Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-10-02

iC4hcA<o Cacee-
KAcat Dec 81 IA B Nay - IA
Cora Dec 9 s4a IS Ny Il IL A
Oats Dec szais B Nay IS - A
Pors Jan .ae7 Nay re-.
ST Louis Close
Cattle s.sea including SO South.
erns Maxkss Etsady.
Hoes ialeee. Ice lover.
Sheep ..see stroAs.
Horace Mnndy las a field Of cor
peas. planted the middle Of june.
that Is a soa1er. The vines n six
and eight feet long and fail Of peas
They win average . Ton and a half
an acre and that VITA only tArse
nosths growth
Mexico horses ct the State Fair
have made a very good showing TO
date. Tom Bass has taken q nzrb1s
Of premiums as has E D. Moore Of
the Eaton Farm.
The Mexico winners are as fol
lows: Harness horse pair Lena
|CuIlens and mate. Tom Bass. End;
harness horse single, Lena Cul-
lens. srd: high school horse, Bel
Beach. Tom Bass Isl; Bonnie Maid.
Eaton Farm. md: roadster. Journey
Maid, Tom Bass. 2rd; roadster and
harness horse. Bonnie Maid, Eaton
Farm. md; May Blossom. Tom Bass,
srd. hunter and jumper. Jack Bloom
field. 1st. Golden Butterfly. md.
both owned by Tom Bass.
c. ". Pease, who owns q s22-acre
farm near Mexico. No.. has a large,
modern house and other farm I'm
provemeuis which compare favorably
zith II. The house has IL rooms, and
there is a basement under the en-
tire building. Il Is modern in ev.
cry respect, has furnace heat. hot
and cold running water and acetylens
lights. There are two deep wells
that supply water for the buildings,
the power for the pumping beng fur
nished by a gasoline engine for one
and a windmill FOR the other.
Cattle feeding is the main line on
this farm. and the barns are especial
" Constructed for this purpose. Ths
cattle barn Is IS by 60 feet, and the
corn CRIB viii hold 10000 bushels o.
corn. There b q machinery shet
built with the corn crib.
The buildings are a splendid ex
ample Of carefully constructed I'm
provements, which have been plan
ned for a special type Of farming
They also prove that one can havr
In the country. II the owner win Jus
put them in.-Missouri Rurahst.
Mrs. R. Lee Afford Of vandalia.
one OF the leading chicken fancIers
Of the State. In an address during
Farmers Week at Columbia, admon
ished the farmers to improve III
chickens on their farm. Mrs. Al
ford has done much to keep Aud
rain County well up in the lead as 1
poultry county and is welI-versed oil
such subjects. A part of her ad
dress follows:
While poultry Of some kind is Il
be found on practically every farm
in the country. these floeks, as 1
rule. r not up to the standard o
the live stock on the place. Tn,
reason for this in most instance
at least, Is because the farmer him
self considers poultry more or les
of a nuisance and only tolerated foI
the purpose Of supplying his table
needs.
No one is justified in raising mon
grel poultry in this day and age
no more than he is justified in rails
ing any other kind OF scrub stock OF
the farm. While there are but few
really mongrel flocks In the coun
try to-day, there is still room for
improvement among the flocks Of
standardized poultry, and It II
largely through selection that this
Improvement can be brought about
The trap nest plays an-lmportant par
in the profitable side OF poultry cul.
ture, whether on the city lot or on
the farm, and once accustomed IA
looking after the nests It is no;
such an unpleasant task, nor does II
require SO much time as is general.
ly supposed. II at no other time.
by all means mate a few pens OF
your choicest birds and trap-nest
them during the breeding season.
Breed for eggs rather than feed
for them, but breed and feed both
for size. Selection. not indiscrimln.
ate mating, has given us the heavy.
mixer and the two-hundred-egg hen.
In the human family the offspring Of
diseased parents are seldom robust.
and they inherit a tendency to dis.
ease II not the disease itself.
What Is true Of the human race is
largely true Of all animal life and es.
pecially is this true Of poultry. There
fore let me urge you to look wen
TO the parent stock.
It is u privilege to select the
parents Of our feathered family. Do
MOI use an understood female in
your breeding pen simply because
she happens to be perfect in color.
Better use a male a little short in
weight than a female, but better
stiiir make up your entire mating OF.
birds up to OF over standard weight.
The country Is not flooded or over.
stocked with birds Of this descrip.
ton, but this is what selection does
and when q flock OF this kind Is
once learned Of, that particular breed.
or Is indeed fortunate and has no
trouble in disposing OF all surplus
stock and eggs at most satisfactory
prices. Here again we find pleas
ure and profit combined.
Personally. ind real pleasure
and profit in keeping STANDARDIZED
poultry. and while I started IN the
poultry business with only is pleas
ure In view the profitable side is
now the mcst pleasant part.
sedalIa. Mo, Sept. 20.