Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-09-25

Good timothy hay-s13. ~
q 3 y ,
| st. Louis Close-
Cattle-s5oo. including 700 South
erns. Steady.
Hogs 5000 &c TO lOc lower
sheep-s50o Steady
81 Louis Cash
No 2 red 50 IL a rs 10
No 2 hard 81 10 a 9S
No 2 corn "a 10
No 2 yellow "a 1-2 a rs
No Q white rs a rs -
No Q Oats IS II
May 80 IA Ssh
Chicago Close
Wheat Sept IS s.S B Dec 81 IS A
Corn Sept rs 80 Dec II SO May "
ISIS May 70 ss A
Oats Sept 40 s-s Dec ~ SIS May %
l3-4 a rs
Pork Jan 1885 May GOES
R. B. Price, Of Audrain couuts
Mo-. marketed a consignment o
branded Panhandle Hereford two
year-old steers to-day that br 'ush'
him to top Of the market. The con-
sIgnment included 80 steers. aver
aging 1908 lbs. and were taken h
the killers at $500 per cwt.
Mr. Price fed the beeves person
ally. he having had them on a fri
feed since February 18TH. He finishes
them on shelied corn and ground al
falfa and molasses feed. The shippei
Is one Of the nost extensive feeder
in his county and his sale to-day vii
testify to the fact that he know
low to finish cattle. ST. Louil
would like TO have more feeders o
this stripe enrolled among the regula
shippers.-St. Louis Live Stock Re
porter.
There have been 152 entries in tn
Pettis County boys corr growing cor
test, which will be decided at thu
State Fair next week. The banks
will give cash prizes aggregating $40
to the winners
Chas. Dunn, OF Galloway who wa
buying mules here this week, bough
IS good mules In Columbia last week
George Clark. the mail carrier, hal
brought the Ledger three good ear
Of corr raised by A. H, Meyer, whit
lives on Fish Branch, northwest o.
this city. The corn is splendid fol
this season and Mr.. Clark says Mr.
Meyer has IS acres Of It. This
shows the splendid results OF dry-far,
ing.
Farmer" Rusk has been busy I'll,
past week or ten days testing seed
Much OF the alfalfa that is to be pui
In has been already sown. There will
be a large acreage OF timothy. Mr.
Rusk has found many Of the samples
Of the seed brought to him adulterat
ed and some OF It.. especially with
buckhorn. He suggests that the far.
mers should have their seed tested b
fore they buy In order TO see that
they get the pure article.
There will be lots OF wheat sown
In Audrain County this year and he
believes as much, II not more than In
fall Of 1912. He reports many corr
crops as giving a larger yield than
was expected, while there have been
some the other way. F. d. Parsons.
Of Benton City was very pleasantly
surprised recently when he found tina
what looked like almost a crop fall
ure gave ten bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Rusk says there are many re-
ports coming in from all parts Of Au.
drain regarding sick animals as a
result of being fed on fodder, while
quite a number Of casualties are also
reported. Many Of the farmers
have stopped using the fodder and
allow It to dry. They will prob
not start feeding before the
of December or January.
The Mayor Of Warrensburg. Mo
ordered all abie-bodied men of
that city to work on the streets on
September 25th and 26th. This was
lone because no action was taken on
Governor Majors good road days on
account Of. the excessive heat.
Jack woolery. ex-sheriff of And
ain county. Mo-, figured conspicuous.
y on the st. Louis market Tuesday.
De marketed a load of steers of his
eeding at quite satisfactory
'rlces. In the shipment were fiyeI
'earling steers and heifers that aver.
lged $50 pounds and went to the kill
RS at 1925. pretty close to the ex.
Top of the market. Fourteen
cad of 1325-pound steers sold at
Come again. sheriff. live
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