs approximately
2B400O0 acre feet OF water. or sEIffi-
Gent water to cover 2.s40.oo0 acres
/ foot deep. This storage supply in
sures sufficient moisture for practica
ly all projects.
! GovernRnen&#epoE4 show that bhe
fffSt cutting of alfalfa is heavy In
Q most localities, and a satisfactory
/ second cutting lis in progress on man
of the projects. Grain and othe1
d crops in all sections are unusually
promising.
/ Fulton Mo- July 10.
David Fdpps, a farmer, east of Full
!, ton. believes he has made a discov
! cry which will be appreciated throne
/ out the United SHADES. He has. witt
tho use of saftpeter, raised some o
the largest fruit and vesctabls eve
rrown in this part Of the world
al BY putting a little saltpeter aroun'
the roots Of am apple tres and wash
y Hng the tree wsth SOFT soap be ha.
raised apples weighing 2 pounds and
ounces apiece. AS an experiment n
/, Iput aattpeter On two rows OF corr
and 100 ears weighed 296 polfnhr
twice as much ns average uorns
rs He also put salt peter around
few READS Of cabbage, pumpkins, pa
ships. beets and watermelons. A me
on weighed Sc pounds, one cabbas
head weighed IS pounds, one parsnil
Is mounds, ono pumpkin 1870 pounds an
one .132 pounds.
Washington, July 10.
m Farmers of This counary we're bein
paid more by II 10 per cent for III
Is produce on Jnly / this year tina
t. they received last YEAR at that tim,
!; according to Victor s. Holmstea.
"a chief of the bureau of statistics. d.
\. APARTMENT of Agriculture.
The increase i'm prices was the al
erage on crops which represent abo1
three fourths of the value Of all Gro
of the. Nation. The increases tr
or cluded:
ft Corn, IL cents; Wheat and oats
e Is; thrley 10; rye 6 IL; buckwhes
6; potatoes z; hay s156; hogs 8
ut cents; beef cattle 80; veal calves
81; eggs, 2 IL; butter 9 cents; shee
%; lambs 81; milch COWS, $1.9S; mi
tn 2 1-2c; beans. 49,; sweet potatoes 16
onions, 81; clover seed, $3.50; tim,
Thy seed $t.44; wool unwashed &c
Of cabbage, 81; broomcoqn, $40 (ton)
r. bran. $3.44,
Products ON which prices decreast
70 including cotton, 3 cents; fBaxseed,
apples q, and cotton seed s4.14
ton.
Columbia, Mo, July t6.
XII The Missouri corn crop Is genera
ly in extra good condition. sa8d Saa
KS Jordan. the Missouri corn exper
1t who is agricultural director for Pc
,r us county, while here today.
The corn Is doing we'll exoeq
where Il has been wrongly cultivate
re- and tho roots cut off, thus leaving
N 70 the mercy Of tho first hot weatl
er.
The corn should be given leve
shallow cultivation frequently. Kce
Ir the soil well broken up. There Is COZ
T. siderable moisture in the ground thI
70 year, and shallow, level surface cult
walton win preserve this. Poor see
Of caused some replanting, hut III.
stand Is good.
81 The largest single menace b
d the crop at present is the root louise
70 j. is impossible 20 eradicate 1t fhi
d season. Cultivation. frequent shal
vt low stirring OF the sol, Is ALI tina
10 can be done, but sufficient calltiya
lion will generally send the corn O
Through and put ct past strch pests.
Shallow, level. frequent caaliya
ton will put across a whoopsng biz
T. corn crop. MISSOURI farmers should
'f remember every time you oultivat.
Y your corn with a pillow that CUTS
70 inches below the level Of The root sv