Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-17

NHANN NNAAa
hopes therS viii b a large attend
anes frum his home county and
promises a frs class. high SAS en-
terxzinueut
The annual meeting Of the stock
holsers q the Mexico Fair was held
Saturday a~fternoon at the Southern
Bank. The Pair lost money again
this year, in fact Of the nine years
Of It's existence il has paid only
twice. Bigger purses and n heavier
cxrznys list had mach to DO with
The loss this year
The Old o@cers were reelected as
follows. George Lee, president;
Horace Mundy, vi~ce-preldent; A D.
jackson. treasurer; T. H. Garter,
secretary.
The directors are: Georges Lee,
Willard Potts, E H. Carter, ]. W.
wsolery. James Hamilton. Horace
Mundy, W. W. johnson, W. +. At
kinson. W. Z. Sims W. D. Lee, B.
R. Middleton.
The Indianapolis News Of SePtem-
Der s. in speaking Of the Horse Show,
pays a high tribute to the Houehin
stable Of jefferson City, with which
Luther Barnett, Of this city, is one
Of the principal riders. Astral King
heads the string Of horses and has
created much comment by his fine
shoxingS-
The rain. Monday afternoon, meas
ured s. Of an inch.
Beef scarcity Is no longer a theory.
Conserve the calves.
Lee Duncan is now secretary of
the Audrain County Farm Bureau.
Ralph Wayne, who formerly had this
position. resigned to attend the Mis-
sour University.
r. W. Carlson, n Of Audrain
county, Mos foremost feeders and a
regular patron of the local market,
marketed a consignment of plain, fat
beeves here this week that brought
him a satisfactory price. Mr.. Carl
sons offering consisted of 10 head,
averaging 1924 pounds that sold for
5000. Regarding the ann in
which he haHdled the steers he had
the following to say:
, These steers were bought about
the middle Of January and from the
, 26th Of that month until the 10th Of
. April were roughed IN silage. Or
, the latter date / put them on a full
: feed Of o and cottonseed cake ant
' finished them on this ration. | wa
= pleased with the finish and the prize
! they brought."-St. Louis Live Sticl
Reporter.
:. COST OF KEEPING A BEEF Gov
What does it cost 10 keep an ord
nary sized beef COW a year, with pas
ture, a silo and what alfalfa hay an
grain are necessary TO keep her
good condition while raising a calf
| think three-fourths Of an acre 0
!. pasture will keep a COW six month
!, in an average year. Could a man al
!. ford to keep a herd of good bee
COWS just to raise calves from on Ian
at $225 an acre?-W. d. S., Fair
bury, Iii.
Results secured during the pas
|, three years from experiments unde
way at this station seem to indicat
| that the most economical results ar
: obtained by the liberal use Of Stag
in both winter and summer mainten
ance of the breeding herd The sta
ton pastures are rated as good blue
grass pastures for this section 0
the state,but three-fourths Of an acr
will not maintain a COW nursing
calf through the pasture cas- o
these pastures it requires abou
t~hree-fourths Of an acre supplement
ed with Is pounds of silage and one
third pound of cottonseed-meal pc
head daily to maintain a 1,0O0-poun
. grade Angus row nursing a calf.
For winter maintenance a daily IA
= ton of 20 pounds Of silage, X poun
!. of ~eottonseed meal, 4 or 5 pounds al
falfa hay tgood clover, cowpea o
soybean hay will do just as WE'LL an
all the good bright oat straw tina
they would eat has given satisfaC
tory results. 1t has been necessar
TO give some Of the cows a it'll
grain in addition to this ration a
calving time.
Figuring pasture at $40 per acrt
2 silage at So per ton. alfalfa hay a
is SIG per ton, ~cottonseed meal at SO
per ton and oat straw at SO per tor
= the cost Of feed per COW per da
& amounts approximately TO III cent
the year round, or S2737 per veal
But when we figure on an so pc
5, cent calf crop. allow 81 per head 70
4 bull service, and take into considera
ton the interest on investment an
insurance, the total cost of calves i
a raised to approximately $40 pc
k head-H. P. Rusk, Illinois Expert
ment station.
IS MILLIONS of bushels of our grea.
wheat crop are now on their way t
Europe where more will follow, al
t, fat prices.
MONTGOMERY CITY, Sept. 16
a The Montgomery County fair ant
races opened yesterday with a fairly
good crowd. The State Board of Ag-
~riculture has a fine display on exhib-
ition, and the farm products are said
a to be the finest in the history Of the
: fair in spite of the drouth. Reese
e Hughes, WelIsville, Mo-, won the
I county trot.
CARD OF THANKS
: We wish TO thank our friends and
neighbors for their aid and sympathy
during the last illness and at the