Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-02-05
Stock Notes

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h Good umothy hay-sia
B
st Looss czsA
Cattle 1880 including 30 so0th-
eras. Market steady.
Hogs I2.00o STEADY.
Sheep 1900 Strong.
ST. Louis Cash
No 2 Red % IL
No 2 Hard IS IL
No 2 Corn IS IL
No 2 66 a IL
No 2 W g.
No 2 W 60
No 2 Oats 40
No 2 W 40em IL
Chicago Close
Wheat May % 81 a rs A July IS IL
"A
Corn May e5 SIS B July g. 81 a rs
B Sept g rs
Oats May 30 A July IS IS
Pork May 2I a
W. A TerriIl Of lear Rewena.
Audrain county. sold 6s fat hogs
during the past year and raised on
his farm the feed they consumed.
The hogs brought from 70 to &c per
pound and averaged him about SIC
per head. They were spotted Pol
ands Mr.. Terriil is OF the opinion
that the man who raises his own feed
and owns hogs is pretty apt to end
the year with a balance in his favor.
-CentraIia Courier.
Ferris & Cunningham sold Howard
Bailey Of ST. Louis 25 head of mules
last week. Fifteen head brought $3.50
per head and were as fine a lot OF
mules as ever left this place. Ten
head OF small mules brought $110 a.
piece.-Laddonia Herald.
Ben Dubbert of Martinsburg. ship
ped out a load Of hogs recently.
THE people Of Audrain County, es-
peeisily farmers, are all interested
in the success of Farmer Rusk's
work in the County. This is the
most important work ever undertaken
by the citizens Of Audrsin and
should have the hearty cooperation
Of every citizen Of the County. You
should not only be glad to cooperate
but you should be glad to participate
In the payment Of the salary. Those
who are interested asnd benefited
should be glad to assist in meeting
necessary expenses.T That's the only
way TO get results in this world.
GEO. DEAN has traded his fine
farm. southwest of Mexico, for a big
livery stock and other property in
Illinois. W. hope Mr.. Dean win
continue to make Aadrain Is home.
We hate TO lose men like him.
The official thermometer dropped
from SO degrees down to 81, from
Wednesday afternoon at about q
o'clock until Thursday morning at Il
o'clock. This is a drop of 26 de-
grees in II hours.
George K~ellerhals. one Of Au
drains most popular farmers, sold
his so acre farm 4 10 miles north
east OF Benton City this week, to Ed
Williams OF Rush Hill, for Just five
times what II cost him in 1901. Mr.
Kellerhals paid SIS an acre for the
thirteen years ago and sold IL
week for $40 an acre
This farm, Of course. has been
improved. Mr.. Kellerhals
has rented 1t for another year and
will remain in Audrain County
THE farmers of Galloway County
are moving in the direction of Sc
a farm advisor and the mer-
chants and business men Of the coun-
Ey will cordially cooperate along this
line. The best investment a CounJI
make is to secure a firstclass
competent farm advisor. This is
experience of every county that
has secured a man OF this charac-
Ter. The farm industry Of this coun-
is of more Importance t -day than
t ever was before and business men
and merchants are always glad to Co
'perte with the farmers who are look.
ng into this matter.
VIII Cox, a farmland, who work
ID for George Mosby, near vandalia,
suicide, Thursday, by
Ihooting himself Through the head,
bout 10 miles south Of vandalia at
~neighbor's house. No reason for
he act is known. Mr.. Cox was unmar
led.
The farmers of Hickory Grove
chool district organized a Farmers :
hub last Friday night with the fol- /
owing officers: L. B Deaton, presi- ]
emit; John Hickerson. vice presi. /
ent; T. s. Eichor, secretary; and I
/. F. Parker and T. s. Eichor, com q
l'tteemen. /
J. Robert Boatman Of Belize, Brit,
n Honduras, Central America, has y
ought 1000 acres in the Mlssoissippi b
liver bottoms near Louisiana, Mo-. b
nd Will build a dyke to protect the
from overflow, He was al the c
lanters Hotel yesterday. He is a son
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N Boatman Of
exico, Mo. and vas reared in Au, g
ain County. He has been interested n