Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-05-27

William Cave Johnson, son Of Col.
and Mrs. j. t. Johnson. has been ell
ected viee-president Of the Agricul-
tural Club, one of the leading organ
izations at the University Of Missouri.
Mr.. johnson is a fine young mar AMI
one Of the most popular students in
the University.
Sam Morris and S. P. Emmons & Co.,
the local wool buyers report far better
prices this spring for wool than were
paid when the United States was eit
off from the outside world by a high
protective tariff. The highest price
paid in the times of the high tariff, ac-
cording to Mr.. Morris was from zoe
to 22c and today wool is bringing
from 20 nc to SOC.
Wool is coming rather slowly but all
of it is very good, the dealers say.
Angora goat wool is selling for 2je
but there is very little in this section.
Wool is being bought and shipped to
Mexico from points as far as one
hundred miles from here.
The largest crappie ever caught In
the White river country was creeled
the other day by McLain Jones, ac-
cording to word which reached this
city recently says the Springfield Re-
publican. The fish weighed three and
one-fourth pounds and it was landed
only after an exciting fight. Mr..
Jones is a member of a party Of fish
ermen composed of, beside himself,
William Ullmann and Moses Cool
baugh.
E. p. johnson of Martinsburg ship
ped three loads of good hogs Monday
to the National Stock Yards. Two
of the loads were of his own feeding
and averaged 300 pounds. He pur-
chased the other load Of different par
ties. Mr.. johnson has 200 head left
on feed on his farm that will average
IT'S pounds besides 60 head Of steers
that he is grazing and 80 head on
feed.
Fred Roberts, a south Audrain ship
per, had four loads of hogs on the
market and shipped two loads from
Mexico and one from Auxvasse Tues
day. The load at Auxvasse was bought
as follows: Nolan Huddleston, sew
enty-two, 11,1S0 pounds, $796.12; Jack
L. Hendrix, thirty-fve, 71S5 lbs.
s516.06.-Auxvasse Review.
James P. Shuman, of south Aud
rain, reports crops doing fine. Bugs
and worms said Mr.. Shuman, fare
doing but little damage so far in oui
community"
Tom Bass will show Belle Beach
his famous high-school mare at th'
commencement horse show on Rol
Inns Field in Columbia, May 81 anC
June /. This exhibition was secured
to take the place Of the cavalry horses
which we're to give jumping exhi
billions. Belle Beach Is n Of thu
best trained horses in the country ant
has been shown all over the Unite'
States and in Canada. Miss Louli
Long will send a number Of her high
class saddle and harness horses to tn
show and John Hook, formerly 0
, Mexico will ride.
With the sun shining brightly,
! looks as if the rain is over for a httl
while anyway and those farmers VIII
failed to get their corn in sooner ca
do so as soon as the ground drie
enough. The rains this week, wer
: especially fine for the oats and pas
lures although the corn was benefitte
a great deal. The rain, Thursday to
tailed 1.O4 inches and that Wednesda
one-half inch. This makes a total TO
the week of 2.04 inches, about a
much as fell all last summer. Their
, seems to be no doubt Of bumpe
crops this season and everybod
should put on that optimistic smil'
J.J. Wakefield attended the meetin
I of the State Board of Agriculture !
: Columbia this week.
i w. j. Sannebeck has contracte
with Wheeler Cant for II steers l
81 per cwt.
, w. p. Hawkins and Homer Martil
/ Of Bowling Green were in Mexico FIR
: day enroute to their home from JEFF
erson City.
Vast numbers Of army worms sti
n in the crysalis stage were uncovert
L recently by a Monroe county farm'
d in blowing a 15-acre tract Of BIZ
J. grass near Paris. The find was
o sufficient Importance to arouse Il
4 fears Of farmers who suffered fro
the pest last summer.
d Nolan Huddleston, three miles nor
s of Auxvasse, sold 70 fat hogs Tuesdi
a to Fred Roberts, west Of Ortiz in Al
h drain county, for $796.f2.
h W. j. Sannebeck has contracted wi
i Chas. Schopp for 80 head Of heife
2 for $6.75 a hundred.
It Sam Jordan, county farm advis
'e of Pettis county, was appointed sta
l. farmers institute worker for the sta
is Board Of agriculture, to begin wo
September 1. Jordan was re-appoir
e ed in Pettis county but comes back
+ the state board after three yeas Sc
vice at Sedalia SO that he may be al
S, to do Chautauqua work and engage
statewide campaigns for agriculture
b~etterment.