Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-09-11
Stock and =
Fam News

- - Eve gated aadler siAnionN
.,v AZ eaass at the 81 Paul ho'se
SEPT /. thers we're i've en'rss
so- seur Prizes go. rs. 81 ana
v,s soa b H0uchin & A~nders
5000 ~ o J Nooen q Ds Mon
..d thlra ard foarsh ~ u
- rs. Stables Il Nsxsoo No.
~sssg,Irsl s.rrpi s,sIioa. driven ~
To- R.S vas greatly sGniree-
THE r,psss e ne rroSsss aaS =
,-Nt.r-s a ne xzne raa sssbtd
.hv tss eierk Ne wFes ssoss teai ~
-. !. h~,nr eAr91ny ecoacucsl
h. .xp@s~d sor ~psruzsszR soee r~NA
ne Szns soaa district es@nEon
= vey earsess ard scrss N -
-. 70 mske ne rosas = @s Aex
'sco s-mns dsssrsct the best n tne
state mats the way % EAke Ne1
leo q greater eiy.
THE Metroplitan pAPcrs aHaoanc
.,hat /, ralned IN Missouri forty years
.aee wednesday. Does tAls seite
the d~lscaaslCa ~ to'uheu IN ained
IN Mexico"
THIS IS NOD the first dry rear
nor the digest year Missouri has ever
had. No use in tryiag - make mat
'.eT7 worse than they really are REQ
p,e Of Mexsno and AadrsAn County
are IN fairy god shape and MEXICO
h goIng to grow and prosper - .
has always done in the past
Since the visit Of the United STAT
Is Poultry ear the movement TO IN
prove the quality Of eggs in the
county has received a decided I'm
pssus. Chss. Ckrk has been to see
Farmer Rusk stating be. with q
nmber Of otAe-s. want their r~oosteFs
czpoaazed Audrain holds fourth place
in tie state Of Missouri for the pro
ducxion Of eggs. Mr.. Rusk Is in ccn-
nuuscatioa With b P. Snoot a grad
uats Of TIE state college OF Agrieui-
lture. regarding bis doing this work.
Mr.. smoot il one Of the leading an
thorities on scientific agriculture IN
Missouri
A caponized rooster is as tender a.
> sprfag chicken. II never crows and
can be used for brooding purposes
lit infertiIe eggs which elm.
mates much Of the danger Of then
rotting-
Such a move win materially in
~eresse the poultry industry Of th'
'lCoanty and II properly followed NJ
will place us even closer to the head
than fourth.
The past month Of August lstt
record for heat and lack d rain thai
has not been equalied ia a long mum
Der Of years. The government weath
er bureau has been IN existence fol
% year, and II has no record Of
previous August during which th'
maximum heat remained high aboy'
eo on the average for ~ days. II
some sections Of the country no rair
! whatever fen during August. and II
fact, over most Of the west. south
west and middle statss very Iisti'
3 rain has fallen since June ard no
much during that month.
Col. Dick Dalton IL going 70 have
e an enormous apple CROP and says be
will have 5000 barrels Of Johna,hana
! alone.
Why not a Farm Cleanup Day7'
w. L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary Of
The Missouri state Board Of Agricui
; ture. raises the QUESTION, and says;
Z Town cleanup days have become
. common and have proved most ~
, ~fective in promoting pride All clean
Illness. Why not. then. a cleanup
day in the country? An the g mpty
5 cans are not in town-bnt noe. o.
D them ought to be.
While Missouri farms ,onpare mes
i faYorably in point of cleanliness, be- u
ty and order with those Of any state.
! there are many farms that need clean
, ing mp.
Who would proclaim a farm cleanup
day? The governor Of the state or
} the members Of the county court
might ask that such a day be observ
ed. Perhaps the county farm advis-
er or county superintendent Of schoo
Knight get the farmers Of the county
interested 10 such a movement.
Baxter Guthrie. who lives about Is
miles southwest Of Mexico was in
town Friday and reported a good rain
out his way that morning
Sam Bovine road oyerseer in Sailing
Township is putting in some splendid
concrete e~ulverts Oh the North NIlsso 1
IN State Highway. sam believes that
permanent good roads are worth the
price That Is where Sam is right
P. Larkin. who lives ; mfBesl
southeast Of Mexico has S stalks oil
corn on display at the Southern Bankl
which are splendid. The stalks aro
about 10 feet tall with two rood
ears On each stalk. That's mighty
good dry weather" corn.
John Brewer shipped a carload oil
fine saddle horses to Chicago No-.
day They we're all good ones.
Al the regular monthly meeting. Sat.
urdsy Of the Mexico Eight Mile
Commission Il new concrete earl
veris were ordered bull, al once All
gasoline concrete mixer has been So
cured so that : c~uiverts can be erect !
ed each day. Farmers are hauling the {
material and the Commission Is al .
Jays glad TO meet The farmer ha,sIC
way BY doing the remainder OF the
work. Il
The twelve rev caiveris are locat. .
as follows: near D. l. Rogers 4
aorthezst Of Mexico; north OF Freda
in same section; near Frzpk a,
lode sane section, near Otto Krn.
1a same section uez George Robert.
sane section. north Of Carter
hnuan -- 90