Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-05

Sheep $500 Steady
There are apples enough to 20
around this year and some for cider.
The crop is estimated at 100000 900
bushels against a general average
production Ct about las, 900, 900 bush
els. Because Of the loss Of export
markets growers viii undoubtedly
suffer and already there is talk that
in some large apple-growing regions
not all the fruit viii be picked be-
cause of low prices. There are not
too many apples to be consumed by
our people If they could have ac-
cess to them. 1t will be a pity if
dealers insist on holding up prices to
consumers, while the lowest prices
are Offered producers. Recently in a
store IN a country village apples were
priced at As cents a peck. a short dis
lance away trees were so burdened
with fruit that it was problematical
If it would pay to gather it at all. Ap-
Piles r bound to be low by the barrel
and that is the way to buy apples
whenever possible. Nearly every-
where through the corn belt farmers
will need to buy their apples, owing
partly to the inroads of the scale.
II. S. Schoonover. a farmer living
in the Mount Ayr n~eighborhood,
brought to Maryville for exhibition
Saturday, a yard long" bean, 80
inches in length, which he grew this
summer. Mrs. Schoonover reports
that the bean is quite a novelty there
and that it is quite deleetable.
Days Of fine weather remain be-
lore winter comes with mingled cold
and wet. Many things can be done
now to make farm life pleasanter in
winter time. There are the mud
holes at the gates. Some farmers are
paving between their gateways with
concrete; others are placing gravel
in such places. Either will do much to
take from farm life one Of its dis
comforts Then much satisfaction can
be derived from going about the
farm buildings, mailing on loose
boards, placing a few shingles here
and repairing a door hinge there.
Some men have cracks in their feed
boxes through which grain Sits out
constantly. In five minutes time
with a nail or two and a bit of lath |
quarts Of good grain could be saved.
The men who have made notable sue
eesses at farming are those who look
ed after just such little details as
these. They did them OPPORTUNITY
and were never rushed. We knew a
man who from poverty grew to be a
very large landowner. Strol.ing about
his place n day after his death. we
were astonished to see hanging on a
nail a spade that we knew he had
kept there o than two decades he
fore. His buildings were in perfect
repair. His fences were strong. There
was never any rush or hurry on that
farm, yet it grew and grew. Order.
system and attention to details help
ed TO achieve a notable success.
The bald eagle that stole . chicken
from the yard Of John Stevens at
Jonesburg didn't know about Johns
ability to pitch EN- over the plate.
Mr.. Stevens, indignant at the theft of
the Rhode Island Red, quite prompt
~ heaved a pebble at the bird of
pry, bringing it to earth, when he
slew 1t with a club. The eagle meas
ured six feet from tip to tip.
competing for a purse of $50. ri
butchers at Monet engaged in a
"sklnning contest" where the meat
cutters dressed a beef in a race
against time. Lewis Baldwin won the
money by finishing his task in sew
enteen minutes and eight seconds.
A Franklin county woman combats
the high cost of chicken feed by sup
her poultry with cracked wal
nuts which, she AYERS, gives the fowls
exercise in picking out the kernels
and that the hens in gratitude lay
for her all winter.
Fennewald Bros, the extensive Au
drain county feeders and regular pa
irons Of this markt contributed some
more of their good steers fr MONDAYS
and they sold at the top Of the
market, also bringing the highest
price beeves have sold for here for
about two weeks. There were rs
head in the consignment averaging
l475 pounds that sold to Joseph
Storms & Co., of New York for S1O.5O .
The steers showed the careful hand i
ing that is characteristic of all cat {
lie marketed here by the +,
leeders. They were conditioned for ,
he market mainly on a ration of
,orn and Lyons Champion Molasses ,
Feed. The brothers were well pleas !,
ID with their price.-Liye Stock Re-
Tom Pearson Of Laddonia exhibited !,
Boone County sweet potato in this :
.ity Saturday that weighed a trifle v
'ver 5 pounds. >