Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-09-04

Ell. This is not high. considering the
short crop this
The $500 saddle stake guaran-
teed by SC members of the Mexico
Commercial Club, cost them ss.65
each. Those who guaranteed this
stake feel that the advertisement the
city got out OF II amply repaid them.
Columbia Herald Statesman.
In the face Of the drouth, Reuben
Shryrock OF M%illersburg vicinity. de-
clared he win have more corn than
he had last year. He has also about
800 bushels of wheat. for which he
asks 81 a bushel.
Green and Son, Centralia mule
men, bought two big mules recently
from Harry Keene for 1870, and
a pair from S. P. Keene. for 1856.
We understand the mules we're
bought for a Tennessee firm.
A New Bloomfield item says A. Z.
Winscott sold 10 cotton mules and six
big fellows" TO Jeff Woods and
they we're shipped out Saturday. The
cottoners cost Mr.. Woods s135 apiece
the others 5000.
Some farmers who sold their wheat
too soon are now trying TO buy
some to feed hogs on. But wheat
now is going to cost them more.
The concrete bridge u. A. Powell
has built for the Mexico Power Co.
at the west end Of its reservoir Is
the largest in The county. II Is 30.
feet long, with a waterway 10 feet.
wide and ; feet high. Dirt from
the dry bed Of the reservoir is be
Ing used to raise the road 8 feet.
Among those who have sIios north
west Of Mexico are: John r. Baker,
200 tons, c. T, Jesse 100 tons. Daytl
Miller 100 tons, II. T. Squirting and
son 200 tons, John Blum 200 tons, J..
@. Crawford, 400 tons, J. B. Baker IS
tons, F. ]. Weinand 900 tons, Mnt
Householder $50 tons
One famous Boone county hog buy.
or offers to take hogs any time be-
tween now and January / at s
cents.
Ben Outright has sold his ~4O-acre
farm, southwest of centralIa, to
Wat Wright for 5000.
A good many farmers will. for the
first time, try sowing fertilizer with
their wheat 1t will certainly pay.
Don A. Carr had 25 acres Of
oats, and tbreshed out SAL bushels.
says the Sturgeon Leader. Not a bad
yield, considering the season.
The demand for cider mills has
been light this season, the dealers
say
An acre and a half OF milo maize
this season gave General Keene
more good stock-feed than the same
ground In corn . TT is fine for any
kind of stock or poultry. and the
fodder Is Just as good" said Mr..
heene who had a sample In town 1
Monday. He has been experiment.
ing with the crop for several years.
Every farmer ought TO raise Il. he
says-Columbia Herald-statesman.
Ihe Benjamin Wood farm and five
io's IN Mexico were sold by the sber.
III Monday for the purpose OF part.
non' the farm OF 100 acres near Hat.
ION selling for $4,000 to Walter NJ
Wood and the five lots in Mexico
bought by Ben Tincher for
'S8O.-Fulton SUM-
Fulton, Mo-. Sept. 1.
Mule men at the monthly stock
today, predicted the Galloway
county the leading mule county IN
ne State, would fall far short oil
eed'ng The uSdai number OF hyhvtda
winter. The Kingdom" feeds inl
neighborhood Of 5000 OF the %Iopr.
AIRED animals in a normal season. br,lI
he drought and the high cost otlI
eed' has hurt the trade badly.
The big mule men have hor,h, b
comparatively few mules SO far anal
re waiting for a drop in prices
'hich 1t Is said will follow tba ~. -
~ inactivity ! n the buying way. II .
! oeiieVed mules intended for ,bs =
pen win be s25 off A head
y october stock sales day,
WIN Lee bought some fifteen head
norses and mules Monday at pric.
: ranging from $50 to sl75 head
: so' two mules OF Mccall G. Mad.
-, a mare Of Garrett Duffy, a mnle
rom Nixon. a horse of Sam Dar
ana one OF Emmett Case, two mn,s, -
Dous Turner. a horse Of L Brown
~hallsVille' one Of B. B. Muir. ono +,
q. b. Web and two horses ~ y !
= NATURALIZATION Sun. r..
D cattle receipts at the K,,sa. F,
y stock yards Tuesday brougbt CHI
= 'o'ai offerings of Monday ana Pa
leSuay up to 10000 head. ,ho 49,
rsest Monday and Tuesday recoin,.
tne history of the yards Mon
' ana Tuesday Of last week sar
wy head OF cattle unloaded al tho u
I nus mere. The receipts to-day were WI
900 head. Goo
The market Tuesday mor,,,n ertJ
the effect of heavy shlpmso,s at
,e,e was a genral weakness m =, =
Tue as well as in stockers ana ,oaS
> mere was a largo crowd :, d
nuy buyers on hand from m,,o,sl
Nebraska and other sta,a0 gan - /,
, greatly a'recied by the dronS1, pi4l
~ t@t''o lspssaad hogs racslOs.