Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-09-25

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he large farm. Belonging to the
;ueen clay estate. near Sturgeon.
old a had Of ~ yeariIng steers
Green & Long last week at ss.ss per
hundred. These cattle were sold In
Chicago for 50. the top Of the market
ior yearllngs.
Some sales Of new corB have been
made in Boone county at 60 cesTts =
The droutb or something else has
a decline in the price OF mules
all over the country, but they are
still commanding pretty high prices
and will be as high as ever by next
spring.
Paris lost something over $500 on
their fair this year.
Phil Rogers. son OF y. l. Rogera,
who lives northeast Of this city, has
established > blacksmith shop at Eau
Claire. Wis.
T. P. Harrison. Of Galway county.
Mo. an extensive feeder and ship
per was on the market with seven
mighty fine looking beeyes that sold
very well His consignment consist
ed Of los head Of steers that averag,
ed i24s and sold at $3.50 per cwt
and one strictly choice steer that
weighed 1860 pounds aud brought so
50. The steers acre conditioned for
the market personally by the shipper.
He fed shess from December til
March on shelled corn and from that
time on he fed \ ration Of corn and
cotton cake. The strong weighed $50
pounds when be began feeding and
with the exception OF one load Of
blacks the most Of them were South.
ems. lie has never shipped 20 any
other market and says ST. Louis N
good enough for him The National
stock Yards is proud Of such enthus.
iasiic feeders as hc. 81. Louis live
stock Reporter,
James Crockett. who lives 3 miles
southwest Of this city, has On dis.
play At Ns Myers roal eatate office
a s'atk Of eoru which measures I2
feet in height aud has Two oarn 81
~ 4, He raised Il without
rain, this summer,
TIE following is The result ii the
5000 saddle stake At the louisville.
Ky. horse show Friday. / Hazel
Dawn. ? Mary Ysldall Fox, , Astral
King, I My Major Dare, 5 Casende. 6
Princess v. 2 Richelieu King.
Elmer johnson. a leading farmer Of
Martinsburg. says he has 80.
acres Of corn that average about 20
bu, 10 the acre! The remainder Of
corn will make five or six BUSH
He says these conditions ex-,
ist alt through his part of the county.
Among those whohsye recently in
silos near Marilnsburg are
following: Harry Noel. Price Hal
Russell Martin and ote Peery.
Sunday night was surely a cold one
September.
A heavy frost-heavy enough for a
killer, according to those who
Snow-coyered the ground and the!
thermometer registered as low as "a
above. With the frost comes hickor,-
nuts and the many -colored leaves.
signs OF fall and before many
lays the people OF Mexico viii for.
that the Official" ever register.
ID ITO above in this city. A Thin
Of Ice was reported on sew
rial small vessels OF water len
Sunday night.
Snow Falls at Duluth.
Duluth. MINI, Sept. 20.
For five minutes this afternoon a
lsht snoW fell here. the first of
season. Tho maximum temperal
nre vas ie degrees aud a cold. iey
ain fell The temperature was
he coldesi Of the season.
charley Dunn. Galway malo
received IS good aged nudes
The Columbia yards last week,
ia drove them at once to his feed
ems at Hereford. Dunn Bros I
ave been feeding too long 10 iay
because Of a little dry weather
The biggest hog in Missouri ,sl.
so to live in Nodawsy county. MI
e'shs over 500 pounds, Ia eighty.
.ne inches long and 30 Inchca high.
small part OF ita log rs II luchss !
circumference. !
me Chicago & Alton IL endeayor. .
z to induce shippers Of live. !
och e avoid restricting their eon. {
SonientS TO Monday and weduea. :
" as has been the practice. but to
iec' Tuesday, Thursday and Fri. :
y al intervals IN order to reduce
9 congestion in movement and Al J
the cougested condition al tbelo.
'cA Yards at the various terminals. :
county Superintendent Of scboola Z
Clyde johnson said. Monday. that :,
ooy ID This county had taken ad, !.
n'age Of the chance to visit tbe
az FAR at the expense of the pul. .
and it is now too late TO com.
with the rules.
"a examination was announced for
iurday a week ago. but no 4 "a.
onded to the call.
Alier working his corn ii times. 4
Brown. west Of this city. can
ary farming methods s-uccess.
by showing Is acres thai made
ger. 2 GO
Z Black, south Of this civ
y DTS corn mado ako.t IA