Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-08-07
COME AND GET in THE PICTURES

mighty fine but It needs rain and
II 1t gets it within the next few
weeks the farmer could not expect
better crops. They had a fine
wheat crop SO the farmers tell me. !
look for some mighty good mules
from this section OF the country this
year."-St. Louis Reporter
Moss & Son. one of the bsSses.
horse and mule shipping firms Of Au-
drain county. Mo-, had a load of
horses and mules on the St. Louis
market this week. Mr. L 7 Moss in
talking TO a Reporter representative
said; "wehave fine prospects for corn
II we get some rain. wheat was good,
but hay and oats were burnt up.
Horses r rather scarce, that is
the fat marketable kind. but the com
mon horses 7 plentiful."- Re-
porter.
z. D. Moore's famous mare, Queen
OF Denmark, was second in the sweep
stake saddle class at the Moberiy
Fair. Thursday. Miss Loula Longs
Kentucky's Best was first. The other
money-winners are: H. r Blades
Marble Mcdonald Bird; MCGOWAN
Bros Forest Ike. 4th.
Jack" Harrison, Of Auxyasse. will
judge the saddle horses at the Min
nesota State Fair this year. Mr..
Harrison is one Of the best known
judges of this class Of horses in the
world, and the fact that he will be
at the Minnesota Show will mean
much to the saddle horse owners.
o. F. Ellis, near Skinner, recently
had a load Of 1300-Tb. cattle on the
Sc. Louis market that brought him
Sis.
Ralph King, living west of this
had 40 acres OF wheat to aver.
age 20 bu.
AT a meeting Of tho Board OF Dr.
rectors Of the Audrain County Farm
Bureau, Saturday, it was decided to
ed an exchange for farmers. II YOU
rave stock to sell you may list i'll
With Farmer Rusk, free of charge, or
I you want a certain kind OF stock
will list your want and see that
he man with the article learns you'll
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II was also decided to have the
iaily market reports posted in the
'ffice. During the fair Farmer Rusk !
VII move his office to the grounds 4,
nto a tent. Mr.. Rusk states corn in /,
Western Audrain looks good but !
ain is needed elsewhere very badly. ,
he directors present were w w Pol. ,
ock. james C. Crawford, F. l..
'rosby, G B Moore. George Keller
ais, J W Dowell. Chas Householder,
@ Starr and J w Walker. !,
Mr. Layson. who lives Just south
Mexico, has a cracker jack Rex
TeDonald colt. i,
II. w. Stuart OF near Rush Hill. !,
gently sold Dicus & Roberts a load Il
sheep.
shobe was up from Laddonial z
onday. He says a good rain might ii
can We would have nubbins andl 2,
oder in his section but all hopes Of B
real corn crop seems gone.
Emmete. the son Of VIII Hail. Of
Rush Hill. narrowly escanedI NJ
rious injury Saturday when a in
Of mules he was driving ran at
way. He was driving a disc culti. NJ
tor when a tug came loose. As he er
rs fixing the tug the mule kicked &C
m and the team ran away breaking 10
e disc completely up. Fortunately tn
e boy was not seriously hurt. W
Geo. Keilerhal. OF near Rush Hill, gr
VS. II is still dry in HIS section. a
I II there is no more rain there 70
be some corn raised az the 30
'mers took right hold OF the dry. tn
ming suggestions Of "Fsrne-' on
.sk and have gotten results. M
s. p Emmons and Dave owen co
pped their cattle to tho Bowling th'
cen Fair. ne
ne Columbia and Bowling Greena.
rs are in session this week; they c.,
be largely attended by MexicoI, ~,
pie. inc
mi
ohn Fesan and Benz. Poague, Of a f,
'oksyille, Ky, are here with amu
ng Of horses for the big Mexico con
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