Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-19

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mers To burn the dead grass and
weeds along the roads and Keep the
fence corners clean so tina. the in
sects that bother the crops will have
no comfortable place to spend the
winter.
Mrs. Or. Wallace, of the State Of
Washington. sent her mother, Mrs,
Amanda Miller, of this city. also
mother of Mrs. S. P. Cunningham,
some winter banana apple, which
are some of the finest fruit Of its
kind ever shipped into this city
J. Hord Davis is home from Trim
ity Valley, Texas, where he bought
forty acres Of land. Texas might be
all right, but Mr.. Davis still thinks
good old Audrain is better.
Harry Noel, of near Martinsburg,
was in town Saturday, Mr.. Noel says
he expects 70 place 20 head of calves
on feed about the first of the year. He
will feed silage, cotton seed cake and
a little corn. There is lots of wheat in
his neighborhood and it all looks fine.
John Ellis, one of Audrain's pro-
gressive young farmers, residing
north of this city, is marketing 1000
bu. Of wheat. Mr.. Ellis pus in 90 A.
this year and reports the wheat in
his section. Of which there is quite a
lot, looking exceptionally good.
Elmer johnson has 100 head of
black calves on feed.
One Of Maitland's farmers recently
brought in five stalks of corn having
twenty-one ears on them. The great.
est number of ears was five on one
stalk, raised by Bert Patterson. six
miles southwest of there.
A. Davis, a well-known farmer Of
near Martinsburg, has so acres Of
wheat in that look fine. he says
quite a lot Of wheat is being sown in
his section. Mr.. Davis says the
present fine weather has been need.
ed as wheat is always sown here late.
Judge S. c. Groves says lots Of
wheat has been soNn in his par Of
the county and that it all looks fine.
Fennewald Bros. the weil-known
and extensive Audrain County. Mo.
feeders who have marketed many a
load Of steers here, we're represented
IN the trade today friday with a
hve-car string Of beeves that sold
for sl0.50, the top Of the market. The
beeTes averaged 1444 pounds and
were purchased by Armour Co.
The Messrs FennewaId have had
the steers ON fun feed about seven
months, all told. They were a good
bunch of Southwest steers, and cost
on an average of $500 as feeders. The
ration used in their conditioning was
shelled corn, cottonseed meal and
Lyons Champion Molasses Feed. They
were in good condition when receiv-
ed here and showed that careful han
ding that is characteristic Of all the
cattle the Fennewalds marLet here.
st. Louis Live Stock Reporter.
Albert Harrison, the well-known
and extensive feeder of Audrain Co.
Mo-, celebrated the re-opening of
the yards Thursday by marketing a
consignment of yearling steers Of
his own feeding, which sold to Ar
mour q CO., for S1O.45, which was
the top of the market. Mr.. Harrison
was well pleased with his sale. and
when seen by a representative of the
Live Stock Reporter, gave a detail
ed history Of the steers and how thew
we're conditioned.
He said: "These steers were a
part of 20 head all told, with which
] started out to feed. The 10 head
were purchased last December, that
is a part Of them. The original pur-
chase was 500 head. Two of them deid
Immediately after unloading. Thir-
teen wer purchased later. right in
the county, but one was lost during
the summer.
AT the time ! bought the steers
their average weight was f51
pounds and they cost about 5000
per head. The thirteen ! purchased
in the county however were not an
average of the entire bunch and
therefore should be figured sep..f-
ately.
'The Gteers were wintered strong
and well taken care Of. In The spfs g
they were put on a full feed of
shelled corn which had been soaked
for "a hours, For the last 60 dag
they We're given a ration of Unseen
meal to produce the finish. The bunch
weighed here 1881 pounds, 50 that
they gained $50 pounds darlag Ihs
time had them.
"Now about their sale. The first
bunch Of them / sold brought S10.25.
M head out at $500. The SEE
load also brought S1o.25. with
one steer out at $3.50 and two for
IS. Thursdays load sold for SlO45.
The entire bunch brought an average
If sl0S.53 per head, which included
throw outs. That gives me q
margin OF Sfb.b3 per head oyer
he purchase price. | have not fig
ired theit net profit. but ] say a far.
ner is a pretty poor feeder if he
'ant winter and feed yearling steers
or less than $1,000 a head.
MI Harrison's steers were the
ighest-prieed cattle in West Thurs
ias. The tops at botn Kansas CITY
omaha were $1,000, ae:) ding to
messages from these points -Iifa
't',k Reporter.
A damage suit against the Wells
Express Company for the loss
Z nineteen chickens intrusted to It's