Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-01-21
Stock Notes

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When the roster of extensive ship
pers and firm friends Of the St Louis
National Stock Yards is compile, the
firm Of Powell & Mundy, Of Audrain
county, Mo, are certain to be among
those at the front rank. These men
are what might be termed the "old
guard" Their patronage extends
over a number of years, during which
time they have contributed an untold
number of cars of live stock to this
market. Mr.. Mundy was here Tues
day and when seen by a representa-
tive of the Reporter, had the follow
ing to say.
Eyes, il is a fact that both Mr..
Powell and myself like your market
for all classes of live stock, and par
ticularly hogs and sheep In the ship
ping game, a man must disregard
sentiment and patronize the market
that offers him the best inducement
in the way of prices This is the main
reason why we come here.
at would be Impossible for me 20
tell you the exact number Of car we
have shipped as we have kept no close
record. However, last year we ran
in the neighborhood of 200 cars and
have averaged close to 100 every yeaI
we have been in the shipping game.
Live stock in Audrain county Ia
fairly plentiful with the exception Of
one class, that is cattle. Hogs and
sheep seem to be in good numbers
and they are not hard 10 get. 0ui
cattle supply in feeders hands, how
ever,is pretty close TO low ebb,and
see no prospect at present for an in
crease in numbers. | can attribute
it to no specific reason. Corn can b.
had fairly readily at 60@68c a bushel
and all silos that | know of are briu
full. It is a fact, however, thai
nearly all corn used for feeding pur.
poses must be imported.
an the course of the last two years
many silos have been erected and ]
want to tell you that it's a mighty
favorable sign. ] think the silo is the
salvation of the modern feeder anC
why this hasn't been discovered Ions
before | am at a loss to explain.
"As far as l am concerned person,
ally,were | to follow the feeding enter
prise, | would choose sheep above al
other classes. / conscientiously be.
lieve there is a greater profit in sheer
feeding than in any other class of live
stock. | have purchased a great
many head of sheep in the last half.
score of years and / have Away,
come out with a fair profit. You un,
derstand with sheep feeding you have
two marketable products, mutton ant
wool. | dispose of all the wool righi
in my home county, and as much as II
possible, shear all sheep before mar
keting them. The average lamb will
yield from 4 to 5 pounds of wool.
What are my predictions abou
markets for the ensuing year? Well
in the face of the irregularities Of tn
past two years, that is rather a diff
ficult question to answer. However
| firmly believe that when the book
of 1915 r closed it will be founI
that all classes of live stock will hav
touched the highest price planes eve
known. ! base my calculation on tn
fact that the shrinkage in cattle, hog
and sheep last year will be more pro
nounced this year and also to the fac
that bad industrial conditions are
bound to improve. This will, d
course, aid packers and create /.
broader demand for meats. / canno-
remember when the sheep marke.
held up so well as it did in 1914, anc
i look for an even better one thii
year."-St. Louis Live Stock Re
porter.
F. H. Naysmith, of Vandalia, wa
another Audrain county Farmer VIII,
attended Farmers Week.
John Henderson, just across tn,
A~uxvasse creek, south of Auxvasse
delivered lie fat ewes Monday to Ed
gar Smith, southeast of McCredie
These ewes were figured at $500 PEI
hundred.-Review.
A rooster at the Poultry show j.
Columbia ate SGT grains of corn il
80 minutes.
John Henderson, south of thi,
place, sold a 9-year-old mare of the
type now in demand in Europe to Les
Bros, last week at S145.-Review.
S. R. Craighead, of this county, al.
tended Farmers Week.
R. H. Cauthorn has the hide of The
lntelligencer, his $4,000 stallion
which died last November, mounted
as a rig. 1t makes quite a handsome
showing and is on display in Greer :
window.
j. Carp English, down on the Scroe.
gin place, east of Auxvasse, contract
ed Saturday to let Nolan Huddleson.
out north of Auxvasse, have eight
helfers of nice quality and about 800
pounds weight or the first day of
February. These heifers are to be
figured at $6.50-Auxvasse Review.
John W. Boles, who conducts a fine
farm northeast of A~uxvasse and who
rs well known as a breeder and hand
Ter of Jersey cattle, sold a 3-year-old
Jersey COW and calf last week to Ed
Crump' north of Fulton, at SIS. The
animals were delivered SATURDAY.