Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-24
Stock Notes
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 10.

Jack Barrymore. the sensational
gelding belonging TO II. B. Thorn
bury. Of Los Angeles, Calf, and
shown by Matloek and Shropshire
o the $4,000 saddle horse stake,
here, yesterday afternoon. Astral
King, Houchin & Anderson's good
stallion was second. The other win
ners are; Cascade, owned by Robert
Moore, ird; Johnny Jones, Col. Paul
Brown, st. Louis, 9Th; Princess v,
Allie Jones, 9Th; SunAower, P. ".
Raw & Son, 9th. Miss Loula Long
had none Of her horses entered. The
show was ore Of the best ever seen
in this country.
j. W. HAMILTON, Of the firm of
Hamilton Bros. Of the Blue Grass
Stock Farm, just south Of Mexico has
been selected TO judge the jack and
mule rings at the big State Fair at
SedaIia. Mr.. Hamilton is n Of the
best judges Of mules in the State
and we congratulate the management
Of the State Fair on securing his SER
vices. Mexico is not only the horse
center, but the mule center Of the
world.
Audrain county, Mo, has many
cattle feeders OF note and not the
least among them is +. w. Carlson,
who for many years, has regularly
~patronized the local market, and who
generally markets cattle of such
good quality that they get high
prices. This week he marketed the
heaviest consignment of steers sold
on the market, 1924 pounds. There
were 10 head and they sold for
5000. Each steer crossed him over
$3.50. When asked by a representa-
tive of the Reporter as to how he had
handled his beeves, Mr.. Carlson had
the following to say:
Il had three loads Of steers all
told, and sold two loads Of them a
month ago. All of the steers were
purchased by me the fore-part of the
year and roughed on silage from
January 26 to April 10. The latter
date ! abandoned the silage and put
them on a full feed Of corn and cot
tonseed cake, on which they were fed
out. They weighed 1927 pounds when
| started feeding them and they
gained over 500 pounds, during the
six months fed, which is a trife over
two pounds a day.
"They were grade Short-horn
beeves, just a plain, fat drove Of cat
tie. While | do not say they had a
prime finish, still it was all ] could
expect. ! might have fed them
longer, but considered they would
make me profit enough II marketed
them when ! did. They did all | ex-
pected them TO.
"What do | think of cottonseed?
When | tell you that ! have fed
IL about 10 or u years, have given
II TO almost every bunch Of steers
have ever conditioned, you can see
how well II stands in my opinion. For
producing a good finish ! have yet to
try something that viii equal it.
have fed both the meal and cake, and
found them each equally good. There
is only a matter Of taste to govern
you in feeding either cake or meal.
For indoor feeding, meal is all right,
but when one is feeding out-of-doors,
especially on a windy day, cake might
be preferable because there is less
waste to it
q have frequently known feeders
to give c~ottonseed with some sort of
r%oughness, like silage. This may be
a good plan, but l think it's best to
give the silage alone for a couple of
months, then take your corn and cot
tonseed and feed the straight ra-
ton, until you are ready to market
them. For roughness, siIage is as
good as anything, and very econom-
zeal. Corn, of course, has no equal
as a f%attener. And for the finish, the
smoothness of the flesh that means
more dollars on the market, cotton
seed will thoroughly answer the pur-
pose."-St. Louis Live Stock Report
er.
Joe Considine, of Audrain county,
was on the market this week with a
consignment of strong weight steers
mat brought him the top of the
market and sold for a pleasing price
to the shipper. There were Is head
in the consignment averaging 1861
pounds that sold to Morris a. Co., for
STOPS. Mr.. Considine is quite an
extensive shipper to the local market
and frequently markets good cattle.
his stuff nearly always selling at or
close to the top of the market.-Live
Stock Reporter.
W. 7. c"Diamond Bill") Hall, Of
Lancaster, this state, has Just closed
a contract with the British govern
ment, wherein he agrees TO buy and
snip to England 10000 cavalry
horses we understand. The animals
Will be purchased all over this coun-
try and shipped to Canada where
they will be. loaded on ships and TAX
en- over 10 England.
Henry Kohl, the horseman of Van
aalla, who keeps zone but the best of
horses and mules held his annual
colt show at the capital Of the East
End, last Saturday. Farmers from
oil