Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-12-25

OF MeNlCO uuA oHat1feN ~
ring Of home industries and has
bought brick for the rebuilding essssi
livery stable from the Mexico Brick
& Ere Clay Co. Mr.. Middleton is
arranging 70 build right away and
vii have a modern. upto-date livery :
barn.
Asain starr 4 Afnlek. Of Contra.
n. marketed from their feed lots IN
saliae ooabty. No. a string OF
MEXICAN lambs u their own feeding.
s4s head that weighed 70 lbs and sol
Al $500, which was the top Of the
market. Those gentlemen have had
IN about 400 head Of Tick lambs
last week. al Of which sold at $500,
which is the top OF the market for
the week and as high as any lambs
have sold for several months. They
-sSli havo several thousand on feed
and viii no doubt gct top prices for
then when marketed as they always
make their lambs good before sand
ing them TO market. -Li|e Stock Re
porter.
w. ]. ]. n. Baker Of Audrain
County, Mo. we're represented on
Tuesdays st. Louis market with a
consignment OF heifers. The shipment
consisted Of Sc head. 30 head of whicl
we're sold to Armour& Co.. for ss.75.
the bunch weighed 762 pounds. an
the remaining rs head tipped the
scales at FOG pounds and were TAX
en- by the same packer for sS.25 per
cwt. J. II. Baker the o Of J. Fl.
Baker accompanied the shipment to
the market. Young Baker holds part
interest In the cattle and superinten-
ded the feeding of them al the way
through and wen displays his abil-
ity. ]. II. is a chip off the old block
and no doubt he viii make a very
successful feeder.-Ldve Stock Re
porter.
John Brewer sold Jeff Woods eight
horses Saturday.
Louis NJ. Smith, who lives near
Rush Hill, had his right hand bad
ly mangled Friday while feeding a
corn shredder on the farm Of c. E
Maxwell, 8 miles west Of Rush Hill.
The amputation Of three fingers was
necessary so badly was the hand cut
Mr.. Smith was brought to the Mex
ico Hospital for the operation.
Albert Burgess, who lives north
of Mexico, killed a large male fox,
Friday. Several sheep and a number
of chickens and turkeys had been
missed in the neighborhood and il
is thought the fox killed them.
That scientific farming TO in
crease the yield per acre Of all
farm products is one Of the most
important--if not the MOST import
ant = matters before tho American
people to-day. is the opinion Of the
leading men OF our country. The o
sumption is fast increasing and be
fore long will outgrow ns yield
to such an extent that the high
cost Of living will be enormous, un
less something is done to increase
the amount raised per acre. No dan
ger which has ever confronted a ma
ton compares with the danger. whl-h
comes from an inadequate food sup-
ply.
The time is past when there Ia tho
r.Gh Western country 10 be had for
the asking. Steadily the consumptio
has been growing, but the yield re.
ma Is stationary.
William c. Brown, who will rstlse
as president OF the New York Cen.
trail Railroad system at the first OF
the ,eay, viii move t. his farm N
Iowa and start o missionary cam
paign to .te tanners for the larger
y,c'ds to tho acre.
In a recent interview he says:
I'VE must increase production b
more intelligent methods or we must
face the relentless coming Of the
day when We shall not have enough
food to supply our own necessities.
To-day farming is the most important
business in the country; the most inn
portant subject to which a man can
turn his attention is improved agri-
culture and If we are to prosper as
a nation farmers everywhere win
have to learn how to make two
blades Of grass grow where they and
their fathers were content to grow
one blade"
Further, he says consumption rs
oyertaking production with alarming
rapidly and values have been rising
by leaps and bounds. Consumption n
creased in the past ten years almost
three times as fast as acreage and
almost twice as fast as production"
Population must continue 20 IN.
crease" he says. but large increase
In the area Of arabic land is a
thing of the past" I
Farmer" Rusk's mission IN On /
drain county is to increase the pro !
duction. This county is about az :
thickly populated as any county IN
the state and almost every acre that
IS uliable Is in 8 To increase the
supply OF food products here. the far.
mers must rSSse more to the acre
than heretofore. Scientific meth
DDS are the only means Of doing th,a.
ten years the average wheat Y
yield for America wal IA hu. her !.
lcre while Germany averaged Is and Z
he United Kingdom 80, e,
II the farmers win begin to study n,
profession scientifically and ays-- 81
ematically their prosperity will in. 81
'rease as will that of the entire conn az
ry. Old time methods In all lines. D
ave proved inadequate and to keen q
D VIC the times, farmers, merch-
nts. lawyers and doctors viii have
D use modern methods.
~ Central Missouri Poultry Asso a
alton, takes place Dec. 22.25. SC,
G. Branch, Judge; s o. Roberts, hil
'oretary centrslla, Mo. y
THE Mexico stock shippers tn
lonid get a large rebate from The ais
iIroad comnanies ~ tho