Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-06-04
Stock Notes

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81 Louis cash-
No ? Corn Il
No LYMAN
No 2 W "a a IL
No 2 Oats 90 IL
No 2 W Al 10
Chicago Close
wheat July 81 rs a IS A seTt IS
Ia l. A Dec SIS a Is
Corn July 20 IA a IS Old 70 Is a
"A D Sept g. 80 a rs Old Is rs
Dec 50 B
Oats July 40 IS A Sept IS SIS IL
St Louis Close
Cattle $500 Including 21oo South
ems. Steady.
Hoss 10000 strong TO e5 higher
sheep 5000 steady.
Excelsior Springs. Mo, May 81
A business survey Of farms In this
vicinity Is TO be made between June
Is and IS by the agricultural col
lege OF Missouri University and
the Department Of Agriculture at
Washington. Work out OF here VIII
be IN charge Of D. II. Doane OF
Columbia. No. state leader OF farm
advisers. Assisting him win be ?
V. Marls Of Saline County. 2. W.
Fanret OF Buchanan. E. A. kenberry
II Jackson. c. NJ. Long Of johnson,
~ D. Wilson OF Cooper and E. W.
Rusk Of AudraiH. z, B. Dixon Of
Washington viii represent the De
partmen4 Of Agriculture. The object
Of the visit Of the farm advisers Is
to assist farmers IN putting their
farms on a business basis.
Park Rogers Of Santa Fe has
planted $40 acres OF corn.
E. NJ. Simpson Of Santa Fe, has
lust planted his crop fer the year.
He has G5 acres Of corn, % OF
oats. and 10 each of millet and
cane.
A FINE way to stop the army
worm is to pillow a deep furrow
around your farm and keep dragging
through the furrow. Ian Jones has
leo acres OF corn and is keeping the
worms oE In this way. All kinds
Of preventfves are being used hui
the drag seems TO get the best re-
suits.
In the control Of the army
worm. prevention Is most effective
II crops are rotated so as not to
permit sod TO continue in a field to1
.ong or so as to break up waste
.ands regularly. the breeding Of the
rest a be largely prevented. Al
this time, however. remedies and no
pi preventive measures are necessary.
Just give us rain-we farmers viii
do the rest" said ". E. Simon, {
miles southeast Of Paris. Monday. '1i
we don't get IT Don our pastures arc
going to be worth practically moth.
Ing. Mr.. Simon will raise 90 acres
Of eorn and about 20 Of oats. He
has a flock Of 26 ewes with thlr-
~ four lambs by their side.-PAr,
IL Appeal.
J. L. Carter. a well-known Hanni
ba' miller. who has been buying and
grading wheat for 80 years, made q
canvass Of farms In Marion and
Rails covering a radius Of rs miles
and finds the conditions favorable
FOR a good wheat average. He found
some infested wheat. but st was so
far advanced IN development that
little harm can be done. He says the
dfmage win amount to more than
% per cent.-Paris Mercury.
Saturday. June 6. has been desig-
mated as Rooster Day. throughout
Missouri by the joint action Of Gov
ernor Major and the State Poultry
Experiment Station at Mountain
Grove. The object IS to stimulate
statewide action then 10 do
away with surplus ROSTERS. It is
suggested where more male birds
are kept than is necessary. that they
should be brought to town and dis
rosed OF 10 the poultry houses. Fur
ther, 1t is strongly urged that
except when required for breeding
purposes the roosters should be
permanently separated from the
hens.
THE vandalia, No, Leader. refer
rino to the importance Of a farm adj
wiser, says: That one thousand PEG
pie attended the first annual meet
ing of the Audrain County Farm Blu
reau in Mexico last week is pretty
conclusive evidence that farmers or
this county represent progressive
citizenship, with open minds and
ready to accept everything that
means development. BY an almost
unanimous vote Of the meeting It
was decided 70 petition the County
Court TO assist in meeting the sal
airy Of T. w. Rusk. the farm advisor
and II is hardly possible that the
body viii turn down a proposition so
manifestly for the best interests OF
the county. Farmer Rusk demonstrat
ID in his report that he saved the
county $4,000 by fighting hog chol-
era alone. A mar Of that value
should have no difficulty in com.
handing HIS salary"
J. T. johnson has one Of the best
records ever made in Audrain com
~ In the feeding Of sheep. About De-
cember 1.Mr. Johnson bought 1855
head Of sheep averaging "a Tbs and
including the freight paid for them
s7,471.64. He sold the last OF the
IL loads June !, for s12. 621s0. In
Guiding sS.197.Oo for wool from
them he realized in the sale $15,81S.b
cr a profit Of ss.347.16. The sheep
averaged "a pounds when sold or a
gain of 30 pounds.
Mr.. johnson said he spent only
about $500 for feed the remaining
time the sheep we're on pasture. The
wool averaged s pounds TO the
sheep and sold for 81 cents a pound.
Another interesting fact is that
they topped the market whenever.