Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

Z. NJ. Crooks. a prosperous stock
man and feeder Of Audrain county,
Mo, was in today looking over the cat-
tie situation and market in general.
Speaking regarding the crop condi-
tions in his section, he remarked:
eve are going to have a rather sue
cessfal corn year after all. despite the
extreme amount Of raiA that fell EAR
lier in the season. OF course, there
are spots which have been badly dam
aged and all told the yield win not be
as heavy as it would have had it not
have rained so much. ! have some
fields that win run around 40 bushels
of corn to the acre and others go 70 %,
Wheat and bats on the other hand
have not amounted to much."-Cen-
tralia Courier.
John Cowherd, of Mexico, has sold
a large lot of walnut timber in Monroe
County to the Allies for gun stocks.
This walnut brings from SIS to $25 a
thousand in the tree. Some of Mr..
Cowherd's friends are raising the ques-
ton as to whether he is neutral or not
There is always some loss on the
top Of the silage unless feeding is be-
gun as soon as the silo is filed. Where
the silage is TO stand for some time
before feeding, it is customary to u
in three or four loads of cornstalks
from which the ears have been re-
moved. This material is packed
thoroughly; then a liberal supply Of
water is added which viii help to seal
the silo and only a very small amount
of waste will result. Some farmers
use oat straw as a covering; others
soak the top of the silage with water
and SOW cats which, when they germ
mate, form a dense mass which shuts
out the air and keeps the silage from
spoiling.-J. G. Watson, Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture.
James Ford sold Mr.. Debus, of
Sturgeon, a good mule colt, last week,
for $3.50.
Crawford and Householder have a
fine new silage cutter.
The best wheat crop in this section
Of the state was grown this year by
George and Graham Robertson on
their farm east Of Mexico. They had
sixty acres which averaged twenty
four bushels Of wheat TO the acre.
Forty acres averaged % bushels.
The boys have sold about half Of
their crop at $i.35 per bushel as seed
wheat and are selling more daily.
One mar in Arkansas has written Mr..
Robertson concerning ordering six
hundred bushels at this price.
Your 0ssian, Ia, reader is advised
that a great many farmers who use
silos have had experience with frosted
corn. 1t is desirable to have corn
reach the dented stage before being
put into the silo. IN case of a frost
killing the corn earlier, however, it is
best to put it into the silo at once If
put in Immediately after freezing, it
win produce practically as good sill
age al if the corn had been cut in this
stage without frost.
If left standing a few days, the pro
duct becomes dry and it is quite es-
sential to add water to the silage to
insure a good product. Immature cor
never produces as good silage as can
be made from a more mature crop,
but the frosting is not injurious, pro-
viding the corn is put into silos i'm
mediately or well saturated with
water if put in later. No pOisons have
been known to develop in silage that
can be attributed to frost. C. F. Cur
tiss. Iowa Experiment Station
Breeders Gazette.
The johnson sheep in Audrain
county now total about 5000 head.