Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-01-25

castle--3,500 Including wv h.
Natives steady. !,
Hoss-ll,OOO 10 to loo higher
Med and Busch $50 to $40
cood heavy $50 q $40
Roueh heavy, zoe a so L.
Light SOS O $50. :
PIGS 4.25 a 6-75 |.
shsep-500 Strong. :
7hlcaeo Close
Nheaa May l0I "a b july " e.
YAM Nav 81 lis A July 90 rs =
oata MAY 50 3-s A July IS SO
pork May 16,42
Lard May 9.52
RMS May $50 a So
POULTRY AND EGGS
puoNE F. A. HIGHTsHoE 4
COMPANY FOR PRICES ON PouL
FRY AND EGGS. BOTH PHONES
A..tha Denver Horse SHOW satur-
dav Tom Bass, OF this city, won
forr value ribbons, one yellow anu
two white ribbons.
within the past ten days
tween fitteen and twenty fine horses
have died in this county from .
rocnliav form Of illness. 1T Is pre-
ceded by blindness and short tme
hefore thew succumb. likewise u
number Of hogs are being lost pe
cause Of the continued prevalence
of cholera. The total of the losses
wathfn this short period reaches wei
nm in the thousands Of dollars.
The largest number Of horses os'
we're in a section Of the coun''
morth q here. Walter Wilson, |
~well.known FARMER. lost two da'Ad'
horses. one Of them valued at VIII
s15o. one Of them died Wednesda'
az last week and the other Thurs
day. Mr.. Wilson led the anims
Ito drink noticing It acted as II Uhno
II refused water but ate some tee'
a when he went TO the barn later :
l.lsee 1t he found the animal dead Q
,llthe floor Of the stall Joe Mass
GLAND Ed. sharp. each, lost one Thur
A. day. John Beagles, Of Worcesee
has lost three extra good horses oA'
al Mr.. Freeman, N good animal
Col. John Burgess. who recent
n.llost hwo good horses, az a result
ofIthe blind sickness recently enr'
ono Of his animals threatened WI
the deadly disease. He offers q
following cure: First I've gave y
ial suffering animal a quart OF .
or strong salt water, after which
N. rubbed the neck of the animal, fro
cars TO chest. especially IN the
Sc. sion OF the iugular veins, With SD
an ia of turpentine until the anaH
gave evidence Of feeling the warn
of the application. He them exerci
10y the horse until it sweated good q
then placed it in a stall 70 cool
where no draught could reach. 4
AZ horse recovered and Is now a. "
as ever.
Albert Burgess sold a fine no
to Lee Bros, this week, for "
which he said was worth $3.50,
ind. he feared he might lose 1t from
As blind-slckness and refused to X
the animal.
VIM. Willingham has not only
la fine horse but several head
nab hogs the entire yafue Of the 81
or dying being about $500. ]. r.
in adise, of near Benton City, had
fine hogs die this week Of pneu
I'M. MIA.
and Twenty-Five thousand doses Of
cholera serum have been prers
Il in Columbia for distribution by
ible Agricultural Experiment saation
ing December.
lool The control and eradication
lists hog cholera is a matter OF educa
rather than vaccination" says D
ting W. Connaway, veterinarian of The
pertinent station.
all GIVE your hogs pure water"
len) says.
lent Hog cholera is like typhoid.
+" English call It pig typhoid
Of think that the disease was spi
last summer by the great humble
of hogs that drank from the DO
The farmers that gave them
N. well water had the least cholera
St their farms. Some hogs bee
the permanent carriers of the diseas'
ter they have been cured, and
ugh spread the injection
I. A., Doctor Connaway says that pig
lem carry the disease germs from
farm to another, and that all
Ren- them shoald be killed,
"Air-elaked Iime.f says y
-. Connaway, IS the disinfectant
should be used about the but
and lots where the hogs are
Lame is cheap and It Is easy tt
where It is being put. Where
err sanitary conditions exist. the
little danger Of hog cholera,
hogs should not be fed IN the
but on the hard ground or on
brick OF concrete floor.
J.w. Brewer took a carload
mules to the st. Louas market
week.
J.. e. Seitz will hold a big sa
his farm, two miles southeast
this city Wednesday. Jan. "a.
offers a zine line Of stock an,
Ter goods. The sale should be
attended
ly, OF the ST. Louis School Of
III cial Economy. A very able 81
tst.
to Eyangeltsm-Tlie Rev. Pau
okc Hmm. ID d.. Pastor Scruegs