Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-03-07


~. ms greatest year IN ne
.elsory Of no Association ana
Con show nezt year the
one ever held. -,
A thrty Per cent better
-. wi a. n sessA Of The reeen1
SOW Vssat hss been = bad con-
a,uon recently. and the crop looxeo
AZ Il Il would Be n failure.
snow put a decidedly more cnee1E
face on The situation
49, - now. sad 7. G. VA
-on secretary Of the state board %
-arrscuiture IT. Columbia II = the
~ hing IN the world For .ne
ns~, three weeks. the weather naN
No. bad for wheat. You Sc ~nsn
n freese CONES one Gay nnd
Ithaw the next, there Is only one pos
sgbe hing which can save ne
Mlwhess. That thing - snow. As 'ons
ia me snow stays IN he ground,
Ira hind Of weather can't 10 Aos
damage. .,.f.
ombattIe farmers hurled round the
baek IN precautionary days, hut -
~ :, wasn't much losdsr han the
lshou, hat the farmers set up
-. ,h.v aaw the snow YESTERDAY.
prof r II. Eneeroa says con
ia,f,or. are had. He thinks 'ne
snow " partially ave a otheF-
w.. ruined crop He figures an IN
@crease Of from twenty to thirty per
%lrent IN ne crop as he resul, o.
the snow.
Tea 81 Louis Grain Club, an OF
rapl.atlon q firms IN thar cry
l,nserested In grim. are sending oroa
,|cast .bscughout Missouri a simple
To-, for farmers IN ascertaininE =
= they plant Thei
arrumsnt Is poor seed-Poor stand.
poor stand-Poor crop Poor crop
Poor business" They claim me
l,sil crup was the poorest quality eS.
Ier grown. being low in vitality anc
, with weak germs.
They urge the following simple
, meshod Of testing seed corn WHICH
Ii thoroughly reliable;
7. Use a piece OF cheap domestic =
lnoar or wheat sack. Or old table
Ieloth. about sc inches long and u
inches vide. This is size for tesuni
six ears Of orn.tencugh 70 pianl
+. lone-half acre.) Spaces for seed
tour inches square. numbered th'
same as the ears for Identification
Wet cloth and wiring moderatei'
dry. Take two grains from tip, tW'
+ Iron center and two from the Du
Iof the ear ard place in propel
! ~square. Turn up the lower thE'
J of cloth, then fold down the uppel
! THIRD. SO as to hold seed nrtnil
In place and prevent mixing.
! RON this around a well-moistene'
/ leore. "a strip of cloth about foui
/ inches vide and long enough y
make a compact Toil one and one
: haif to two inches thick.l Then bur
! in a bucket or box Of damp sawdus
t or sand and place in a moderaRe.
, warm place for five days.
It's condition then will determin'
yithe a~dyisabIlity Of using The corr
TOR seed. Use your common sense
5 You know vigorous root and stan
sprouts. Take no chances OF veal
1 vitality.
} The Kansas CITY Drovers' Teie
gram says. Lutte Diggs, Of Mexico
Mo, who is here buying feeders
t stated that the bulk OF The cattl
feeding in that section Is done on n
grass in the early part Of ~
!. Summer and but little winter feedinl
Is carried on. Mr.. Diggs feed
4 ear corn, and cottonssed cake. "Th'
feed problem IS putting US 70 ZIG
Turing" said he. we are erecting
y la good many silos. and we arc be
ginning to believe that feeding ca.
= corn Is not the best way 70 fee'
c cattle. There Is little doubt bu
D what ground feed does the work Il
+ less time, and at less expense Tn
n old time Missouri farmer is a little
v slow to drop old customs, however
}, SO It is going to take a little long
er to get around to these more mod
ern feeding methods More cotton
d seed cake has been fed there hi
winter than formerly