Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-09

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Fog PoalsrT and Ez Prices
he fourth annual meeting q the
Missouri Draft Horse Breeders Asso
ciseion VII Be held Tuesday, Jann-
zv u. al ; O'Clock. II TIE Agie1L
tursI BuIIding At Columbia, No.
s rpecisl effort has been made to
secure speakers fo- this meeting Who
have something Of Interest to say to
the breeders and II is with some
pleasure that the following program
is announced:
Program.
Presidents Address,. ?. Roelof-
son. MzryviTe, No
Clydesdales In Missouri L
Crosby, Mexico. No.
Value Of a Good stalliOn-s 7
Simpson. Columbia, No.
Draft Mares for Mule Production
General Discussion.
Missouri's Draft Horse Progress
II W Graham. ChiIIicothe. No.
Some Factors in the Production OF
Purs-Bred Draft Horses-Hon. w
/ Houser, Moadoyi. Wis.
The Stallion Law and It's Working
General Discussion
Il xiii be seen from the above pro
gram that subjects Of most vital in
tsrest viii be discussed By some Of
The leaders IN the DraG Horse bust
ness Honorable IS. l. Houser viii
be remembered AZ the breeder Of
the Cydesazle mare, Princess Fortun
the only mare 70 be made twice
champion u me International
Tie Torking Of stallion laws IN 9th
er States KIN also be discussed.
Mzny other livestock and fam or
g~anlzztions meet at Columbia thls
week and none can afford TO miss
those meetings.
z A T~rowbridge,
Secretary.
zee Mongler recently paid Kunkel
. Watts CSC a bu. for 1900 bu. Of
cDrn
Quite a Number OF Mexico mule
buyers were ir Fulton Monday and
made purchases
VII Lee bought q big string Of
Lorses in Fulton Monday.
]. W. Brewer recently bought "a
head Of horses and mules In Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl stumpf and lit
tie daughter have returned home to
Kansas City. after spending a few
days with Mrs. Alice Ecton, Of the
Planters Hotel
Geo. Hall Of Mexico has bought
two buildings and a vacant lot on
Fourth street, Fulton, from the Lo-.
reHz heirs for $500. The buildings
are occupied by the Levaugh saloon
and the GoIding house
T. b hamilton who lives Just cas-
Of Mexico. las tapped the market by
EsiEEs Heed Burke a pair Of mules
FOR $50 Er. Hamilton sold one
agie for s-75. II was a cracking
tine mule HemIlton offered s275.
for ore that Would match It.
Starr & Affick marketed in St
to1is from their feed lots in Saline
cc51ty. No, 252 head Of the Starr
Mexican lambs that averaged CO lbs.
aBa sold at Hs5.
J. II Starr & Son, well known
sheepmen, marketed in st. Louis
from their feed lots in Saline coun-
~. No., go head Of Mexican yearl
ing sheep that weighed So lbs. and
brought $3.50. the highest price OF
tie season for yearllngs.
THE Stock sales in Fulton on the
fist Monday in each month are prov
ing a splendid proposition for buyers
and sellers. Last Monday in spite
of the bad weather there was a large
crowd In Fulton. sndthose who did
Bot have mules 10 sell wanted to
buy. Such sales bring buyers and
sellers together. and prove profit
able to all concerned Mules are 10
great demand everywhere and are
bringing a good long price.
Washington. Jan 6.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
when reported to the House, proba-
bly, VIII carry an item Of $4,000
for the work OF the office Of farm
management The appropriation
for the current fiscal year was $500.
600 an Increase Of more than 100
per cent over the preceding year.
The demands from ali sections OF
the country for the privilege Of co
Operating with the farm experts Of
The Department OF Agriculture are
50 numerous that the proposed in.
81 will not be sufficient to meet
all OF them
Beverly T. Galloway. chief OF the
Bureau Of Plant Industry, and WI
liam J. apiIlmans head Of the Of
flee Of farm management, placed the
matter before the House Committee
on Agriculture. Members OF the
committee said today the increase
Is regarded az highly important IN
a. much as II consists In ;4ctual coop.
eration with the farmers themselves
IL solving problems OF the farms.
Under the present plan states and
counties = paying part Of the ex
pense which makes The federal appro
priation go twice as far as It other
wise would. Several great railroad
systems alge have become Interested
10 this line Of cooperative demonstra
tion work and have furnished funds