Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-11-21

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Wheat Dec IS A May 30 IS a IL
July 81 81
Corn Dec q IS Nay a IS A July
As IS
Oats Dec u IL May "a ~ July 50
IL
Jan Fork 1915
Jan Lard 1890 A
Jan RMS 1857
THE vANDEvENTER COMMISSION
co. Is ALWAYS IN THE MAR
Krr FOR POULTRY. BurrER
AND EGGS CALL US BE
FORE you SELL. WI
MUTUAL Phone s-CTTY Phone sas
r A. Highsshoe a Co.
For Poultry and Esg Prices.
8. Il. Asbury. who lives east Of
Mexico. across from the W. W.
Pollock farm. warns hunters 70 keep
from his place. he has had
several head OF stock shot this year,
and also several animals injured by
being frightened by shooting.
Panama win be Godfrey Process
candidate for heavyweight honors a.
a.e championships at Madison Square
Garden again this year. He won y
asst year. This is q horse that was
found and sold by Lee Brothers Of
Mexico. Mo. WIN Lee discovering
him. Preece has Just recently pur
chased him with the Garden classes
In view.
rIarasd. the 10 YEAR old 0 Of A..
IA wheeler u th.s county. was in
the Mexico COMMERCIAL Clubs
Iroys Cora Growing contest. Harold
raised Cs ou. and % pounds on his
acre Of ground an, his father says
every ear q Z is good seed corn
having planted only the best Of seed
corn when he entered the contest
The boy talked Of working for q
neighbor at SO cents a day during
tine summer but his father urged
him 20 enter the contest II he
sells the corr for seed At prices
ranging from $500 a bu. up he
viii have made more than IL he
mad only worked out" and at tn
some time had the valuable expert
ence Of raising the corn. Harold L
) hustler and won third In the con
test for the best ten ears.
officials Of the international Har
yester company announced yesterdal
the establishment Of an agriculture
service bureau on a broader scale
than heretofore attempted by priv
ate corporations.
Prof. Perry G. Holden. formerly
dean In the Iowa State Agriculture
College and known as an authorit,
on corn, has been made head Of tn
bureau 1t is understood the Harvei
ter company has set aside ~ 10000
Tor this work.
I'VE expect this department 20 b
Of great aid to the farmers unds
Prof. Holden's direction said Ciai
ence s. Funk. general manager
he company.
This isn't exactly philanthropy. b
, cause We expect to sell more agricu
i tural implements as q result. but "
I are not looking Immediately for pro
, It's. We believe that as part OF ii
community we owe II something
the way Of educating 1t in the dire
I ton OF greater prod~uctiveness."
In the southern states the cor
pany has established three demonstr
!, ton farms, under the direction
experts. Two more such demonstr
tlon headquarters have been start'
In the Dakotas, and plans are und'
consideration to cover in a similar
way the central and eastern states.
Those farms are used as startir
/, points for state wide agitation I
ward more intelligent and profitab
farming. High grade seed is dist
buted free Of chrage or at a nomin
t, cost"
The farmers OF Audrain county a
all busy gathering a bumper col
crop.
Six wagon loads Of Ben Davis a
!; pies we're brought in from the W
~kerson Nursery. near Santa Fe, I
Tuesday. to be shipped to the mort
Z ern states. The apples were
excellent quality and will bring
good price. Wllkerson Bros. ha'
already shipped several cars Of a
le pies to the Dakotas and have
large quantity yet TO be shipped.
n Kansas City, Mo, Nov. IS.
The top price for fat steers
Kansas City was s10.s5
go cents a 100 pounds above al
previous sale in the last six weeks
- The top price Of the year. 5000, VI
paid in September, but in the int
i'm there has been practically no n
ished steers offered.
The top price steers to-day we
twenty-one head, averaging II
q pounds. and had been full fed
grain By Delmar Harbaugh at
: feed lots near Dawson, Neb. N
y Harbaugh was prominent as a det'
tive q few years ago and was large
responsible for the conviction
r John Collins Of Lawrence. for t
murder Of his father.
Rickefta q Emmone II q ca,