Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-10-28
Stock Notes

B. R. Middleton lost thirty acres Of
good corn west of Mexico this week,
by fire from a Burlington Railroad sn-
CINE.
W. Wasel & Sons held their public
sale at their farm, southeast Of Aux
vase last Thursday. Harrison Bros.
were auctioneers and Hughes Maupin
clerked. The offerings in this sale in
Guided everything in the farm and the
sale totaled right at $4,000. The farm
was put up but the bids received were
unsatisfactory and it was not sold. A
very large crowd was present ard the
ladies Of the Auxvasse Christian
church cleared about $50 on the din
ner. The live stock in the sale was in
nice condition and most Of the sales
were pleasing to the selling parties.
i-Auxvasse Review.
overfelt & Atkinssn received their
car Of hogs at McCredie and Auxvasse
Tuesday from the following: D. G.
Atkinson, s~ixty-one, 11,40O pounds,
ssOs. go; A. M. Hendrix, twenty-eight,
1915 pounds, s477.7O; A. W. Imam,
five, 1925 pounds, ss2.-Auxvasse Re-
view.
Lige Watson, of this city has a cher
~ tree in bloom this week. A number
of apple and cherry trees have been
reported in bloom for the second time
this year and some of the latter have
born a crop which has matured.
THERE is real economy in hogging
down cor The practice is not merely
one for use when corn is cheap. The
man who inquiries whether one can
afford to hog down high-priced corn
has missed the important point about
it. Hogs actually make more pork per
bushel of corn when they hog it down
than when it is husked and fed to
them.
This practice is bound to find in
creased vogue al years pass, regard
less Of the price Of corn, Incidentally
there are other considerations in its
favor. Much labor is saved. Answers
to the question from 1853 Iowa farm
ers gave the information that by hog
ging down cor they were able to
make a saving of almost z cents per
bushel. Hogs thrive wonderfully in
the cornfield. The feed is always
fresh; there is fresh green feed and
sweet cornstalk juice to go with the
corn, and cool shade in which to lie
and rest and fatten.
Hogs that are first accustomed to a
full feed of new corr may be turned
into the field when the ears are dent
ing. This season favors the practice,
especially because there will be much
corn which cannot mature before frost.
This soft corn will not keep we'll in
cribs, but it will keep on the stalk un-
til the hogs can turn it into pork. The
best hogs for this work are spring
pigs weighing 125 pounds at the start.
Shotes of this age seldom waste corn
in hogging it down. Old, mature
hogs often leave parts Of ears and
shelled corn uneaten. Some younger
shotes are needed along with these
wasteful old hogs.-Breeders' Gazette.
ALONG the line Of preparedness
by farmers throughout the country,
the Chicago Breeders Gazette edit
orally says: 1T is the forehanded
farmer who gathers the biggest har-
vest. The man who begins to pre-
pare for his 1916 corn crop now is
more apt to have good seed to plant
than the -procrastinator who puts it
off until next spring and trusts to
luck or the kindness of his neighbors.
Indeed the best farmers have a prac-
teal seed corn vision which carries
them at least two years forward,
While they are at the job of seed corn
picking they select enough to plant
their fields in 1917. if perchance the
1916 crop should be short or a victim
of Jack Frost. The days of grace Of
the seed corn picker are about over in
the cornbelt. Now is the time when
one has a good chance to judge his
neighbors by their preparedness"
Charles H. Dunn shipped two car
loads Of mules from Auxvasse to Guy
ton g. Harrington, at Lathrop, Friday.
One car consisted Of nineteen big
mules and the other car was composed
of % smaller hybrids.-Auxvasse Re-
view.
The sale at M. L. Waters farm, nine
miles southeast Of Mexico, netted
$1,441.5O Wednesday. Among other
things that sold, the following stock
brought good prices: Jack colt to W
Duckworth for $500; COW to J G. Mil.
Ter for SIT; 8 year old mule to Jake
Buckner for $1O5; and a five year old
mule for $175.
Agatha's Maiden Fern, a Jersey COW
returned SOFT in the last twelve
months to her owner, F. J. Bannister
vice-president of the Long-Bell Lum,
Der Company and owner Of Lacima
Farm near Holmes Park, Jackson
County, Mo. Milk alone from the
COW sold for, 1920 in $50 days and two
calves sold for $3.50. Prizes won BY
her and her calf at the Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Kansas City fairs, made W
the balance of the $977, a greater re,
turn than most farmers make in {
hard years work on an s0-acre farm
The year high mark for carload
lots was made Wednesday when E. P
johnson of Audrain county, Mo-, fav
ored the st Louis market by selling
his baby beeves here. There were tive
punches, one which consisted of IL
head and averaged 1887 lbs. ard thu