Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-03-19
Notes

~. LOUIS Nft
No 2 Red % a 20 10
No : Hard 81 10 %
No ? Hard si.tsaM
No ? Corn 81
No 2 Y ~
NO , w
No 2 cais 50 ~ a 40
Chicago Close
Wheat May % IS d ID II July s. es
"a a. Sept IS sS
Corn May IS rs b July IS IL a 81
n sent 81 ~ a SIS D Sept 81 ~ =
lbsA
Oats May 80 3 July 40 3 ssrt 81 =
Ills A
Fork May siss a IS July 2iss
Among the sales at M~srtlnsburs SAT-
~unbay we're the following;
W. =. Klpdig, a mule, TO Hy Dav
IS. sSs.
Lail & Purvis. 81 head Of cattle 70
1teeo Chapman at $3.50 a head.
r. N. Barre, a horse, to Geo. Aus
I'm for sl49. Mr. Barre also cold TO
Jim English a horse for STA and an
other horse TO l.. Horton for siS5.
Clarence Poo paid 7. Mullins sss
for a horse.
John Barnes paid II. StuekeHschnei-
der $is4 for a mule.
Alb Robinson pad Mr.. AlneDs $50
for a horse.
J.. H. Scott sold W W. coylnstop a
mare for s47.5o.
PROSPECTS are unusually bright
for the Special Horse sales cornps
ny's sale, April Pa. This enterprise
10 s~plendidly managed bringing buy
ers and sellers together from all
parts Of the country.
Audrain county is fourth in the av'
erage farm land valuation in the
Ninth Congressional District. s..
Charles county leads with an average
OF st4.t6 per acre. second Pike with
S1S4O; third Rails with si2l3: fourth
Audraln with sif.9S; ffth, Lincola,
with 1915.
Montgomery county averaged SSbS
while Galloway was among the last
With $T.6t. Boone county's ayerage
was si0.57; Monroe averages s1t.jo.
Harry Henderson OF near Aux
vase, held a most successful sale Of
mules Saturday. One mule topped the
bunch at s225. The first three teams
sold brought s525 and $3.50 respect
lively. The 20 head sold averaged
s216.15.
Roy Bryarly has some Of the beat
s. G. Buff orplngtons In the county
and Is selling a large number ~ set
tlngs this spring.
Mrs, Geo. Gerhart Of Glensted, Mo,
who lie advertising her fine s. c, R,
l. Reds IN the Ledger. says she has
tho finest laying strain in her chick
enc Of any she knows OF. She pays a
high price For her males which cone
from the best t~rapnested yards. Al
Of the eggs are dated daily and only
fresh ones ara sold. The same people
buy every season from her. being
pleased with their purchases.
8 P. Emmous and son had 6 cows
and 2 calves in the big Central
shcrthoru Breeders sale 10 Kansas
CITY this week,
At a good roads meeting at Smith
ton, Pettis Co, March list. $4,000
wac subscribed TO a fund for highway
betterment r. NJ. Monaees gave
$3.50. H Schlussling $3.50. n. Ripley
$50 and g. R Green $685..
J.. B Woolery & Son, southwest
o. Mexico, viii have their sale Of col
mare mules, Monday, March %. This
ls a good opportunity to secure bar.
gains in mules.
Councilman S J. Sanford sold Al
fine pair Of four year old mules TO
Lutte Smith who Is on the Clay farm
in Sailing Township for $500
Prof. g B Hr'ehiaon Of The COLLEGE,
OF Agriculture at Columbia, will be at
Beagles school house the night OF sal
urday. March 2s, Farmer" Rusk winl
also be present Prof. Hutchinson
WI be the guest n g. n. Morthlsnd
with whom be ia working on some
important agricultural experiments.
This meeting will he of interest IN
every farmer and there should be a
large crowd present 20 enjoy the
program Prof. Hutchinson is one tbeI
best men in The College of AgricA
ture.
The following are some OF the MIR.
Mt the J y johnson gala on
Wednesday Tho total was over
F@V'VVV atp1 Mt dohfiSpn says Il WA
beat sale he ever held. L
Koch Of Rush Hin, and L. LINN Of
Monroe County, each paid $500 for
pair Of coming twos. VIM Pryor, south.
vest OF Mexico, bought a pair of tbe
coming tWos at 1890, N. G. Beckiey
'f Mexico paid 1895 for q pair az the |
anne Kind. J. II Rudaaii of North (
Audrain paid 1895 Tor a pair Of eom. !
tWoa. John Holtksmp. north OF
bought a pair Of coming tvos 4
u 1875 ROY Field, a pair of tbel
anne at $3.50 and one for s37o aaInb
iondriz Of Galloway bought a nal, ~
so and B n. Middleton Of MerIoo
'ald 1858 for a pair. q
me top price Of the sale was ra,a !.
Jack Harrison Of AuSvasse vbo
"a 1898 tor a pair Of coming 4.year.
10 mare mules that weighed ss7o
@''fV
ne ~ yeariinga, averaged arsl
evenly : one 3year ODDS avoraa
5000. seu j.