Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-05-20

1880
GaS Helm, q the hrm q Coont
q Helm, ABdrzin county. No. marx
eted p steers Tuesday IN East s.
Luiz which averaged 1860 HIS a
ss7a szift 4 Company purchase
the steers Ceoat1 4 Helm are Arg'
shippers to this Market hszever.
these cattle were Mr.. Helms oEl
feeding. and were eosditianes by h
son WiH Helm q a SIX nsaushE' "a
ton If silage. zheEed corn and meal
VIII Helm accompanied the shipner.
and stated he wss Well pleased VIII
fhe price be o5taineA-Eve Stoe,
Reporter.
J. z SIMS & Son, vel known sheer
feeders Of ABdrair County, No. hze
n q deck Of shorn lambs Tuesday tia,
soa at 1915 In commenting upe-
the sale, the son, Grover who accom-
panied the shipment remarked: @De,
pits the fact that the market was 4
little lozsr Tuesday We feel wei "a.
iEded with the prices obtained for the
consignment realized faily as u1ch
As we expected to get From . gen
eral standpoint We sheep feeders
hare 20 cause fo1 complaint whatever
regarding the market prices for they
certainly have been unusually high
fer SOME time and we have secured a
nice profit for our feed and labor.
The facts are. the sheep mar has
Jared much better than the cattle
feeser BY quite . margin. stfl thu
cattle we fed last winter Did pretty
well taking everything into consider.
stion- The first shipment we made
showed a nice profit but we about loas
our orn on the balance we sold
live Stock Reporter.
Hugh Williaghby and Sam Davis
Aew York horsemen are in Mexico
visiting the saddle horse stables WITH
the intention Of buying a number d
good ones. These men are among tbs
leading horse buyers Of the East and
Enow where to come 70 get the best.
VI. Wiiloughby has been in Mexico
on various occasions before and i
well known here.
REFERRING 70 the splendid horss
sh0E given b. Miss Loula Long a.
LongFiew Stock Farm. the Kansas
City Times sditonally says: The Az
iHsl Rescue League is the gamer to
the extent Of 5000 from the energy
and initiative Of Miss Loula Long.
The interesting entertainment at
Longview Saturday afternoon was
planned. staged and managed By he.
She was responsible for all the de-
tails, and the complete success that
attended the event was due to the
competence Of her supervisor /.
Everybody ID Kansas City who takes
an interest in animals must feel in
debted to the resoureefuEness and
apability Of this young woman
The rain. Tuesday, totaIled half an
inch. according to j. F. LIewellyn. the
official weather observer. This amount
coming slowly and steadily was worth
an inch in . down pour as the ground
absorbed an Of the moisture. The
cold, drizzle was also deadly to the
chineh bugs and it is thought large
numbers Of them we're killed Rains
like this viii be great for the com
and viii insure a bumper crop.
Hugh Willoughby, who buys horses
for an exclusive New York trade has
been in this section for the last ser-
eral days and picked up two good
walk-trot mares. He purchased q
black from William Buckman.
Of Monroe City and a hay from W. p.
Hawkins, Of Bowling Green..Mr. VIII
ioughby has a large trade selling
horses for pleasure to the rich Ney
Yorker. He knows where the best
ones can be found and visits Missouri
and Mexico at regular intervals.
G. r. Collins says there are 4 few
chinch bugs in his section but thsy
IRE not bad.
Ernest Yanlandingham, Of near No
limo, had one sheep on his place that
sheared II pounds Of wool which
brought 1857 This 50 far, as we
know, is the record in this county.
Galloway County hens are ~resoarse-
full When the women Of thu. Central
Church, west Of Fulton. an
lounced that the eggs gathered on
two preaching Sundays il
April would be sold for the benefit
# the organ fund Of the church the
lens got busy and contributed two
'1ndred dozen. The sale swelled the
'rgan fund almost s4o-Kansas City
Believing that SOY beans planted
nth corn win help keep down the
iineh bugs, James Ewart, Of Boone
ounty tried the experiment this year.
lis theory is that the heavy foliage
{ the beans viii collect and hold
loisture sufficient to discourage the
peraticn Of the bugs.
Judge B. Il. Vaughn Of Monroe
oDnty has sold 2i5 mules at fancy
since April /. One load Of
'uugFEeFs brough $3.50 per head