Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-09-11

he farmers fully s1e.oes in hogs dur
ng this period This cersaiael stamps
lis Office As oze vel worth shfe
md filing . place which adds much
70 TIE ~effscseney Of farming IN An
train
Starting April seTeztb 70 the pres
mt cate be has yzceinsted about 100
AGAINST cholera He has saved
'aISy IS Per cent, the records show.
TzkfaE ahsee hogs too weigh an aver.
age q iss poznds eaeh. which GER
tsinly rs conservative. ard placing
heir vzsss AZ ssAs cents. the hogs
Eo-uld reach IN yalue close to
sle.ees.
TIE farmer has 10 pay for the SER
am but IT win be applied fires. The
slate College Of Agriculture viii sIss
Ezocinatsd free but yoa have to wall
your turn and in many cases the de-
lay Is costly. At first Mr.. RHsk vac
both the sick and well hogr
but nos, xbere a hog Is very III witt
cholera it is segregated. In many
cases recently where this praetioF
has been followed. no, a hog has bee
lost. The vaccine Is a preventative
not a curative.
Very little wheat ground has been
broken yet says Farmer Rusk. and
Of the farmers seem 10 be salt
ing for rain before they start break
Ing. " Il rains soon he says lher
VIII be a large acreage sosn on
the ground that was IN corn this yeai
u viii he in fine shape having
been so well cultivated this year. Dat
ground viii not receive ths prefer.
enoe because Of this fact
G. Y snedeker. one Of or Hrll
known farmers. has a fine showing o.
corn on his bottom land. He wen,
over il three times and kept il pulvsr
lied conserving tire moisture. He re.
ports the farmers waiting for rain
before they start breaking ground
for wheat.
j. B. Barton of Audraia cDuuiy.
No. vas at the yards Monday With
a load Of beef steers which we're a
Joy TO The eye" "a bead in al. Ac-
cording 70 Mr.. Barton. who Is . trad.
e, he bought them last week weigh
ing 1850 pounds. He said they we're
fed OF alfalfa hay. eora and cotton
seed cake for % days. He also said:
We have been pumping all Of our
wafer for the past tvo weeks and as
a result the cattle supply Of that
is cleaned up. There Is ahsc
no grass and II the corn viii
average IS bushels to the acre /; viii
BE- marvel Old corn sells in the
crib for Sc and M.
also brought In ) loads Of butcher
for J. A. Farmer. Of Montzon
cry County. Mo-. which were driven
'ui on account Of no water, yoa can
'iuch then on feed but water Is o,e
they have 10 hsve."-st Louis
1ye Stock Reporter.
The rainfall MONDAY afisynobn ana
light toiaIled 60 Of an inch. me
rainfall for The month 81 Agr.I
vt vas Sc Of an inch. From ,bi.
md the fact the equinox is coming
re can alnos, expect more rain shs.
ast month.
Joseph A. Murphy. Of ,s.
= Louis Fair Association writes tss
that there will Be no tatr
bis year but arrangements viii be-
'ade for a first class exhibition nsxt
ear.
For the first time In many year
hogs Of AHdrain are being feS
heat instead Of corn Wheat n rye
seEen per cent a better feed and s,i'
IN many places, selling or less
ian corn Warmer Rusk is r~erslr. /
9 many Inquiries regarding wheat
a feed.
farm price for corn IN many Il. I
mites ia around $50 a bashei bvii
neat i aoE brngiag only about Is
This l. the first time 10 Years
a the farmers cash croe. sheath
Is been lower IN value ttau ,h.2
m erop.
TIE sAiue o whsst and corr a..
p Tor hogs has not been srs,nv
terrnined for the obvious rsaao--
AZ wheat is usually too saIuab,e tor
ediHg Operations. From The istor y
'tlcn al hand she experiment, wythis
solhg hogs a number o, years aro. 81
experts at the college say that al
Is OF about the same valve 70,
ding purposes. as corr. /, NJ,
m 5 70 Z per cent better. :
Judge Squirting and c. c. glos.o.
OFT two inches OF ralntau a
farms northwest Of tb,. e,tv Al
'nday afternoon. Judge Aler car.-
reports an inch at bis place Moral
this city.
Because Of tho rapid dImlniah,nr
ply Of water here the Mexico pow.
Co has been forced 10 DEW ,,rm
water for their stock and IN
future Sin only sell water tor
nking purposes. Even under ,hss.
'iui conditions many are confirm.
% water their lawns and flove,
apparently With no though, o,T-
: fellow man aud bis needs. MI
'Ne says be viii likely start .but
OH consumers who show 90 IinI.l
ne Power n is measuring r.. !
aaa testing ! 'or the purpose oil