Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-01
Stock Notes

The James Hall farm of 80 acres
south of this city, was sold at a part.
ton sale in this city Friday to ODE
Hall for $500.
Sam Morris, one of the local deal
ers in binder Irvine, says there will be
plenty this season despite the revol-
ution in Yucatan where the sisal fiber
comes from. He hands US the Farm
Implements News, which has an ar
ticle stating the blockade Of the Port
of Progreso, Yucatan, has been raised
by Gen. Carranza, thereby releasing
for shipment the large stock of sisal
fiber held there.
Mrs. George Harvey has a grape
fruit tree which she has grown from
! seed. The seeds were planted three
years ago and the tree is now three
feet tall and fourishing.
R. R. Buckner & Son, who have ex.
tensive farming interests in north
Galloway. have shipped ten loads of
mules since the first of the year. The
senior member OF the firm was in Full
ton Monday and told that what he
makes on one load he loses on the
next-Fulton Gazette.
Robert +. Biggs, four miles east of
A%uxvasse, has two cars Of cattle and
100 hogs on full rations. Mr.. Biggs
also has a toppy bunch of yearling
mare mules and the buyers are begin
ming to talk nice to him to effect, if
possible, a change in ownership.
j. Ed Moore, Of Guthrie. was at
Auxvasse Saturday and superintendent
the loading out of a car of big mules
to st. Louis. The car contained five
big fellows that were loaded at Guth-
RE and II mules were put in at Aux
vase. This was the twelfth car-lot
shipment of mules that Mr.. Moore
had made since Christmas.
William Lee, Of Lee brothers. Mex
leoi was in Auxvasse Monday after
noon and bought a mare and a horse
from Edgar Brett, Of Auxyasse. and
got a nice young mare from Fewell
brothers two miles east Of Auxvasse.
lie paid $135 for the Jewell nag.
Charles II. Ramsey, Samuel NJ.
Ramsey and Charles Smart, Of Nor
rison, Tennessee, were in this section
The latter part of last week and until
Tuesday of this week buying nule
colts and shipped a load south Tues.
day.
Inc tops of the bunch were boupbt
from Robert E. Biggs, east of Aux
vase. Mr.. Biggs always feeds n ton.
Ply bunch of colts. He sold % m.ros
70 me Shippers at $!l5.50. They also
bought six from W. r. Buckner. north
east of Auxvasse, for $3.50 n from
walter M. Harrison, north of town AZ
@IIf'5O; one from f. M. Dudley. IF
Auxyasse at SIS, and one from John
= Buckner, at organs. The buvers
also paid John T. Buckner 5000 for a
.nVe-year-old, sorrel walking horse
mat was classified by Charles Ram
sey as some hawss." At Mexico
head more were put into this
load and they arrived at their now
down in Tennessee some time
Observation-Disclosures Review.
a good big cattle deal took place in
north Galloway one day last week
John w. Boyd, five miles soutb.
east of Auxvasse, and Jack Harrison
and one-half miles cast Of ANY.
vase sold to T. P. Harrison. Of Mr..
oredle' and to Yates brothers, east of
AuNVasse' 30 head of good steers that
been roughed through the win.
The stock was sold BY the bead
the price was S56.
D. Il. swon, n mile north Of AM
'asSe' was the early oat sower of tbat
lection this season. He sowed near,,,
~ acres last week and put the seed in
n ilne condition. Mr.. Swon savs he
''Snes the remainder of his oats erop
was Sown' He will put out about 40
Icres.
John ". Boles, four and one.balr
mics northeast Of Auxvasse, sold an