Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-11-04

load Of yearling steers here Thurs
day that topped the market and sold
for STOPS per ewt. There yer 21
head in the drove that averaged 11o8
lbs. The steers were Of his "
feeding and were in first class condi-
ton.
There is a striking similarity be-
tween this sale and the one Mr.. Har-
rison made Tuesday when he mark
eted an equal number at 5000.
This bunch weighed 2 pounds to the
steer less than the string he market
ed Thursday-Live Stock Reporter.
A larger net return per ton Of
manure was secured from applica-
tons to timothy meadow land than
to corn, oats, or wheat in rotation in
a twenty-five year test at the Mis-
%souori Experiment Station. In ex-
perimenls conducted on fields in
nearly every section Of the state
the use of from six to eight tons Of
%tarnyard n per acre once dur
ing each four year rotation gave an
nual returns Of from SLIGO to $40
each year for each ton applied.
Even heavier applications than the
supply on the average farm would
permit have proved financially profit
able. From a field which received
seven tons per acre each year, "a
tons Of timothy hay were cut July
1, 1915, and a second crop Of 2.s tons
on September Is Of the same year or
a total Of 6.2 tons per acre as com
rared with i.9 tons on an adjoining
field similarly cropped but unfertil-
lied. On both fields the cropping
had continued a quarter Of a century
without change Of conditions.
The abundant rainfall this year
made possible yields that would ont
be obtained during years when lack
Of moisture limited the use the land
could make Of such abundant plant
food, but these tests show that even
in ordinary years the manure can
well be applied to the timothy mead
CIV as well as to the corn as has gen
eially been believed-C. A. LeCIair,
University of Missouri, College Of
Agriculture.
Jefferson City, Mo, Oct. 3d.
Farmers along the Missouri River
valley report that their corn is yield
ing as high as 80 bushels to the acre.
The average is below this, but is still
high. Wherever the corn escaped the
overflow of the river, the yield is
very heavy.
Both owner and tenant get smaller
income from cash rental contracts
than when the work is for q share,
according to figures gatherer from
$50 farms in johnson County by the
Missouri College of Agriculture. The
man who farmed only his own land
made rs per cent on his investment.
Nolan Huddleston, three miles
north of Auxvasse, bought three mare
mules last week from A. B. Miller.
lear Bachelor, and two from Roy
Muzzy, south Of Bachelor. He also
bought a ~two-year-old mare mule
from John Knipp, five miles south
cast of A~uxvasse, for slO5-Fulton
Gazette.
Watts brothers, six miles north
east or Auxyasse, in the southern
edge Of Audrain county, delivered a
mule Monday to Jake NJ. and John t.
Buckner, two miles east Of Bryans.
Mr.. Watts was paid sI4O for the ami
NAL.
The hurry shorthorn sale in Cal
laway county this week resulted in
a number Of the finest in that great
herd being bought by Audrain coun-
tyans. These animals will be SPLEEN
old additions to the already notable
herds Of Shorthorns here. Those
iron this section who purchased cat
tie and the animals they bought
were:
Roam Princess, roam, Feb, 7, 1911,
S. P. Emmons & Son, S1s7.5o. Bull
calf to same, $47.50.
Orange Osra, red, Nov. n. 1905.
Walker Pollock, 800.
Violet,s Pride, red, May 5, 1906,
Walker Pollock, Mexico, $50.
Butterfly Lady, red, calved April
q, 1913, to s. P. Emmons 4 Son,
Mexico $3.50.
Martha Butterfly, roam, Jan. 8.
1913, 8. P. Emmons & Son.
Roam sempstress. roam, Aug. IL.
1908, S. p Emmons 4 Son, sIs5.
Mexico Butterfly, red. March 80,
1912, s. P. Emomns and Son si6o.
Glen Butterfly roam, June 10,
1912, s. P. Emmons & Son. Roam
heifer calf to same. sl1O.
Royal Lady "a, red. Aug. 1908, s.
7. Emmoas y Son, si22.5O.
n. b. hurry, Of the Hereford
Neighborhood who disposed Of 81
head Of Hereford cattle three weeks
ago to p. N. Aycock, Of Midland.
Texas, sold the Aame man 10 head Of