Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-07-24
Stock and -
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.ROsAaa CHA soAr recsatly and anon
e. me boar TO Mossr and son q
AurTasse They brO1sht about Sc
eaeA.
"a K~sfA vas showing his friends
: youuS eAiekea without eyes. The.
.e,rd was entirely without means o.
ssght
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.Aous this week ranging in price from
SIS 10 sSso. Powell q Mundy pur-
chased all bat two and they we're TAI
en- By Fred ROberta
Farmer" Rusk says the farmers IN
Audrain county are combating with
.ehincA bugs by means Of the dust b
ner. He says this is Just as good As
the oil untll rain makes II ~ineffcctive
The eAlnca bugs r most plentiful
IN the northwest part Of the eoan-
~. Mr.. Rusk says. Snd the farmers
in that section are having very good
success With the dust barrier.
C. ". Long. Farm Adviser for
Johnston county. With headquarters a
warrsnsburg. has been making a trip
o. Inspection Of the border counties
of the state TO learn the damage the
lchinch bug invasion from Kansas vas
doing growing CROPS. He finds that
tie farmers there IRE using the oil
barrier. with much success.
A few weeks ago. Mr.. J. H Cross
white. OF Andrain county, sold a mule
colt for $3.50. and some Of III neigh
boring exchanges asked: who can
beat tit"
That's easy. Watts Lttre1 Of
near here. recently purchased two
from Jim and Howard Hendricks for
$500. He also offered L R Mann
$500 for a span but Mr.. Mann refused
MI. LittreIl then offered him s1e5 for
his choice OF the tvo but the Of,
fer was turned down-Paris Appeal
F. B. Cook threshed 50 acres Of
wheat last week that averaged q
bu to the acre. This is among the
best wheat in the county.
BECAUSE part Of his salary Is
paid by the United States Govern
ment and he Is therefore an EN-
ploye Of Agriculture Dept. Far
mer Rusk has all Of his official bus.
mess franked through the mails.
Kelley Wilkerson returned from
Madison Friday where he had been |
the interest Of his farm, where he
has 100 acres Of about the finest
corn IN the country.
One and forty-hundreth inches Of
rain fell In Mexico and the surround
ing country Saturday morning from
one O'Clock to SIX. This Is the best
rain in this part of the state since
early spring.
The orn crop was greatly benefit.
ed by the rain and the grass is look.
ing much better. The rain was gener-
al all over the county. in fact all ov-
err this part Of the state according to
W. T. FriganEa, wire chief for the
Bell Telephone Co
A vivid electrical storm accompan.
led the rain and the flag-pole on ths
Post Office was struck by lightning.
Parts OF II were thrown as far as the
Crown Laundry.
The Chicago and Alton r. r. Co
will handle a demonstration train
over their line for the United States
Department OF Agriculture and the
Agriculture College Of the Universe
~ Of Missouri. which will be sent
out in the interest Of the poultry
and egg industry.
There win be two r In The
train, n fitted up for a -lectureroom
and the other, a refrigerator ar,
equipped with all modern appliances
for handling poultry and eggs. The
train will speend the entire day
Friday, Aug. % in Mexico. Prof.
H c. Pierce. investigator Of the
poultry and egg industry for the o..
s. Department OF Agriculture, viii
be in charge Of the demonstration.
Prof. Pierce viii be here during
the afternoon Of July s1.when he will
meet with the Commercial Club,
shippers and the press, preliminary
the demonstration. ]. z. Fish,
division freight and passenger agent
for the C. & A, viii have charge OF
the train in Missouri.
Clarence Berry. a progressive far
ner near Skinner, says his 200 acres
Of corn is the best prospect he has
had in 30 years.
Dick Reed, Of near Benton City,
bad a fine mare killed by lightning
Friday night during the storm.
Mrs Robert Archer, south Of Mex-l
Ieo. sold 81 pounds OF butter at Is
'ents and 2 pounds al 30 cents durfn
he month of June. She also sold 2s
Of milk at 10 cents a gallon
inring the same month. She has only