Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-29
Stock Notes


fore. Although the college b grow
ing rapidly yet II was crowded to is
capacity 70 care for all the nesting
OF Associations and lectures.
That grain show was the best thai
has ever been held aud especially
Is this true IN the small grain sec
lions. Corn showed up for better
than was ever expected and the judy
es place the quality Of the entire
show only 20 points lower than last
years high mark. There were nor
than 100 entries above last year Both
champions. White and yellow. came
through J. @. Douglass Of shelbinA-
W. C. Young OF Carthage carried
the purple off in wheat with s sam
pie Of Futzthat tested "a IL lbs,
per bushel.
S. p. Stevenson. Canton, took first
in oats. ]. Ed. Hall Of La Monte
carried off the trophy Ia the Soy
bean Class.
Prof C. B. Hutchinson, Secretary Of
Missouri Corn Growers Association.
will leave about the last Of the
month, for the National Corn Exposi-
ton which meets at Dallas. Tex. this
time. with the leading prize-winning
sample OF the State In all the grains.
Missouri viii likely be heard from
again.
/ was disappointed in not seeing
more samples entered from Audrain
there was only one that I could find
Why could not plans be laid be-
fore spring for a grain show to be
held under the Audrain Farm Bu-
reau. II the fair has helped to
make her famous for her crops? Are
they not Of equal Importance?
the following are the Audrain PEG
pie that I knew there: "Farmer"Rusk
]. ]. Wakefield. W. D. Lee, ]. L. Ed
wards andwife, Chas. Edwards and
wife. Chas Sellers and son, Theo.,
Bob and Dode Cauthorn. J. L. Carpen
ter, e. G. and L. T. Galloway, Mars
ton Beamer. Ashby Bolts, Chester
Starr. s. P. Smooth. Geo. Edwards.
Mont Yeager, Win sterrett and Mar
win Snyder.
W. D. Lee is in Denver judging
saddle horses at the big Horse Show
Tom Bass has a string Of horses
at the big Denver Horse Show.
B. F. Miller has traded his store
In the northwest part Of Mexico o
Wade street TOT. w. Erdman ~.
this city for a farm southwest II.
Mexico. Mr.. Erdman viii take charge.
Of the store Immediately while Mr.
Miller will continue TO live in Mex.
loo and help make a greater city
A high mark In price for a Jack
stock why could not q grain show
was made in the Kingdom Wednesda
when j.. T, Haden, Lying just north.
east of Fulton, sold a five year old
animal of his own breeding to Ten
nv Kersting & Sons. OF Gilmore, st
Charles county for $4,000.
Chester Starr. living in the west
end OF the county, was elected al
member OF the board Of directors Of
the Duroc Breeders Association re-
Gently.
Fritz Kemper and o. H. Brown
paid $1,000 to j. E. Smith, of Aux
vase, for 4 mules recently.
R. e. Blggs & Son of Auxvasse
are feeding so head of steers.
J. T. Johnson will hold his annu-
al sale Feb. IL. He will offer 100
head of mules, among other things.
J. NJ. Dunn OF near McCredie is
feeding 50 head of mules.
Brown & McNear of Centralia, paid
Milt Householder $500 for 6 mules
this week. He always sells good
ones.
R. E. Biggs & Son of Auxvasse are
feeding AZ head Of two year old mule
R. R. Buckner paid W. D. Mason
$1,000 for six cotton mules this
week.
During 1913 Audrain county raised
on 2,274,320 bushels of corn. The
drought, no doubt, had a large part |
cutting down the yield. During the
past year, 1915 acres OF corn were
put in" In this county and the av-
srage yield per acre was only 1e
bushels.
In the same year Audrain produced
5000 bushels of wheat and 1884
OF oats. The farmers planted
',645 acres of wheat and the average
'ield was IA bu. per acre. With
.2,3Sl acres of oats harvested and .
.hreshed. the average yield per acre .
vas only IL bushels. The hay and
anne forage crop for 1913 was l4172 (
ons out of 20, 246 acres.
During the same year, the entire
tate of Missouri produced 1872 74s.541
'ushels of corn. 2,175. 735 tons of hay
nd tame forage, 35.39O,S33 bu. OF
'heat and 14,94s,532 bushels of oats. T.,
total value Of the farm crops
reduced by Missouri farmers I'M
9fS is s175.7s7,i26 W
The average price for farm pro "a
ucts in December, 1913, for the state ~
as as follows Corn, per bushel, s.7s ~
heat, per bushel, $.81; oats, per "
$.42O ia
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