Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
Stock Notes
sPRINGFIELp,I I., sept 2lth:

third; Marshall Chief, owned by Ira
Sharp. Sharpsburg, Ill.,, fourth; Mau
rine Fisher. owned by Miss Lonla
fifth; Cason Mcdonald, owned
by Tom Bass. Mexico. sixth.
Col. W. d. Lee, of Mexico, and Mat
S. Biers, of Mendoza, ILL.,, offieiated
as judges of the big stake and their
decision met with the approval Of
the largo audience.
Joe and Gray Wilson, who live east
Of Moline, were in Mexico Thursday
TO take out some fertilizer. They will
SOW so acres Of wheat this fal | and
will use fertilizer with it.
Because Audrain county has been
a good and consistent customer of
Armour's Fertilizers for fifteen
years, wheat fields of this county
will be shown in the Armour Alma
nae for 1915, which will be sent all
over the world. The William Pollock
Mill and Elevator Co. is the local ag-
ent for the Armour Fertilizers.
The best wheat field which will be
shown is that of Ross Cant, near
Thompson. Mr.. Cant used 125 pounds
Of Raw Bone fertilizer to the acre
and his wheat yielded 80 bushels per
acre. Judging from the picture, it
is Of excellent quality. The field has
been in cultivation for 80 years.
The picture of Joe Considine's field
shows an excellent stand of wheat.
He used Raw Bone fertilizer and his
yield was % bushels to the acre. A
picture Of Zell Fishers field where
no fertilizer was used is also shown.
This wheat yielded only 10 bushels
to the acre, as could be easily judged
from the picture. This field is just
over the fence from Mr. Considine's.
In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside, Judson C. Welliver, Wash
ington correspondent of that publica-
ton, writes an interesting article en-
titled wartime Prices and opportun
tiles" in which he reports a conver-
sation with Edwin r. Sweet, Assist
ant Secretary of Commerce at Wash
ington. Out of this conversation de-
veiopsd az explanation as to why
wheat is now going up and cotton
down. The chief reason is, Of course,
that in wartime people have to con-
tinue to eat, but they can put off the
purchase of new clothes. On this sub
ject Mr.. Sweet says, in part:
cts a question Of making It posi-
bic for the cotton producers to hold
their cotton until the demand comes
back, which il must do. They are
thinking just now about things to
eat, because that's a daily problem.
So grains and meat go up. They are
not so excited yet about cotton. II
must be made into cloth before it car
be used. The Southern people have
not the financial reserves that North
ern ones have; they raise crops
whose value is to a great extent
pledged and used before they are hal
vested, and when the new crop comes
on at a time when the price il
suddenly pounded downward it's &
mighty serious affair for them.
"The administration is going to de
everything possible to help tide the
South over this situation. Money, al
| understand, will be deposited where
it will be available to meet the ne
cessities of people without sacrific.
ing their crops"
Cutting corr and putting it into a
silo adds a great deal to its value, ac-
cording to j. H. Harris, a Grand
Prairie farmer who vas n of the
early purchasers of silos in Galloway
county.
cat the Lee Davis sale at Hereford
last week 80 tons Of ensilage sold at
$4.75 a ton, bringing s21 an acre.
Mr.. Harris says, "and at the same
sale shock corn sold at from IS cents
to S1.05 a shock, bringing about $40
an acre. The orr that was put in
the silo was no better than the corn
that was shocked, and the difference
in the price of the two commodities
is due to the feeding superiority of
the ensilage."
Mr.. Harris has two silos on his
west-of-M cCredie farm and finds
that silage is a big help in feeding cat
tie for market. He thinks the day is
not far distant when nearly every
stock farm in the county will have a
silo. - Fulton Gazette.
Russell Moore, Of Columbia, form.
, erly of this city, was here, Friday er
route home from Springfield, Ill.
where he attended the State Fair
He says the large coliseum on the
fair grounds at Springfield was on
fire when he left there Thursday
night. He said the fair ground fire
department was at the scene and he
met two other trucks going from
Springfield as he went in from the
grounds to the city.
Wheeler Cant has just brought a
big bunch Of two years old cattle
from Maries county which he will
feed. These cattle were driven over,
taking four days and arrived in fine
condition.