Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-07-03

No 2 Nhre 81 IL
Chicago Close
wheat SEPT 20 IS "A B Dec - "a
B
Corn sep, 6. So B Dec 50 - a SO
Oats Sept q rs a 90 A Dec a IS a
II
PORK Sept 400
See Hightshoe for highest prices
for Eggs and Poultry. ONCE Clark
son Hotel Block. 1851
johnson County il doing things
With their Farm Bureau and already.
though but three nonths Old. two
townships alone have supplied $50
entries in a Boys Com Growing COZ
test. On July 4,h. al Psrtle Springs.
there viii Be a monster celebration
and Farmers Institute where prseti-
cal work viii be done.
In speaking OF bis work to q Led
ger representative Farm Advisor
Long said:
AT the present time We have been
at work in the eo1Diy about three
mouths- During this tine we have or
CANNED township bureaus in 9 Of
the Is townships and in about I more
the work leading up to Organization
has beea done. and the organization
can DO made al any time We have
held meetings In every one Of these
Is townships and in several places in
some Of them. The total attsndarcs
at these meeting has possibly been
3.00a. The attendance al individual
places has run from s to $50 in nun
Der Seldom have we had less than
q. however. These meetings have
necessarily been held at a very busy
time. Some were attended In the
rain early in the spring. and in most
cases the men have either left their
corn fields. or have attended nights
after a hard days work IN the field.
We ara securing the interest OF
the best farmers all over the eoun
". There were a number Of knock
ers" At the beginning and there are.
several yet, but the most Of them
have either Joined IN with the major.
ity or decided TO keep quiet I have
visited about rs or 50 farms for va
rous purposes and we have located
about $ alfalfa plo.s and are cooper
ating with the owners in securing a
stand Quite a Bit Of work has been
done through correspondence. pre-
sumo We have sent out about 2 thous-
and letters. Our best results at the I
present fine zones from the use Of
hog cholera vaccine. We have vac
einated about 2 thousand hogs and
in nearly every case the herd was
sick when We arrived We have had
reports from practically all the work
lone and I think % hogs would Gov
the entire loss. OF course. We DO
not mean TO say that ne saved the
1875 but suppose we saved one
n 10. that would mean $50 hogs in
he county and taking an average Of
be pure brsds and the scrubs and
ne little ones and big ones, each hog
you'd surely be worth 1000. This
EouId make $500 or 50 per cen, on
he eouniy's Investment on one item
lone and only IL OF the time gone.
We have spent a great deal az
inc on organization and are no, vet
through
We are planning for a Big Farm
y Picnic on July 4. at Pertle Spring
fhieh We hope viii help this xork 81
f~ganization- VIII explain one dem.
~nstration for that occasion. We have
acured' from a farmer Of this coun.
= : dairy COWS. one Of which has
iade over 900 pounds OF butter n 4
year and which is, perhaps. .helh
GOV In the county. The other 2 a
ade Just 1lIoo more profit than mi (
ana ate 2 times as much feed {
hese COWS viii be put on exhjbniop a
ID their records viii be plaoed "
'er them, the average feed for
on'h viii be placed there and mel
IRONS Of butter that each pn "
'ced IN a month will be stacked n, g
50 The milk that each produced n ar
month and the profit from each OF
: VIII DO shown. We think in this ! 6
We can teach d~siryinE better "a
40 10 perhaps any other. The other OF
.hi0its viii be along the sane line,
We have a gooG many plan. ,o-
e future but we prefer to ~ a. y
aen about these tIl the work is AZ.
mplished We have not done ve-rS
yet but the hearty co--oper,,to.
al We are getting leads ma II III,
That We shan be able to a~eoo..
81 good results before the
ont" sFaf
ne prospects for a corn cron :,
are good though uneven -.
'dins ito Farmer E W. Rusk- Tn.
me rains discontinue for IA n.
period we win hare a good 49,
crop The oats were practical
az TOO short for the mover hn,
ere they could be cut he su,u. AL
them. The wheat he saw,
maoa better than at first ~gIsncs
many found after cutting fss,,I
small. ouia DO
e hask says many farmers in Ill
y are preparing to put IN cyos. :
'o,sham' coWpeas and mInet. nal {
,ns ~, ~ many places. has been
sno VII maize only a sraali yiels
Anles ouinlan was in town. rns-
Soa reports a good rain ont N.
ne says almost An ,n,h I'LL,
there. tsll
henari1, living Just vest
Tuesday W '%