Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-06-25

erns. Market steady.
Hogs 5000 &c higher
Sheep soon Steady.
D. L. Rodgers says the corn
his section promises a fine crop
q rain comes soon.
That fertilizer is a great aid
wheat. Is shown by some excellent
photographs OF wheat fields in Il
vest part Of the county. taken /
Alfred Larsen. OF this city.
Mr.. Larsen has a photograph (
a splendid field OF wheat belongin
to Joe considine at Thompson. tn
stalks r about five feet high an
he heads are large. This wheat
on rertilized ground. A photograp
Of the adjoining field shows III
wheat not near SO good and u
stand rather poor. This field wa
rot fortified.
Another photograph MMr. Larse
has is OF Green Giants wheat, nea
Cant Mr.. Larsen said this was IN
best field he saw on his trip fror
here to c~entralia. This field was ais
rertiIIzed.
Topkea, June 20.
All Kansas rain records were brok
en- last night when ten inches O
rain were recorded at Valley Fails
and s inches at Rock Creek. Nea
Valley Falls the Union Pacific los
a quarter of a mile of track. In or.
der TO make connections with thI
Santa Fe last night, fifty men an,
women, with their shoes and stock
ings In their hands, waded through /
Inches of water for a distance Of nes
~ a hair mile.
Mexico only got rs Of an inch o
rain Monday night, but the farm
ers, the people who really need II
were the recipients OF good shower
and the crops look better already
Molino had a good rain and Santa
Fe had two heavy showers. The re
port also says the Intervening coun.
trT was preached.
IN the west end Of the county
however. only dust settlers are 70.
ported. Rowona and Cant both
send IN dry reports. centralla
though. says she had a real good
shower. Al Rnsh Hill aud surrounding
country heavy rains fell.
The farmers are feeling better,
nov. that the rains have started OF
the day specified by Messrs Hicks
and KaHaly. These gentlemen an
nounce more rain at once.
Jake Buckner says at his farm,
south Of Mexico. in Galway coun.
ty, only a light shower fell, and VIZ
liam Mason reports the same at
his farm, about 5 niles north OF
town. He says however that sterl-
ing Carter. who lives z miles north
west, had a good heavy rain.
THE Mexico fair catalogs are out
and you al secure one at the Of
flee Of Assistant secy w. F. Akin
son, Ringo Hotel or Ledger Office.
Galloway County wheat yield Is
estimated AZ between rs and IS per
cent.
John Brewer recently bought 9
good ~high-school horses from Mr..
PeTuberton. Elizabeh, Ky.
Tom Bass is home from winnipeg,
Canada, where be carried OF quite a
number Of first prizes on his fine
X z. Mcdonald OF Lubbock. Tex.
IS. owner OF Wood Mcdonald, a son
the late Rex Mcdonald Of Mexico
'ends the Ledger $500 for the Reg
Mcdonald Monument Fund. Mr.. Nc
Donald writes that Wood Mcdonald
$ one Of the best combination high
chool horses In Texas.
This makes a total Of s131.s D for
be Rex Mcdonald fund.
One OF the best known live
took a~nctioneers In this country il
J. T. johnson. Of this city. Col
ohnson arrived home, Friday, from
Alabama, where he cried a
Irge sale Of high-grade, thorough
red cattle. /
He says oYer two hundred head Of
horthorns. Whiteface and Angus {
title were sold for Cobbs and Der.
7 Of Geiber. Special trains were Z
in to the sale and &c head Of !
leep and cattle were killed for the b
g barbecue dinner. Col. johnson d
'ys the crops along the route be-
Feen here and Alabama look good. q
i the farmers want rain. He :
the South and the people down !
ere, but says he's always glad to !
I back to good old Mexico and r
!,
7. Prather Of centralia, writ 7
3 concerning the crops in this sec /,
n Of Missouri, says: s
Candidates are travelling all over I,
. county, going from house TO n
use and none Of them have re-
rted serious conditions anywhere In V
} county. !,
Wheat is estimated at from fif- ~
N to thlrty-fiye bushels an 4
70, although we had a revere hail. q
'rm in the spring that damaged it ii
terially. still. with the hail, the "a
ssian fly and the drouth, It Is h
Ing us a fair yield for Missouri G,
Oats we're injured some. but we vi
Ier expect a full crop OF. wheat, I
8 and corn in the same year. IA
The drouth is Just as bad as It to
> last year. still the corn looks Ok
where the farmers have cultiyat
IT, The army worm damaged pas ~
os and meadows some, but they On
getting over II. The loss was Tn
ch less than might have been ex- col
ted. Most pastures are looking rid
! whore they are not over. TIL
sked. ] think n we ali do our part as
viii have e better crpo than las pei
I
here is no use losing courage; the
! "a one aus of short crops. We ers
get through; there is no mis- tai