Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-08-28


\ Hghtring burned ever Il acres Of pae
tz-es On the HznIltoz Bros' Blzs
4 Grass Stock Farm, sOzth os tbs city,
/ jNoodzy A fi1e mare. BszEty King
i vas killed By the hgatzing
Hogs are 50 hIga-priced nov.
says tke 81 JOsegh GsIscrs. ~thzt
Ehsn ore dsez ss,sg-z-s are sent "a
ar the relatives telling TIE sad
lnsTs and people weep as thoagh the
u lag YRS their last trfeza o. ss-tA7
i An ineh of rainfall means E7.1s4 Ezl-
loals 0s water pe< acre. or 1i5 tors
\ per acre. aorordsng to gtzttst5cs
leozPilsd By the weather hz-szz Ths
Place q the biggest RECORDED rzfzfzl
4 Is CheTi PEEi. Assaz. In5A. were
the average Is sa9 saeAes a ysar.
I'm 1891 the rainfall there vas shsgzt
so ineAss. TIE rzA.faE ot TIE
Essss gsoSe. fnel16izg sotk KID and
EEter areas. e estimated 70 BE about
FIVE feet per year.
Al s1o-1o9s uznbeS os ErzsEbop
p@rs s~o0Ssd dovn zpsz MsHsco with
ogt Eo=ezts wsrzisg Tnurssay
nighs zna before Enyoae had taken
zoeSne Of thea r~re Rsse--Als1 Ia
large nzzibe-s uadsr the arc nEh.s
Psrzozs walking wsss At about
l19:S9 we're kspt haxy knoeklng the
hoPperz OFT Of tAsar sAces, 30 thSok
Ea-e they coming n from thAs direc-
tion- They played grAsr the arc
Hghts a. freely a. Il they we're "a
iroEizg ths.r fAvorite Kansas hezfh.
AZ the oTTAsun TheAter they flock
I'd sSo1i the ticket window, crzxisd
into The e@sA drawer ard made them
seaEes az home generally and the
eAsAier vas forcsd TO close the Of
ice OF account Of then. They are
ne ortinzry brown variety that are
ofsu net with n this oountry. but
they came IN larger Numbers than
have been seen N this seton for
mary yearz.
A5draiz coznty. according to the
latest statistics. ranks fourth in the
prodDet5oa Of poultry aad eggs ial
this state. The average farm income
from poultry ard eggs in this county
last year was sl7sss
Reports from the following terri
'Ory are from ns1 Who are interest
I'd only in giving tie facts for the
benefit Of the fruit grover; and are
rot from buysrs or shippers associa-
tors.
NeE York reports AZ per cent Of
iast year's crop; West Virginia. Is:
Virginia. %; Illinois. 50: Oregon, 60;
Washington. 20; No. River Dist
5s; Missouri. 10.
This indicates that Missouri rro~.
ers should have no trouble IN market.
ing their apples to The best sdvsn-
'age GruEers Who have been giv-
ing their orchards good sstsutyoo-I
and tho&e are. in the main. the
growers who are located IN dis
-1et where frost damage has been /
comparatively light for the pas. ten
Fears-wil receive as much for th,,
iears crop as for their erop IN 1912.
GroEerS report 10 damage OF ON
from droaght Uusprzyed or
'narus, aS Usual. show heavy lo.azas S
ron codiing uosh during july anal
august These orchards, hoxsxer 9
i2Fe hEtle material effeet ou The "a 4
al production. as only sprayed or. :
hants are prodacsng considerable .
u2ntity Of apples for nzrkss. .
small bat spprecast5ve asaisaosI
card 2. p jacob. Of the U sDAl
ATSment o; Agriculture lecutre a. .
The Housing Of Poultry" at TIE
'ooTt House Friday evening NJ IA.
obi Is one Of the bes;-lnfornsd pouLl
y experts in tbs country and u, =
'ctare vas Of unusual interest "a =
o1ltry rzlss-x :
over 500 persons visited TIE 7 a.
'uitry train IN this city. This I, =
ie largest eroEd that has v.r,ssI
e train al any toxn on the su,i-sl >,
or Of the Sate. Mr.. JAcosl ssjd. "
Although the fziufsI IN Apsr.,- -
'Snty from Nay to September A. i
u aad 1913 was practically .ks q
Es yet the fact that may A. x.
followed dry-tsr7lng nsthoss -. =
AZ made II posxible for them .,iAU
Re al ieas hAf Of their corn cpa
oagA 1851 vas tie year O, "a J
DTUz;h. it Is quite srissut nowlDz,
u present cay methods woU,s lies
Ts saved a part OF the c-oQs TIA. tan
= has iheT besa In use here acr