Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03

Gre&ne2le, who previously held the
rssond
The reoordhreaker is owned by A.
W. Morris a raneher near Wood
land. and has ben nnrtured during the
year along lines laid down by the Da-
vs Farm School, 4 branch Of the
University Of California.
Mrs R. P. Moore, who lives south
q Mexico, has one Of the very best
hoeks Of Barred Plymouth Rock
chickens in the State Mrs. Moore is
an excellent Judge Of chickens and is
constantly improving her flock.
Decatur. H., Nov. 27.-Miss LOW
ma Gingerich Of Arthur, - years old,
recently claimed the championship of
women c0Tashackers in Central Hi
nois
In fourteen days of 10 hours each
she shucked 962 bushels, an average
Of sc bushels a day.
A FIRST-CLASS creamery would
not only be q splendid enterprise for
Mexico, but would prove most profit
able to the farmers of the county.
Charles R. Craghead & Sons, two
miles northeast Of Auxvasse. bought
a nice mule colt day last week
from Mrs. Mary Craghead, three
miles northwest of Auxvasse. The
price paid was S40.-Gazette
Reuben Shryock, south of Steph-
ems, sold a horse mule Monday to
Lee Green Of Centralia for $3.50.
]. c. Diggs, Of this county. topped
the st. Louis market, Friday. with a
drove Of short-fed steers # his own
feeding that crossed the scales at
$3.50 per cwt.
Reed Burke, n Of the prominent
farmers and feeders in southwest
Audrain county, has two cars of pref
ty beeves standing at the troughs
and almost ready for market. One car
of them is composed Of pretty white
faces that win weigh near the 1900
pound mark. The other load is ma
tive Durhams and also Of splendid
quality. Mr.. Burke probably will mar
ket the stock some time in December.
f. H. Carter bought two fine Pol
and China hogs at Butler, Mo-, last
week. One he purchased for Col. Jim
johnson. Mr.. Carter will retain the
other which is only 10 months old, but
was a champion at the state fair this
year Both of the animals are unusual
ly fine bred.
At a meeting of the State Poultry
Board, Saturday. in st. Louis, E. C.
McCarroll, Of Vandalia, was elected
viee-president. The other officers are
A. A. Coult, St Louis, president; 4.
E. Quisenberry, Mountain Grove,
secretary
George Kellerhals of near Benton
City, was a business visitor in this
city Monday.
Albert Price has been shipping cav
airy horses lately, car load being
shipped last week. He has rented the
old Campbell & Piatt barn, northwest
of the hitchlot-
Wheeler Cant, a prominent young
Audrain county stockman, has been
selling a large number of sheep all
over this part of the State.
Fred Roberts has contracted to de-
liver to Ben Brown December Both,
half a load of hogs at $500.
John Freeman is in Rush Hill
where he has a contract for some
building. Mr.. Freeman is a good
workman and will give satisfaction.
Tyke Harrison of MeCredie passed
through this city Tuesday on his way
to St Louis to purchase stock cattle.
Edward Machin had a japanese
persimmon, this week, that weighed
II IL lbs.
Grant Morthland, north of this
city, delivered 81 head hogs to Pow
ell & Mundy, this week. They aver
aged ITO lbs. and brought 81.
Joe Considine, one of Audrain's
most prominent feeders, vas IN the
st. Louis market Monday with a
consignment of very fat steers of
plain quality which sold at the top Of
the market. His consignment includ-
ed 10 steers, averaging 1880 lbs,
which sold to the st. Louis Dressed
Beef Co., for S10.10.
w. D Mason, of this county, mar
keted 80 steers averaging 1922 lbs.
that sold to the st. Louis Dressed
Beef Co., for $500 in st. Louis Mon
day.
New Bloomfield, No., Dec IF.
o. Link of New Bloomfield, an ex-
tensive cattle feeder of Galloway
county, has sold 65 head Of his choice
Hereford and shorthorn steers to
Oswald Hasenbacker of Chicago.
The cattle are intended for the ex-
port trade and will be shipped d.
rectly to New York. Link received
$1,000 a hundred.
Hasenbacker took the pick Of the
Link herd. Link has 200 head on
feed.
Galloway County stockman who
passed through this city to market
Monday were: Matt Dunn, Of McCre-
die, with a load Of heifers for Chica-
go and Oscar Black and w. J. Will
kerson to ST. Louis, with cattle and
hogs.
Charleston, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE Hes
sian fly has been doing much dam
age in Mississippi County. Farmers
say that unless cold weather comes
soon wheat will be damaged. The
county has the largest acreage in its
history.
Decatur, Ga, Dec. "A hog weigh
ing 1910 pounds and less than two
years old, is the record in swine rails
ing made by Col. W. E. Wimpey Of
DeKalb County. The hog is Z feet
10 inches long, 1914 inches high, and (
TAtA inches around the hodv